Michael Gold

“Over 47 years, the ASRS has collected nearly 2 million reports.”

“I am currently the Chief Growth Officer at Redwire Space and have had several leadership positions at NASA. That being said, I want to be clear that I am speaking exclusively on my own behalf and not for Redwire, NASA, or any other organization.”

“The system, which is administered by NASA and funded by the FAA, provides a confidential means for reporting of safety violations in a voluntary and nonpunitive manner.”

“It is the existence and study of anomalies that led to the theory of relativity, quantum mechanics, and nearly all of humanity's scientific breakthroughs.”

“In order to effectively collect UAP data, the independent study team recommended the use of NASA's aviation safety reporting system, or ASRS.”

“The NASA brand is synonymous with hope, optimism, and credibility. If you were to take a walk down to National Mall, you would immediately see the NASA logo on T-shirts, hats, and bumper stickers. Few Federal agencies enjoy this kind of popularity.”

“The Aviation Safety Reporting System is an existing system that is trusted, that has taken hundreds of thousands, now millions, of cases”

“During my work on the UAP independent study team, it quickly became evident that there is no clear or well-publicized process for civilian pilots to report UAP sightings.”

“ASRS is the perfect tool to collect UAP data, which could then be collated by NASA and shared with the public at-large.”

“The stigma associated with UAP hampers the number of pilots that would report such phenomena, but even for those who overcome the stigma, I believe the current FAA guidance is largely unknown and poorly understood.”