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Chris Impey

University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona

Management

Federal funding for major science agencies is at a 25-year low

Research funding is down in recent years despite promises made with the CHIPS and Science Act.

Defense

US intelligence report on UFOs: No aliens, but government transparency and desire for better data might bring science to the UFO world

In 2020, Congress ordered a report on UFOs. The nine-page report doesn't say what the 144 sightings from 2004 to 2021 are, but does say that the government wants to learn more.