- Mark McInerney had been NASA liaison to Department of Defense
- Agency wants to use AI, machine learning to track observations
Contrails from the lift-off of the space shuttle Atlantis float above the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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NASA appointed a research director to oversee the effort to investigate sightings of unidentified craft, as it takes steps to develop a scientific, evidence-based approach to understanding unexplained events.
On Thursday, the agency initially said it wouldn’t name the official, but offered that the person has worked in the position for a while, according to Nicola Fox, NASA’s associate administrator. However, by the end of the day Thursday, NASA backtracked and named the director as Mark McInerney.
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