“It doesn’t cost much to merely just open up their files and take the gag order off their personnel and former astronauts.”
I was on a classified project that generated UFO sightings almost every time it flew. The standard US policy was to say nothing. Do nothing. No gag orders. A lot, if not most of the sightings were by other military pilots. Standard procedure was to not tell them. Now that’s when we know what the cause was. It would be indistinguishable from an unknown cause.
What would they have in their files? Perhaps some NASA pilot mentioned something in his log or made a report, but it’s doubtful NASA has made any meaningful compilations to put in the files.
Having been a sub to NASA I can attest that they are a giant sucking sound of money going down the drain. Give them an excuse and they’ll take your money and return a ten-thousand-word report that says nothing.
As an aside, here's an elaboration from Daily Mail (UK):
A source affiliated with the US government and familiar with NASA's UAP research told DailyMail.com that the project will likely include gathering evidence from any astronauts who encountered unidentified objects in space, and reviewing footage and data from previous missions to help investigate any anomalous encounters.
The source added that NASA's work will complement the Department of Defense's UAP task force, charged by Congress with investigating the threats posed by strange objects in US airspace and beyond.
'It's going to be some sort of working group that will help support the DoD,' the source said. 'It's looking to be complementary.
'I suspect it will be a combination of efforts that will include perhaps firsthand eyewitness testimony of NASA employees and astronauts, and then perhaps a review of old archival footage to assess if there are some findings within the NASA archives that can help AOIMSG,' the source added, referring to the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group, the DoD's awkwardly-named official UFO task force.
The source revealed that the Pentagon's UFO team has already requested footage from shuttle cameras on some of NASA's space missions as part of their investigations.
'There have been several alleged incidents involving NASA astronauts and NASA missions that involve UAP,' the source, who is familiar with NASA's UAP investigations, told DailyMail.com.
“Give them an excuse and they’ll take your money and return a ten-thousand-word report that says nothing.”
You nailed it.
This is my favorite variation on that theme:
https://qz.com/2046840/a-1-billion-space-suit-is-holding-up-nasas-2024-moon-landing/
NASA is the “dog ate my homework” agency.
Their expertise is hilarious excuses for why they do not do things on time and on budget.
Agreed. These sightings are classified military tech. The govt is agreeing to investigate as a head fake and/or the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing.
Now - given the state of technology the private sector has cameras everywhere. They can record what’s going on and report out. People can decide and believe what they want.