A NASA Oceanographer and UAP (w/ Dr. Paula Bontempi)
Somewhere in the Skies
Ryan Sprague
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
On episode 327 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, we are joined by Oceanographer and former NASA Deputy Director of Earth Sciences, Dr. Paula Bontempi. Dr. Bontempi spent over 16 years as the program manager for Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry at NASA Headquarters, as well as the Lead for NASA’s Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Focus Area before becoming the Earth Science Division’s Acting Deputy Director in 2019. She is currently the Dean of the Graduate School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island. Dr. Bontempi is also a part of the NASA independent UAP Study team. Today, she discusses the recent NASA UAP public meeting, what the expect with the upcoming public UAP report, and the importance and role of our oceans in the study of UAP and beyond.
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| 0:00.0 | This is somewhere in the skies, with Ryan's bed. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome to somewhere in the skies, I'm your host Ryan Sprague, and I just wanted to drop in with some exciting news. |
| 0:39.0 | We've recently been nominated for the 2023 People's Choice Podcast Awards. |
| 0:45.0 | We were nominated in the category of storytelling and drama for our audio documentary in case history episodes. |
| 0:52.0 | Voting is now open, so please do me a huge favor and head on over to podcastawards.com and be sure to register and then vote for somewhere in the skies in the storytelling and drama category. |
| 1:06.0 | It takes just a few moments but would make a world of difference for somewhere in the skies. |
| 1:12.0 | Again, vote for somewhere in the skies, at podcastawards.com. |
| 1:17.0 | Thank you so much for your support. |
| 1:23.0 | Today our guest is Dr. Paula Buntempi. |
| 1:27.0 | Paula is an oceanographer who has led the use of satellites in marine science during her positions in NASA and as the dean of the graduate school of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island. |
| 1:40.0 | Dr. Buntempi spent over 16 years as the program manager for ocean biology and biogeochemistry at NASA headquarters, |
| 1:50.0 | as well as the lead for NASA's carbon cycle and ecosystems focus area and NASA's carbon cycle science research lead before becoming the Earth Science Division's Acting Deputy Director in 2019. |
| 2:05.0 | She's also taught the Earth Science Module for NASA's astronaut training class over the last several years. |
| 2:13.0 | In 2019, she was named a Fellow of the Oceanography Society and was awarded both the Ocean Sciences Award from the American Geophysical Union and the NASA Exceptional Service Medal. |
| 2:28.0 | She most recently was selected as a member of the NASA UAP Study Team and took part in the recent panel and contributed to the upcoming public UAP Report. |
| 2:41.0 | Today, she joins us to talk all about the NASA UAP Panel, what to expect from the report, and then we discuss the mysteries that lay not just somewhere in our skies, but in the depths of our oceans as well. |
| 2:56.0 | Here's our interview with Dr. Paula Buntempi. |
| 3:03.0 | Paula, thank you so much for joining me today and somewhere in the skies. |
| 3:07.0 | My pleasure. |
| 3:10.0 | So, I think a lot of our viewers are people who are really into UFOs. |
| 3:17.0 | They may recognize you from the recent UAP Panel that NASA did, that they live stream this four-hour event. |
| 3:26.0 | I was glued to my screen, watching every moment of this and jotting down every name of every panel member and kind of looking into what they've done, their experience, |
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