Overview
- Jared Isaacman, in a CNN interview Sunday, said the chances of eventually finding signs that we are not alone are “pretty high.”
- He said he has seen no proof of visits by intelligent beings and did not encounter aliens during two trips to space.
- The administrator said the search for life is central to NASA’s science goals and shapes how missions are planned.
- The remarks follow February comments from Barack Obama saying “they’re real” and President Donald Trump’s order to identify and release UFO and alien files with no public timeline.
- No government or scientific body has confirmed extraterrestrial life, even as NASA studies Mars rocks for possible microbial clues and polls show many Americans believe life likely exists elsewhere.