Nasa is going “full force” into examining unidentified flying objects, the space agency said during a town hall meeting.

"This is really important to us, and we’re placing a high priority on it”, Daniel Evans, assistant deputy associate administrator for research at Nasa’s Science Mission Directorate said on Wednesday.

The commitment came after Nasa announced that it was conducting a nine-month study of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, following the the first hearings on the topic of UFOs/UAPs in decades.

Intelligence officials briefed lawmakers on an ongoing Pentagon investigation into UAPs, and showed video of unexplained UAP encounters with military aviators.

The study panel, made up of 15 to 17 people, will have a budget of up to $100,000 and will be entirely open – containing no classified military data.

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