November 18, 2025 • 11 mins
NASA will hold a highly anticipated briefing tomorrow at 3 PM Eastern to finally release month-delayed HiRISE images of 3I/ATLAS captured during its Mars flyby. But the agency's contradictory track record on transparency raises questions after their inconclusive 2023 UAP study that promised openness yet provided limited answers, their carefully hedged September 2025 Mars microbial life announcement requiring further Earth-based analysis, and now this controversial 40-day delay blamed on government shutdown despite the shutdown ending four days before the scheduled release. This leaving many to wonder if NASA's pattern of cautious language and delayed disclosures will continue when Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, Nicky Fox, Shawn Domagal-Goldman, and Tom Statler take questions from media and the public about the third confirmed interstellar object ever detected passing through our solar system.
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00:00 - NASA Breaks Silence about 3I/ATLAS
02:05 - 3I/ATLAS Details
03:34 - Month-Long 3I/ATLAS Image Delay
04:03 - NASA's Transparency Problem
07:08 - Pattern of Contradictions
08:26 - Meet Tomorrow's Panelists
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00:00 - NASA Breaks Silence about 3I/ATLAS
02:05 - 3I/ATLAS Details
03:34 - Month-Long 3I/ATLAS Image Delay
04:03 - NASA's Transparency Problem
07:08 - Pattern of Contradictions
08:26 - Meet Tomorrow's Panelists
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Tomorrow at three pm Eastern, NASA will finally be holding
a live briefing to share new images of Threeiatalyas. After
being demanded by millions, The high rise camera on the
Mars Reconnaissance orbiter captured the clearest views yet of threeiatlas
during its closest pass by Mars. But why did it
really take over a month to release these images and
(00:21):
what will this briefing tell us about how NASA handles
unexplained phenomena after their pretty contradictory track record. As always,
I'm here to report the information without bias, and you
can decide what to believe. You can find the sources
in my detailed articles at ufoews dot com along in
the description box below. Hey, follow yours on Christina Gomez
and welcome to this episode of UFO News Updates. The
(00:44):
images will hopefully show us better resolution than what the
Hubble Space Telescope captured back in July. The event will
take place at NASA's Space Flight Center in Green Belt,
Maryland and will be airing on their websites, but I
will also be streaming it right here on this channel
as well, well, So make sure to hit the notification
bell so you do not miss that live stream. Four
(01:05):
key figures will present their findings. First NASA's Associate Administrator,
a Meet, who has spent twenty years at the agency
working on everything from the Space Shuttle to the International
Space Station. Then Nikki Fox, the Associate Administrator for the
Science Mission Directorate. Sean Goldman, the Acting Director of the
Astrophysics Division, will be there as well, and finally Tom Stalter,
(01:29):
the lead scientist for Solar System Small Bodies who specializes
in understanding objects like asteroids and commets. According to NASA,
their assets give the United States unique capabilities to observe
three I at Lists almost the entire time it passes
through our celestial neighborhood. They will study how the comment
behaves using contemporary scientific instruments from different directions, including both
(01:54):
spacecraft across the Solar System and ground based observations. There
will be a high chance they'll be giving a background
on three Eye Atlas, so here is probably what they'll
be covering. Three iye Atlas is an interstellar comment discovered
on July first, twenty twenty five by the NASA funded
Atlas Observatory in Chile, and it is traveling through our
(02:14):
socialism at a hyperbolic trajectory at fifty eight kilometers per second,
significantly faster than previous interstellar visitors like Omuamua and Borisov.
On October third, it passed within nineteen million miles of Mars,
where the high Rise camera captured the sharpest images yet
at thirty kilometers per pixel resolution, before swinging around the
(02:35):
Sun on October twenty ninth and heading towards its closest
approach to Earth on December nineteenth, at a safe distance
of about one hundred and seventy million miles, posing no
threat to our planet. So those images taken by the
high Rise in early October were not released immediately. In fact,
over a month passed with no public access to the data.
(02:56):
Florida Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna sent two separate leves to
NASA's acting administrator, Sean Duffy, pressing the agency to release
the images. NASA said that due to the government shut
down that began just days before the images were captured,
creating bureaucratic obstacles to their release. Now, Luna tweeted that
she had spoken with NASA and they assured her the
(03:17):
images would be released as soon as the government reopened
the shutdown ended November fifteenth, and the release of the
images will be on November nineteenth. Why the four day gap? Avilobe,
who has been closely tracking three I atlas and advised
Luna on the matter, wrote that this represented a missed
opportunity for scientific insight. NASA did mention that they will
(03:40):
be having an open panel for the media and civilians
to ask questions. I wonder if avi Lobe's going to
be there. But here's my question for you. Is this
delay simply bureaucratic red tape or does it point to
a larger pattern of how space agencies handle information about
unexplained phenomena. Keep the thought because we need talk about
(04:00):
NASA's recent track record as well, and there's so much
more of this, So stay with me here. Let me
take you back to September twenty twenty three, when NASA
held a briefing on UAPs.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
In June of last year, NASA commissioned an independent study
team to examine unidentified anomalist phenomena. We did so with
a few goals in mind. First, to examine how NASA
can use our expertise and instruments to study UAP from
(04:33):
a scientific perspective. Second, shift the conversation about UAP from
sensationalism to science, and to make sure that whatever we
find or whatever we recommend, to make sure that information
(04:58):
is shared transp apparently around the world.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
That twenty twenty three UAP study was NASA's first concrete
action to seriously look into anomalous phenomena, and they assembled
leading scientists, data experts, and aerospace safety specialists. They stated
their goal was transparency, but not only did they hardly
share any information from their year's worth of research, they
(05:24):
were also talking to the audience like children and by
no means being transparent with their answers when they had
an open Q and A by the media. Here's a
short clip I made back in twenty twenty three highlighting.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
That NASA commissioned an independent study team to examine unidentified
anomalist phenomena and to make sure that whatever we find,
to make sure that information is shared transparently around the world.
We NASA deal openly and we will be transparent on this.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
Can you name the official who's we will not give
his name out?
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Okay, you bet your boots.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
So yes.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
Obviously we don't discuss budget openly.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
The NASA independent study team did not find any evidence
that UAP have an extraterrestrial org.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
As Bill just eloquently said, you bet your boots.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Fast forward to September of twenty twenty five, NASA announced
that what Acting Administrator Sean Duffy called the closest we've
ever come to discovering life on Mars, the Perseverance Rover
analyze a rock sample called Sapphire Canyon, and the rock
contained organic molecules and minerals strongly associated with biological processes
(06:41):
here on Earth. As Sean Duffy said, we're super transparent.
Take a listen to this clip.
Speaker 4 (06:46):
What's exciting is in the past, what we thought it was,
our peerie viewers would say it was not our peer
viewers are saying, well, this actually could be what NASA
thinks it is. And that's why this is so exciting,
and that's why we want to have this press conference
to share it with the world, to share it with you.
And also we are ultra transparent.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
So let us look at the pattern here. When NASA
investigates UAPs, they emphasize the need to shift from sensationalism
to science. They highlight the limited data available and the
difficulty of drawing conclusions. The twenty twenty three study was cautious, measured,
and ultimately inconclusive about the nature of most UAP sightings.
(07:28):
When NASA announced potential biosignatures on Mars, the language was
carefully hedged. The Sapphire Canyon sample contains a potential biosignature.
They say the materials could have formed through microbial activity,
but they also could have been formed through non biological chemistry.
We need to return the samples to Earth for definitive answers,
(07:51):
That's what they said. But when it comes to three
Iatlyss an interstellar object displaying multiple unusual behaviors, including sunword
jets that are not typical of comments, the images are
withheld for over a month due to bureaucratic delays. That's
their excuse. Also, I think it's a little important to
know about the panelists before we get into tomorrow's briefing,
(08:14):
how they handle themselves when answering questions. Don't you Here
is doctor Nikki Fox speaking about NASA's role, as explores
at a recent MIT conference.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
You know, I can't help but think that we really
are at an inflection point. The decisions that we make
today will literally shape the architecture and the future of
space exploration for generations to come.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
She's right, and those decisions will take effect tomorrow. How
will they handle the media questions tomorrow and will we
actually receive answers or even closure after the panel? Next
is Sean Goldman, the acting director of the Astrophysics Division.
Speaker 5 (08:52):
My name is Sean Gomigel Goldman. I'm a research space
scientist at NASA got Space Flight Center.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
And Sean, are we alone? Well, I don't know.
Speaker 5 (09:00):
What's exciting to me is that that's a question we've
been asking for a long time, and in our lifetime
we're going to turn that into a testable hypothesis. And
that's cool.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
When I asked you the question, are we alone?
Speaker 6 (09:13):
What did you understand by the word we?
Speaker 5 (09:16):
The biosphere?
Speaker 1 (09:17):
The biosphere? Yeah, it's really interesting to see how we
interpreted the question. And lastly is a mint who I
spent twenty years at the agency working on everything from
the Space Shuttle to the International Space Station.
Speaker 6 (09:30):
I've been in the agency twenty years. I started right
after the accident, the Columbia accident. It was a pretty
harrowing time for all of us. My first assignment was
actually to read the Accident Investigation Board report. But you
know that since then, you know I worked, You know
the agency has recovered incredibly well. We finished Space Station.
I was part of that, and then I was part
(09:52):
of the program over there, and then was asked not
three years ago to come over and help the team
working on explorations.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
Tomorrow at three pm E, we will finally see what
the high rise camera captured. They could hopefully help us
understand whether this is simply an unfamiliar type of natural
comment or something that challenges our current understanding. Where do
you hedge your bets? Let me know in the comments.
But beyond the scientific data, this briefing raises bigger questions
(10:20):
about transparency and how space agencies communicate findings about phenomena
that do not fit neatly in their categories. We'll be
covering the briefing live and breaking down what they reveal.
Christina Goomas and I said for today, I will see
you again tomorrow. Be safe and remember keep your eyes
on the skis. If you enjoy today's show, hit that
(11:09):
like button and if you're not subscribed, what are you
waiting for? Hit notification bell as I do daily UFO
news and updates, thrash you weighting stories, government disclosures, and
breaking developments land here every single day.
Tomorrow at three pm Eastern, NASA will finally be holding
a live briefing to share new images of Threeiatalyas. After
being demanded by millions, The high rise camera on the
Mars Reconnaissance orbiter captured the clearest views yet of threeiatlas
during its closest pass by Mars. But why did it
really take over a month to release these images and
(00:21):
what will this briefing tell us about how NASA handles
unexplained phenomena after their pretty contradictory track record. As always,
I'm here to report the information without bias, and you
can decide what to believe. You can find the sources
in my detailed articles at ufoews dot com along in
the description box below. Hey, follow yours on Christina Gomez
and welcome to this episode of UFO News Updates. The
(00:44):
images will hopefully show us better resolution than what the
Hubble Space Telescope captured back in July. The event will
take place at NASA's Space Flight Center in Green Belt,
Maryland and will be airing on their websites, but I
will also be streaming it right here on this channel
as well, well, So make sure to hit the notification
bell so you do not miss that live stream. Four
(01:05):
key figures will present their findings. First NASA's Associate Administrator,
a Meet, who has spent twenty years at the agency
working on everything from the Space Shuttle to the International
Space Station. Then Nikki Fox, the Associate Administrator for the
Science Mission Directorate. Sean Goldman, the Acting Director of the
Astrophysics Division, will be there as well, and finally Tom Stalter,
(01:29):
the lead scientist for Solar System Small Bodies who specializes
in understanding objects like asteroids and commets. According to NASA,
their assets give the United States unique capabilities to observe
three I at Lists almost the entire time it passes
through our celestial neighborhood. They will study how the comment
behaves using contemporary scientific instruments from different directions, including both
(01:54):
spacecraft across the Solar System and ground based observations. There
will be a high chance they'll be giving a background
on three Eye Atlas, so here is probably what they'll
be covering. Three iye Atlas is an interstellar comment discovered
on July first, twenty twenty five by the NASA funded
Atlas Observatory in Chile, and it is traveling through our
(02:14):
socialism at a hyperbolic trajectory at fifty eight kilometers per second,
significantly faster than previous interstellar visitors like Omuamua and Borisov.
On October third, it passed within nineteen million miles of Mars,
where the high Rise camera captured the sharpest images yet
at thirty kilometers per pixel resolution, before swinging around the
(02:35):
Sun on October twenty ninth and heading towards its closest
approach to Earth on December nineteenth, at a safe distance
of about one hundred and seventy million miles, posing no
threat to our planet. So those images taken by the
high Rise in early October were not released immediately. In fact,
over a month passed with no public access to the data.
(02:56):
Florida Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna sent two separate leves to
NASA's acting administrator, Sean Duffy, pressing the agency to release
the images. NASA said that due to the government shut
down that began just days before the images were captured,
creating bureaucratic obstacles to their release. Now, Luna tweeted that
she had spoken with NASA and they assured her the
(03:17):
images would be released as soon as the government reopened
the shutdown ended November fifteenth, and the release of the
images will be on November nineteenth. Why the four day gap? Avilobe,
who has been closely tracking three I atlas and advised
Luna on the matter, wrote that this represented a missed
opportunity for scientific insight. NASA did mention that they will
(03:40):
be having an open panel for the media and civilians
to ask questions. I wonder if avi Lobe's going to
be there. But here's my question for you. Is this
delay simply bureaucratic red tape or does it point to
a larger pattern of how space agencies handle information about
unexplained phenomena. Keep the thought because we need talk about
(04:00):
NASA's recent track record as well, and there's so much
more of this, So stay with me here. Let me
take you back to September twenty twenty three, when NASA
held a briefing on UAPs.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
In June of last year, NASA commissioned an independent study
team to examine unidentified anomalist phenomena. We did so with
a few goals in mind. First, to examine how NASA
can use our expertise and instruments to study UAP from
(04:33):
a scientific perspective. Second, shift the conversation about UAP from
sensationalism to science, and to make sure that whatever we
find or whatever we recommend, to make sure that information
(04:58):
is shared transp apparently around the world.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
That twenty twenty three UAP study was NASA's first concrete
action to seriously look into anomalous phenomena, and they assembled
leading scientists, data experts, and aerospace safety specialists. They stated
their goal was transparency, but not only did they hardly
share any information from their year's worth of research, they
(05:24):
were also talking to the audience like children and by
no means being transparent with their answers when they had
an open Q and A by the media. Here's a
short clip I made back in twenty twenty three highlighting.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
That NASA commissioned an independent study team to examine unidentified
anomalist phenomena and to make sure that whatever we find,
to make sure that information is shared transparently around the world.
We NASA deal openly and we will be transparent on this.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
Can you name the official who's we will not give
his name out?
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Okay, you bet your boots.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
So yes.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
Obviously we don't discuss budget openly.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
The NASA independent study team did not find any evidence
that UAP have an extraterrestrial org.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
As Bill just eloquently said, you bet your boots.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Fast forward to September of twenty twenty five, NASA announced
that what Acting Administrator Sean Duffy called the closest we've
ever come to discovering life on Mars, the Perseverance Rover
analyze a rock sample called Sapphire Canyon, and the rock
contained organic molecules and minerals strongly associated with biological processes
(06:41):
here on Earth. As Sean Duffy said, we're super transparent.
Take a listen to this clip.
Speaker 4 (06:46):
What's exciting is in the past, what we thought it was,
our peerie viewers would say it was not our peer
viewers are saying, well, this actually could be what NASA
thinks it is. And that's why this is so exciting,
and that's why we want to have this press conference
to share it with the world, to share it with you.
And also we are ultra transparent.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
So let us look at the pattern here. When NASA
investigates UAPs, they emphasize the need to shift from sensationalism
to science. They highlight the limited data available and the
difficulty of drawing conclusions. The twenty twenty three study was cautious, measured,
and ultimately inconclusive about the nature of most UAP sightings.
(07:28):
When NASA announced potential biosignatures on Mars, the language was
carefully hedged. The Sapphire Canyon sample contains a potential biosignature.
They say the materials could have formed through microbial activity,
but they also could have been formed through non biological chemistry.
We need to return the samples to Earth for definitive answers,
(07:51):
That's what they said. But when it comes to three
Iatlyss an interstellar object displaying multiple unusual behaviors, including sunword
jets that are not typical of comments, the images are
withheld for over a month due to bureaucratic delays. That's
their excuse. Also, I think it's a little important to
know about the panelists before we get into tomorrow's briefing,
(08:14):
how they handle themselves when answering questions. Don't you Here
is doctor Nikki Fox speaking about NASA's role, as explores
at a recent MIT conference.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
You know, I can't help but think that we really
are at an inflection point. The decisions that we make
today will literally shape the architecture and the future of
space exploration for generations to come.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
She's right, and those decisions will take effect tomorrow. How
will they handle the media questions tomorrow and will we
actually receive answers or even closure after the panel? Next
is Sean Goldman, the acting director of the Astrophysics Division.
Speaker 5 (08:52):
My name is Sean Gomigel Goldman. I'm a research space
scientist at NASA got Space Flight Center.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
And Sean, are we alone? Well, I don't know.
Speaker 5 (09:00):
What's exciting to me is that that's a question we've
been asking for a long time, and in our lifetime
we're going to turn that into a testable hypothesis. And
that's cool.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
When I asked you the question, are we alone?
Speaker 6 (09:13):
What did you understand by the word we?
Speaker 5 (09:16):
The biosphere?
Speaker 1 (09:17):
The biosphere? Yeah, it's really interesting to see how we
interpreted the question. And lastly is a mint who I
spent twenty years at the agency working on everything from
the Space Shuttle to the International Space Station.
Speaker 6 (09:30):
I've been in the agency twenty years. I started right
after the accident, the Columbia accident. It was a pretty
harrowing time for all of us. My first assignment was
actually to read the Accident Investigation Board report. But you
know that since then, you know I worked, You know
the agency has recovered incredibly well. We finished Space Station.
I was part of that, and then I was part
(09:52):
of the program over there, and then was asked not
three years ago to come over and help the team
working on explorations.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
Tomorrow at three pm E, we will finally see what
the high rise camera captured. They could hopefully help us
understand whether this is simply an unfamiliar type of natural
comment or something that challenges our current understanding. Where do
you hedge your bets? Let me know in the comments.
But beyond the scientific data, this briefing raises bigger questions
(10:20):
about transparency and how space agencies communicate findings about phenomena
that do not fit neatly in their categories. We'll be
covering the briefing live and breaking down what they reveal.
Christina Goomas and I said for today, I will see
you again tomorrow. Be safe and remember keep your eyes
on the skis. If you enjoy today's show, hit that
(11:09):
like button and if you're not subscribed, what are you
waiting for? Hit notification bell as I do daily UFO
news and updates, thrash you weighting stories, government disclosures, and
breaking developments land here every single day.
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