© AFP/Getty ImagesNASA Administrator Jared Isaacman
Jared Isaacman, who took the helm in December, said real imagery captured from space could not be explained away as a comet or other natural phenomenon.
While he stopped short of calling it proof of alien life, he was confident that the ultimate conclusion would be that the universe is full of extraterrestrial life, which humans have not yet discovered.
The NASA administrator told podcast host Jack Gordon:
"We have captured imagery, and this is what President Trump is very forward-leaning about, that based on the data that we have within that imagery, we don't know what it is.'While Isaacman admitted the space agency was in possession of photos that appear to show unexplainable things near Earth, he added that he has never seen evidence of crashed UFOs or alien bodies recovered by the US government.
'I think there's a very real possibility we're going to arrive at a conclusion in our lifetime that perhaps there's life everywhere out there and that it isn't as infrequent as we might think it to possibly be,
NASA has long maintained that it does not possess or maintain evidence of any alien life or bodies, just as the White House and Pentagon have continuously stated that there is no physical proof.
However, Isaacman noted that NASA may already have the proof in its possession, but that evidence is currently stuck on Mars - roughly 200 million miles away right now.
The lunar surface as viewed from the landing site of Apollo 12. This image features a highlighted area of interest slightly to the right of the vertical axis of the frame, above the horizon, in which unidentified phenomena are visible.
NASA had previously announced the discovery of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet last September, but the mission to collect those samples from the Perseverance rover was dropped from NASA's Mars plans over funding issues.
The comments follow President Donald Trump's order to disclose all files related to UFOs.
Thousands of pages of NASA records, audio interviews and photos have been released as part of the Pentagon's disclosure rollout this year, but nothing to this point has provided definitive proof of life on other worlds.
Isaacman was appointed to run NASA just before Congress approved a new budget, supported by President Donald Trump, which focused on sending a manned mission to Mars by the end of the decade.
The NASA administrator, who is a self-made billionaire entrepreneur, accomplished pilot and civilian astronaut who went into orbit with SpaceX, added that UFOs have been a key focus behind NASA's renewed push to explore the solar system.
'I can't hate the subject. In fact, I'm incredibly fascinated about it because that is at the heart of what we're trying to do at NASA - answer the question, are we alone?'Despite saying that the universe is likely teeming with life, Isaacman pushed back when asked if humans would therefore be 'invading' other worlds by continuing to explore space now and in the distant future.
© CopyrightLunar surface viewed from landing site of Apollo 12 • Features highlighted areas above horizon, unidentified phenomena are visible
'These [questions] will be revealed by generations long after we are gone, but, simply put, I do not believe it is our destiny to remain on one planet.'The Daily Mail has reached out to NASA for comment on Administrator Isaacman's revelations.
The space agency has remained silent about multiple claims by former NASA employees, astronauts, and scientists who have all alleged that proof of extraterrestrial life was already found and then covered up by NASA.
This includes astronaut Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man to walk on the moon, who publicly claimed NASA missions saw unidentified craft that displayed speed and abilities far beyond anything humans had created.
In 2001, former NASA contractor Donna Hare alleged that photos containing what appeared to be legitimate UFOs were airbrushed to remove the craft before being released to the public.
The agency has also come under fire over the last year for its images of a mysterious interstellar object, known as 3i/ATLAS, which passed by Earth and several other planets.
Despite having satellites within close range of the object, which Harvard Professor Avi Loeb said showed clear signs of intelligent design, NASA only released a series of blurry images and declared they found no signs of life on the supposed comet.
Isaacman's interview did not address these decades-old claims, but it did address the conspiracy theory claiming the moon landing was fake.
The NASA boss said he understood why so many people remain skeptical, noting that the footage from 50 years ago looks old and low-quality, and younger generations are used to perfect high-definition video.
To fix this for good, he said the upcoming Artemis lunar missions will have high-definition cameras attached to every landing module and rover, sending back clear proof that humans have left the Earth.
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