Data drives disclosure: Creating a civilian UFO reporting network | Reality Check

In this episode of "Reality Check," Ross Coulthart sits down with Reed Summers, the director of strategy at the Human Institute. Summers is also one of the organizers of the UAP Detection and Tracking Summit. Summers tells Ross about his efforts to centralize and analyze citizen UAP sightings on a large scale, the need for more efforts in data collection and how to combat misinformation campaigns. Sponsor Link: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code check at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/check Sponsor Link: Go to ⁠⁠https://HelloFresh.com/realitycheck10... to get 10 free meals + a FREE Zwilling Knife (a $144.99 value) on your third box. Offer valid while supplies last. Free meals applied as discount on first box, new subscribers only, varies by plan. #ReedSummers #disclosure #UAP CREDITS Host: Ross Coulthart Executive Producer: Andy Gipson Editorial Producer: Meagan Ourada Segment Producer: Christine Jenkinson Associate Producer: Will Tomasi Editor: Anthony Diasio On "Reality Check," NewsNation Special Correspondent Ross Coulthart takes a fact-based approach to tackle everything from unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) to mysteries often missing from the headlines. More Reality Check: https://www.newsnationnow.com/podcast... Email your questions to [email protected] NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans. More from NewsNation: https://www.newsnationnow.com/ Get our app: https://trib.al/TBXgYpp Find us on your screen: https://www.joinnn.com/ CHAPTERS :00 Intro 3:09 Meet Reed 8:09 Disinformation campaigns 9:36 UAP detection systems 16:30 Challenges surrounding AI 19:10 UAP sighting databases 23:03 Reconciling government explanations with witness testimony 25:07 Skywatcher update 30:25 Will the Pentagon engage in truthful disclosure? 35:20 How do you prove NHI exists? 39:11 Mandating sightings to be reported by pilots 42:32 Reluctance from intelligence community to acknowledge the phenomena 44:05 Creating a viable civilian UAP detection network 48:03 Plasma life forms? 50:26 Addressing the skeptics 53:17 Summer’s views on the phenomena 56:04 Intent of NHI 57:40 Is NHI a threat? 58:46 Implications of confirmed sightings 1:02:08 Institutional pushback 1:04:22 Is the phenomena spiritual?