Harvard astronomer now devoting himself to studying UFOs after Pentagon report

[left-of-center2012]

After a leaked video forced the Pentagon to reveal they too were asking questions about UFOs, a top astronomer is joining the search for answers. "It's a win-win proposition because even if we find that these aerial phenomena are rare atmospheric effects that are not expected, we learn something new,” Avi Loeb, a professor of science at Harvard, told NBC News. “If there is something out there, we need to find out.”

“Why does science have to be boring?” Loeb said. “Here we are talking about a discovery that would change the history of humanity, so how dare we push it aside.”

So he’s started the Galileo Project, funded by tech founder William Linton and billionaire Frank Laukien, among others. The research group aims to identify the nature of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) and other interstellar objects such as Oumuamua, which reportedly visited Earth in 2017.

Earlier this year, video of an unidentified flying object was leaked, raising questions that are still unanswered. The video obtained by documentary filmmaker Jeremy Corbell was recorded by the Navy and shows a spherical object flying and darting above the water off the coast of San Diego for several minutes before descending into the ocean.

https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/arts-culture/567054-harvard-astronomer-now-devoting-himself-to-studying

[MagickMuffin]

1. Cool, I see no reason not to research this

And I'm glad there are money people behind the project.


Engage!

[exboyfil]

2. Loeb might want to check out Mick West and Phil Mason

All for as much observational science that you can do. The private money is welcome, but it should be approached with a high degree of skepticism.

[left-of-center2012]

3. There will always be doubters

That's why there is a Flat Earth society

[USALiberal]

5. No, the ufo believers are like flat earthers! Nt

[brooklynite]

7. Since you're not a "doubter" please inform us what you can ascertain from the blobs in the video.

[left-of-center2012]

9. Unlike the doubters ...

I will leave it to the scientists.

[lagomorph777]

12. Doubters are fine. It's the hysterical denialists who sadden me.

Why not just look into these things? As Loeb says, even if it's some novel atmospheric phenomena, we learn something interesting. We can just look the other way and hope it doesn't happen again. But that's beyond sad, it's dangerously short-sighted.

[elevator]

21. Pretty much conjectural gibberish. But, the main point in all this is that

the UFO phenomenon did not start with these videos. The history of UFOs dates back seventy years, if not hundreds and thousands.
The three above are but a tiny percentage of what has not been released to the public. And only shortened versions of these are available.

[USALiberal]

4. Millions of phone cameras and very few ufo pictures, ffs is this a waste of time! Nt

[Beaverhausen]

15. How do you know how many photos of UFOs there are?

There are many photos of objects that can’t be explained. It’s not like they are all published

They are however sent to researchers to research. Most can be explained. Some can’t.

[USALiberal]

18. Send me the best picture link you have of a UFO! Nt

[Beaverhausen]

23. I didn't get a photo

Like many others I was too shocked to get one.

Anyway you can believe what you want. Doesn’t matter to me.

[CrackityJones75]

26. Do me a favor....

Next time you see an airplane outside go take a pic or video of it with your phone and then post it here.

[USALiberal]

27. I'll wait till I see a alien craft! Nt

[colsohlibgal]

6. Good Luck To Him

For skeptics I would recommend A video out about the Phoenix Lights episode in Arizona...not put together by kooks but a married couple who were both respected doctors in the area. These weren’t single sightings, this went on for some time.

To think it’s just us in the vastness of space seems like a serious long shot. Now how could they travel great distances? Yes there is a speed limit, the speed of light. But “warp drive” is possible and we’re working on it now. That is where you shrink the space in front of you and spread it back out behind you. Star Trek anticipated it.

It is seriously doubtful that it’s just us in the vastness of space. 200 years ago here if you wanted to communicate with someone you had to to it in person or write it down and have it delivered. Now look where we are now.

And caught on tape from one of our astronauts, as clear as day, is the message “We still have the Alien Spacecraft under observation”. I’ve heard it myself on a DVD I have.

[brooklynite]

8. I've noticed "UFOs equals aliens" advocates insist on jumping to extremes...

To think it’s just us in the vastness of space seems like a serious long shot.

Almost nobody except religious fanatics believe we're alone in the galaxy. That doesn't change the reality of the immense distances which need to be crossed for an alien civilization to get here, and the apparent inability they have to block radar tracking or visibility.

[Polybius]

11. Maybe us humans are too stupid to comprehend it

The smartest humans have an IQ of over 200. Imagine an alien race that averages 1,000. Trying to explain it to us would be like trying to explain math to a turtle.

[lagomorph777]

13. Whoever it is seems to want us to see it. Taunting us or testing our sensors and defenses, maybe.

Similar to the ways Russia and China provoke our ships. Perhaps not coincidentally.

[wackadoo wabbit]

17. Assuming that these UFOs are indeed intelligently created (as opposed to natural phenomena),

then they're obviously created by beings who are significantly more technologically advanced than we are. For such beings, traveling large distances or blocking radar or possessing invisibility might be child's play (the sort of child's play that flying from the U.S. to Europe would be for humans).

[brooklynite]

20. But they're NOT blocking radar and NOT possessing invisibility, according to the claimed sightings

[wackadoo wabbit]

22. Oops! I misread your post. That being said, . . .

they do seem to have the ability to block radar and become invisible/wink out of sight. These abilities have been documented by reputable observers. As for why they do it sometimes and don't others, damned if I know. Maybe there are different races of aliens visiting us, and they have different agendas and different technologies. After all, the Romulans had cloaking technology, while the Federation didn't (just kidding here).

[USALiberal]

19. Please post the link to this astronaut recording. Nt

[Blue_true]

10. Any beings that can reach us are highly advanced.

Why would they risk even the slightest contact with us? Doing so opens up all types of horrors for them, like killer diseases that are endemic to us, but new and fatal for them.

[leftstreet]

14. They're just billionaires from other planets

[Takket]

16. Worth looking into for sure

I’m pretty skeptical because there is a lot of scans that have been exposed over the years. But I’m quite curious. If it’s real or a scam I think there is more than enough material here to make it a worthwhile research project.

[Baitball Blogger]

24. Mark my words. What we're seeing is a projected telescope. Works like a

cat laser. So, "Beam me up Scottie" is the appropriate way to describe it.

Truth after coffee.

[Kid Berwyn]

25. Now THAT's a Scientist.

Dr. Loeb wants to study, learn and share.

Contrast that perspective with those who know everything and work to shut down discussion through ridicule.