NASA UFO study team includes former astronaut, scientists and more

NASA's highly anticipated UFO study is about to begin, and we now know who will conduct it.

In June, the space agency announced that it had commissioned a panel to investigate UFOs, or, as they have recently been rebranded, "unidentified aerial phenomena" (UAP). The independent study will begin in the fall, cost less than $100,000 and last about nine months from start to finish, NASA officials said at the time.

Fall has arrived, and so has the study's start date — nearly, anyway. The panel will begin its work on Monday (Oct. 24), NASA officials wrote in an update(opens in new tab) today (Oct. 21).