Person · Registry ID 044
David Spergel
Simons Foundation president (NASA team chair, 2022–2023)
1 position on the chart1 evidence record
Positions on the chart (1)
- NASA Chair, independent UAP study team, 2022–2023 Documented
Registry record
- Past roles
- Princeton astrophysics professor; Flatiron Institute director
- Credentials
- Ph.D. astrophysics; cosmologist
- UAP involvement
- Chaired NASA UAP Independent Study Team
- Principal disclosures
- Led recommendations for improved data quality, sensor calibration and open scientific study
- Evidence contributed
- NASA UAP Independent Study Team final report (2023)
- Knowledge type
- Scientific review and research governance
- Corroboration
- NASA membership and report independently documented
- Assessment
- Scientific-methodology authority; not presented as firsthand UAP witness
- Last reviewed
- 2026-10-29
Evidence (1)
- Chaired NASA UAP Independent Study Team ReportedAnalysis