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Michael Gold
Witness Former NASA Associate Administrator NASA UAP Study Team 🇺🇸 United States
In Brief
Michael Gold is a former Associate Administrator at NASA with responsibility for Space Policy and Partnerships. He architected the NASA Artemis Accords in October 2020. Before NASA he spent sixteen years at Bigelow Aerospace as Director of DC Operations and Business Growth. He was appointed to the NASA UAP Independent Study Team in June 2022, which delivered its final report in September 2023.
He is the most senior NASA official to engage the UAP question publicly in the modern disclosure cycle. On 13 November 2024 he provided sworn testimony before the House Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets alongside David Grusch, Luis Elizondo, Tim Gallaudet and Michael Shellenberger.
Notable Statement
"NASA's commitment to scientific transparency is the most important thing the agency can bring to this question."
In the Archive
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