It seems to me that by saying this the authors wanted to communicate “this is not a place to discuss this”. But I agree that the phrasing used may inaccurately (?) communicate that the authors are more uncertain/agnostic about this issue than they really are (or that they believe something like “both sides have comparably good arguments”), so I’d suggest to replace it with something like:
The probability of loss of control is beyond the scope of this report (for discussion, see: [sources]).
It seems to me that by saying this the authors wanted to communicate “this is not a place to discuss this”. But I agree that the phrasing used may inaccurately (?) communicate that the authors are more uncertain/agnostic about this issue than they really are (or that they believe something like “both sides have comparably good arguments”), so I’d suggest to replace it with something like: