--- title: "How NASA's Astronaut Scott Kelly Describes His UFO Experience Here" description: "NASA Astronaut describes his faith and understanding of UFOs in the universe after investing half of his life in the space-traveling" author: "Sanjay Goenka" published: 2023-06-05 updated: 2023-06-05 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/3026/how-nasa-s-astronaut-scott-kelly-describes-his-ufo-experience-here category: "space and research" tags: ["space science", "space transportation"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # How NASA's Astronaut Scott Kelly Describes His UFO Experience Here A Retired [NASA](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2964/nasa-notifies-a-mysterious-glitch-in-the-james-webb-space-telescope) Astronaut discloses his experience of space traveling in which he also told the reality behind UFOs as being one of the most curious topics among all earth habitats. Things that are shown in the sky are not always the same as what we see in our eyes just due to some [scientific](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1571/surprising-scientific-facts-about-girls) phenomena happening in nature. - Scott Kelly, a NASA retired astronaut given over 8,100 consecutive hours in space - During a meeting at NASA, he said he saw a lot of odd things while he was there - His experience with UFO happened here on Earth during on flying off [Virginia Beach](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/45948/which-hotels-are-best-to-stay-in-virginia-beach-for-a-family-trip) ![How NASA's Astronaut Scott Kelly Describes His UFO Experience Here](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/641521/8df8b4fc-7919-4e2a-8b3f-6f093b4ba1c1/images/3e48266a-e527-49cc-9b6f-44224a6f54fd.jpg) “I remember one time I was flying in the warning areas off of Virginia Beach military operating area and my RIO- the guy who sits in the back of the Tomcat- was convinced we flew by a UFO,” said Scott Kelly “So I didn’t see it. We turned around. We went to go look at it. It was out it was Bart Simpson- a balloon.” We have some mysterious stories about the objects of space or the other planet's vehicles that are called [UFO](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2690/510-ufos-reported-no-sign-of-alien-life-but-still-pose-a-threat-to-the-us)s and also sometimes we wondered about them so extensively that anything that appears in the sky seems UFO. *NASA’s astronaut Scott Kelly* has been a part of the panel that was called on Wednesday at NASA headquarters to discuss UFOs, and what NASA is now referring them as an unidentified aerial phenomenon. He himself described his experience with UFOs in a statement. “Oftentimes, in space, I would see things and I was like, ‘That’s really not behaving as it should.’ And every single time when I would look at it long enough, I would realize that it was [atmospheric](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/101315/what-is-the-role-of-the-national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-noaa) lensing.” Science may fool us with the help of various mystical phenomena like **Atmospheric lensing** which can create an [optical illusion](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/99958/what-is-optical-illusion), similar to the sun appearing higher in the sky than it actually is. Also which can also extend daylight by five minutes along the equator, reported NASA. “It was the fact that what I was looking at was actually flying behind the [atmosphere](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2058/robin-wordsworth-re-creates-the-atmosphere-of-ancient-mars) and because of the variations in the atmosphere it made the trajectory look like it wasn’t going in a [straight line](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35148/which-is-the-only-us-state-not-to-have-a-straight-line-in-its-border),’’ told Kelly through his [life experience](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1007/traveling-in-dark-clouds-with-cold-winds-is-the-best-life-experience). Also Read: [**NASA Notifies a Mysterious Glitch in the James Webb Space Telescope**](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2964/nasa-notifies-a-mysterious-glitch-in-the-james-webb-space-telescope) --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/3026/how-nasa-s-astronaut-scott-kelly-describes-his-ufo-experience-here Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.