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NASA joins the still controversial search for UFOs

WASHINGTON, D.C.: NASA on Thursday officially joined the search for UFOs — but reflecting the stigma attached to the field, the US space agency kept secret for hours the identity of the person heading a new program tracking mystery flying objects.

The official's appointment is the result of a year-long NASA fact-finding report into what it calls 'unidentified anomalous phenomena,' or UAP.