SOURCE: BlackVault — theblackvault.com (Tier 2)
CATEGORY: BUREAUCRACY
CREDIBILITY SCORE: 78/100 | EVIDENCE SCORE: 30/100
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TAGS: nasa, congressional, foia, archive
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NASA Seal A newly released Freedom of Information Act response from NASA reveals internal discussions focused on how the agency would communicate a confirmed discovery of extraterrestrial life. This includes details about a 2025 meeting convened to outline a formal communications protocol. The records stem from a request seeking documents related to “agency-level planning, policy, or procedural guidance addressing the detection, reporting, analysis, or response to the discovery of extraterrestrial intelligence, extraterrestrial life, or non-terrestrial technological signals.” 2025 Meeting Focused on “Definitive Discovery of ET Life” Central to the release is a June 2025 Microsoft Teams meeting invitation and related email correspondence documenting a discussion among NASA personnel and affiliated participants. The purpose of the meeting is described directly in the invitation: “This is a meeting to work with Linda to develop ideas toward rough outlining of how an official communications protocol for a definitive discovery of ET life might look…” The same communication indicates the effort was not new, referencing prior internal work: “I’ll send around some materials/thoughts Mary, Jim Green, and I developed awhile back on this.” The participants include individuals associated with NASA’s science mission and astrobiology communications efforts, including David H. Grinspoon and Linda Billings , both of whom have longstanding roles in public engagement and the societal
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