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    The Galileo Project - Public Announcement July 26th, 2021:
    • Huge UFO Announcement Tomorrow July 26, 2021:

    • The Galileo Project headed by professor Avi Loeb will hold a press conference tomorrow, July 26th, at 12PM EDT. After that Dr. Brian Keating will be hosting the leaders of the project to discuss it.

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    The 2017 detection of an odd interstellar object dubbed `Oumuamua
    (artist representation above) prompted this week's launch of a project
    to search for alien technology on or near Earth.

    ESO/M. Kornmesser

    Project launched to look for extraterrestrial visitors to our solar system

    By Daniel CleryJul. 26, 2021 , 7:00 AM

    The oddly shaped object that came whizzing past the Sun and Earth in 2017 on a trajectory from outside our solar system prompted wild speculation. Most scientists think the cigar-shaped visitor, less than a kilometer long, was a comet or asteroid from a nearby star or some other cosmic flotsam. But theoretical astrophysicist Avi Loeb of Harvard University argued that ‘Oumuamua, Hawaiian for “scout,” was an alien creation—a light sail, antenna, or even a spaceship. Today he announced a plan to look for more such objects: a philanthropy-backed effort called the Galileo project.

    The effort will use existing and new telescopes to systematically look for mysterious artifacts that could be satellites hiding in Earth orbit, interstellar objects—whether natural or manufactured—and even unexplained craft in Earth’s atmosphere. “It doesn’t really matter if it’s a natural artifact or a relic. If we look, we will find something new,” Loeb says.

    After Loeb published a book, Extraterrestrial, which made the case that ‘Oumuamua was some sort of alien technology, he says several wealthy individuals got in touch—unsolicited—to offer funding for such research. Four of them ultimately donated $1.75 million, enough for him to move forward with his plans. He assembled a research team involving several well known astronomers and researchers from other fields, although he admits that not everyone he approached was receptive. “The science community should be open minded. That’s how we make progress,” Loeb says.

    The project proposes to use data from existing and upcoming survey telescopes, such as the 8-meter Vera Rubin Observatory under construction in Chile, to look for more objects like ‘Oumuamua. Detecting incoming objects early will give researchers more time to study them than the 2 months it took before ‘Oumuamua passed out of the range of telescopes. Loeb also hopes to design—in collaboration with space agencies or companies--a launch-ready space mission to study an incomer at close quarters.

    Some researchers involved in the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI) welcome such studies. “Everyone would be thrilled to get a close-up look” at something like ‘Oumuamua, says astronomer Jason Wright, director of the Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center. “We should definitely be ready for the next ‘Oumuamua,” says astrophysicist Adam Frank of the University of Rochester. “We’ll learn a lot about these things whatever they are.”

    Others wonder what the Galileo Project will add to ongoing searches for interstellar objects. Alan Fitzsimmons of the Queen’s University Belfast, co-lead of the ‘Oumuamua investigation team organized by the International Space Science Institute, notes that existing alert networks already scour telescope data on an hourly basis in search of incoming interstellar objects. Fitzsimmons adds that the European Space Agency is working on a Comet Interceptor mission, to be launched in 2028, that will sit in orbit waiting for a suitable target, be it a comet or an interstellar object, before rushing out to meet it. “The community can’t wait for the discoveries of the Vera Rubin Observatory,” he says.
    • The Galileo Project also plans to look for (possible) Alien Artefacts closer to home.
    The U.S. Director of National Intelligence released a report to Congress last month outlining what is known about 144 reports from military and intelligence sources of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs), aka unidentified flying objects (UFOs). The report concluded most UAPs probably were physical objects—as opposed to optical or atmospheric phenomena—but the data was so poor that it could not determine whether they were “clutter” like weather balloons and drones, still-secret programs by U.S. or foreign agencies, or something else. “The government is the most conservative organization you can think about,” says Loeb. For it to admit that it doesn’t know what UAPs are is “a very significant statement.”

    The Galileo Project will aim to get high-quality images of UAPs to discover their nature. A 1-meter telescope with a modern sensor can see details as small as 1 millimeter on an object 1 kilometer away, Loeb says, and such an instrument can be ordered off the shelf for $500,000. If funding allows, he would station tens of telescopes at strategic positions across the globe, scanning the skies for UAPs, perhaps aided by radar and infrared sensors.

    “It’s a reasonable question to ask, has the Earth been visited in its 4.5-billion year history,” says Frank. If we discovered obvious signs of life on nearby exoplanets, we would send probes, he says. “Looking for artifacts [close to home] is a reasonable approach.” But other researchers balk at the idea that UAPs have anything to do with SETI. “They don’t seem to have any obvious connection,” says Wright. Fitzsimmons was less diplomatic. “OK, that’s bollocks,” he says.

    A third part of the project would involve looking for extraterrestrial satellites in orbit around Earth, using artificial intelligence techniques to process data from existing survey telescopes. Again, researchers point out that government agencies already have sophisticated surveillance of everything in orbit around the Earth larger than 10 centimeters in size. “The military is very good at that,” says Wright.

    During his book promotion Loeb characterized his colleagues as blinkered and prejudiced against the search for alien relics and signals, known as technosignatures. Nor did he win fans for an ill-tempered exchange in February with SETI pioneer Jill Tarter. But he is more diplomatic now, acknowledging that his quest “takes people out of their comfort zone.”
    But it’s “an exciting opportunity,” he says. “We’ll find whatever we find, and look at the evidence.”
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    Cambridge (USA) - Under the direction of the Harvard astronomer Prof. Avi Loeb, high-ranking scientists have come together in the "Galileo Project" to make exotic observations such as astronomical objects with inexplicable properties but also UFOs and UAPs with scientific methods, but no longer to explore in advance the hypothesis of an artificial extraterrestrial and intelligent nature and origin. As the scientists themselves explain on the website of "The Galileo Project", the aim of their efforts is "the systematic scientific search for evidence of extraterrestrial technological artifacts".

    The project name already relates to none other than the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and was chosen because the participants hope for nothing less than groundbreaking discoveries about extraterrestrial technological civilizations (ETCs):


    Galileo Galilei - Portrait of Justus Sustermans (1636)


    “The potential discovery of well-corroborated scientific evidence of extraterrestrial technologies could have similar effects on astronomy and our worldview as Galileo's pioneering use of telescopes for astronomical observation. Galileo's improved design of optical telescopes allowed him to discover the four great moons of Jupiter from 1609-1610. These Galilean moons were the first satellites to be recognized as orbiting another planet. Also in 1610, Galileo discovered the rings of Saturn.
    It was these two discoveries that served as key evidence for the heliocentric model (earth and other planets of the solar system revolve around the sun), first described by Nicolaus Copernicus in 1543, and which gradually replaced the earlier dogmatic geocentric model (earth as Center of the universe).
    According to a popular legend , Galileo, who had previously renounced his theory that the earth revolves around the sun under threat of life imprisonment, mumbled his rebellious saying 'and it will move'.
    Galileo had complained all his life that some of the very same philosophers who had spoken out against his discoveries had at the same time refused to look through his telescope in order to be able to see the mountains of the moon or the four great moons of Jupiter. Let's not repeat this mistake again. "
    The scientists explain the motives and backgrounds of the project, which is partly funded by private donors:
    • “In 2017, the world observed 'Oumuamua for the first time, an interstellar object that briefly visited our solar system from outside. Astronomical observations showed that 'Oumuamua possessed extremely unusual properties that contradicted any well-understood natural attempt at explanation. (Note GreWi: The previous GreWi reports on the 'Oumuamua controversy can be found HERE ). We can now speculate whether these properties of 'Oumuamua will someday be linked to previously unknown and never-before-observed natural phenomenacan be explained. But we can also expand our own imagination enough to see perhaps an extraterrestrial technological object in 'Oumuamua - an object that, perhaps similar to an extremely thin light sail or an antenna dish, could even explain the astronomical observation data quite well. "
    In their mission statement , the scientists of the "Galileo Project" also refer to the UFO or UAP phenomenon and explain:
    • “Following the recent publication of the report by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), the determination of the scientific community is now required, systematic, scientific and transparently look for potential evidence of extraterrestrial technological objects. (Note GreWi: The previous GreWi reports on the Pentagon's UFO report can be found HERE ) The impact of any discoveries of an extraterrestrial technology on science and on our entire worldview would be enormous. "

    Against the background of the recent discoveries of the frequency of earth-sun-like systems, it is also a concern of the Galileo Project to propose that we humans no longer ignore the possibility of the existence of extraterrestrial technological civilizations (ETCs):
    • “Science should no longer dogmatically reject potential extraterrestrial explanations just because they are subject to a social stigma or cultural preferences, because these are factors that are not conducive to the scientific method of impartial, empirical investigation. We must dare to look through new telescopes, both literally and figuratively.
    To this end, the scientists of the “Galileo Project” want to transfer the search for extraterrestrial technological signatures of extraterrestrial technological civilizations “from random or anecdotal observations and legends into the mainstream of transparent, recognized and systematic scientific research”.


    "Our project can be viewed as a complement to the traditional search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), as it looks for physical objects and not for electromagnetic signals associated with extraterrestrial technology."
    As a first activity, the group describes the goal of exploring the nature of UAPs (UFOs) and 'Oumuamua-like interstellar objects using standardized scientific methods based on transparent analysis and openly accessible scientific data and obtaining these with optimized instruments.

    In this way, the project mainly pursues three goals:
    • 1. The creation of high-resolution recordings of UAPs (UFOs) with the help of various simultaneous detectors in order to explore the nature of these objects / phenomena
    "A picture is worth a thousand words. For example, a megapixel image of the surface of a human-sized UAP object would be a mile away. (1.6 kilometers) make it possible to distinguish an earthly origin from an extraterrestrial one. This goal is to be achieved by searching for UAPs with a network of medium-sized, high-resolution telescopes and detection systems with corresponding cameras and computer systems that are placed at selected locations. The data obtained in this way are made available to the public and their scientific analyzes are communicated transparently.

    Still from a video recording of a Navy fighter jet.

    We expect the extensive use of artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithmic concepts to distinguish atmospheric phenomena such as birds, balloons, drones and potential technological objects of terrestrial or extraterrestrial origin that - such as satellites - observe our planet.

    For the purpose of high-contrast imaging, each telescope will be part of a detector system with orthogonal and complementary options (radar, Doppler, high-resolution radar with synthetic aperture, large cameras and telescopes around the visible and infrared frequency range). If an object of an extraterrestrial technological civilization is discovered in this way during earth observations, for example in the form of a UAP / UFO, we can assume that this civilization is able to master passive radar, optical and infrared technologies. In such a case, our systematic investigation of UAPs detected in this way would be reinforced by high-performance detector systems in the multispectral range.
    • 2. The search for and intensive exploration of 'Oumuamua-like interstellar objects
    The Galileo project will use existing and future astronomical observation and survey projects, for example the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) planned with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory (VRO), to discover future interstellar visitors in the solar system and their properties investigate.

    Possibly together with interested space agencies, we will develop concepts and designs for a ready-to-start mission to depict unusual interstellar objects such as' Oumuamua by intercepting them on their trajectories when the sun is approaching, and using ground-based telescopes to search for interstellar meteors.
    • 3. Search for potential satellites of extraterrestrial technological satellites / probes
    Also with the VOR, the discovery of potential small earth-observing extraterrestrial satellites / probes of up to one meter in size in earth orbits at a height of a few hundred kilometers could become possible on 2023. However, if a further technological extraterrestrial civilization developed radar, optical and infrared telescopes (Note GreWi: the earth can also be observed from significantly greater distances), large earth-based telescopes would be necessary. To this end, we will develop advanced algorithmic and AI-supported detection and fast filter methods, which the Galileo project plans to install on various earth-based telescopes.


    Prof. Avi Loeb
    Galileo Project

    For the “Galileo Project”, Professor Avi Loeb has assembled an international and interdisciplinary team of high-ranking and respected scientists.

    Loeb himself has been Professor of Astrophysics at Harvard University since 1997, Director of the Institute for Theory & Computation (ITC) at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics since 2007, Chairman of the Astronomy Department at Harvard University since 2011 and owner of Frank B since 2012 Baird, Jr. Professorship of Science. In 2012 Loeb was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Loeb is chairman of the advisory committee of the research and development project “Breakthrough Starshot”, which aims to send research satellites into the star system Alpha Centauri, which is closest to the sun.
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    • Author Avi Loeb on Evidence of Close Extraterrestrial Encounters, New Book:
    Professor Avi Loeb is a respected astrophysicist, former chair of Harvard's Astronomy Department, and a published author. In his new book, Loeb writes that we may have had a brush with an alien civilization a couple of years ago. Michelle Miller has the details.

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    Will the Galileo Project find Extraterrestrial Technology? With Dr. Avi Loeb

    In this interview with Dr Avi Loeb, the Frank B. Baird Jr Professor of Science and Astrophysicism at Harvard University, he explains more about the Galileo Project, a transparent scientific project to advance a systematic experimental search for crossvalidated evidence of potential astro-archeological artifacts or active technical equipment made by putative existing or extinct extraterrestrial technological civilizations (ETCs).

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    There's been a lot of talk about UFOs being treated as a reality lately. Congress even ordered a special Pentagon team to deliver an unclassified report on UFOs before the end of June. A classified version of this report was provided to lawmakers earlier this month, and the BBC says that unnamed officials told U.S. media that the report found no evidence of alien activity, but also did not rule it out.This did not stop the controversial writer, professor Avi Loeb, from publishing his opinion in the Scientific American, saying that the soon-to-be-revealed U.F.O. report shows that people should buy his new book about "Oumuamua" being an alien spacecraft. SOURCES: Scientific American, Washington Post
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    Announcing a New Plan for Solving the Mystery of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena
    • The newly organized Galileo Project will use a three-pronged approach to replace unreliable eyewitness reports with reproducible scientific observations.


    In the courtroom, eyewitness testimony can lead to a life sentence in jail. But in science, such testimony is of limited value. Science mandates quantitative measurements by instruments, removing the subjective impressions of humans from the balance scale of reliability. This is for a good reason. Some people truly believe in a reality that does not exist, either because of hallucinations or as a consequence of deep psychological forces that drive them to ignore facts, especially those that are not flattering to their forecasts or ego.

    Similarly, one-time events—miracles, for example—do not have scientific credibility. Science rests on reproducible results that can be replicated by creating similar circumstances over and over again.

    The nature of credible scientific evidence is particularly critical in the context of unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Past reports constitute a mixed bag, containing eyewitness testimonies and low-quality instrumental data. In a recent interview about my book Extraterrestrial, a journalist referred to the astronomical discovery of the weird interstellar object ‘Oumuamua as if it were a UFO report.

    I clarified that the two are of very different natures, because the data on ‘Oumuamua was obtained through scientific observations on fully equipped state-of-the-art telescopes, whereas even the best UFO reports stem from a jittery camera on a fighter jet maneuvering along an unknown path. Such a report does not constitute a standard scientific measurement in a reproducible setup. Any supporting testimonies by pilots are vulnerable to the subjectivity inherent in human experiences. We must humbly recognize that a complete quantitative knowledge of the conditions in an experimental setup is a fundamental prerequisite for scientific data to be credible.

    With this principle in mind, the Pentagon report that was delivered to Congress on June 25, 2021 is intriguing enough to motivate scientific inquiry towards the goal of identifying its Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP). But policy makers or military personnel have insufficient training in science and no authority over unexpected phenomena in the sky.

    Rather than dismiss the Pentagon evidence as insufficient, scientists should be motivated to replicate it with better instruments. This is the rationale for the new Galileo Project that I initiated recently to scientifically explore the nature of UAP. The primary objective of this research endeavor is to bring the search for extraterrestrial technological signatures of extraterrestrial technological civilizations (ETCs) from accidental or anecdotal observations to the mainstream of transparent, validated and systematic scientific research.

    The Galileo Project follows three major avenues of research. The first involves obtaining high-resolution images of UAP using an array of dedicated small-aperture telescope at various geographical locations. Extensive artificial intelligence/deep learning (AI/DL) and algorithmic approaches are needed to differentiate atmospheric phenomena from birds, balloons, commercial aircraft or drones, and from potential technological objects of terrestrial or other origin surveying our planet, such as satellites.

    For the purpose of high-contrast imaging, each telescope will be part of a detector array of complementary capabilities from radar systems to optical and infrared cameras on telescopes. Parallax could also help to map the motion of objects in three dimensions. For example, two telescopes separated by three feet would see an object at a distance as large as 10 miles with a resolvable angular separation of ten arcseconds.

    The second goal of the Galileo Project involvessearching for ‘Oumuamua-like interstellar objects. The project aims to utilize existing and future astronomical surveys, such as the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) on the Vera C. Rubin Observatory (VRO), to discover and monitor the properties of interstellar visitors to the solar system. The research team will conceptualize and design a launch-ready space mission to image unusual interstellar objects such as ‘Oumuamua by intercepting their trajectories on their approach to the sun or by using ground-based survey telescopes to discover interstellar meteors.

    Finally, theGalileo Project will besearching for potential ETC satellites orbiting Earth. Discovering meter-scale or smaller satellites that may be exploring Earth, e.g., in polar orbits a few hundred kilometers above Earth, may become feasible with VRO in 2023, but if radar, optical and infrared technologies have been mastered by an ETC, then sophisticated telescopes on Earth will be required, with advanced algorithmic and AI/DL methods that the Galileo Project intends to develop and deploy, initially on non-orbiting telescopes.

    As humans, we should be proud of any AI/DL systems we bring to existence, as if they were our children. In much the same way as we educate our kids, we could endow such systems with the blueprint for their future interaction with the world. This would include our preferred set of values, goals and guiding principles, which will enable them to learn from experience and cope with reality. Ultimately, we may launch our AI/DL systems for interstellar travel towards distant destinations, such as habitable planets around other stars, where they could reproduce themselves with the help of accompanying 3-D printers.

    And if other technological civilizations predated us, they may have taken similar actions already. Even if the Galileo Project discovers just one such AI/DL system of extraterrestrial origin, that finding would have great implications for humanity. As is the case for AI/DL systems that learn from interactions with their environment, the scientific process of collecting evidence is key for a reliable revision of our own view of the world around us.

    Avi Loeb is former chair (2011-2020) of the astronomy department at Harvard University, founding director of Harvard's Black Hole Initiative and director of the Institute for Theory and Computation at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. He also chairs the Board on Physics and Astronomy of the National Academies and the advisory board for the Breakthrough Starshot project, and is a member of President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Loeb is the bestselling author of Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).

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    This seems to be the only thread with the Galileo Project in the title, so I think it is worth building on.

    https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/gali...rch-affiliates

    This is very interesting, bringing Christopher Mellon and Luis Elizondo on-board - looks more like part of the "managed disclosure" project.

    But they are also limiting the scope of the entire project: https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/gali...t-ground-rules which says "The Galileo Project is only interested in openly available scientific data and a transparent analysis of it. Thus, classified (government-owned) information, which can not be shared with all scientists, can not be used". In other words, the UFO cover-up is not within scope.

    The key question which they did not answer clearly: what about data from experiencers, contactees and abductees? Is that "scientific" when there is a huge amount of consistent witness testimony? Does it become less scientific if it is obtained by hypnosis? And what about physical data such as anomalous objects retrieved from people's bodies after contact experiences?

    At this stage, seems unclear whether this is just SETI 2.0 (deliberately not looking in the right places) or something which could genuinely break new ground. I guess if they investigate any actual UFO cases, especially ones with good evidence, then we will see.

    I have just noticed that Seth Shostak is on the scientific advisory board. Not a good sign: https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/gali...advisory-board

    And even worse: https://twitter.com/GalileoProject1/...94817779994627

    "We're delighted to welcome Nick Pope, Michael Shermer, Ohad Raveh and Nathan Goldstein, as four new research affiliates of #thegalileoproject"

    Nick Pope, OK fine, but Michael Shermer, professional UFO skeptic and debunker? Why oh why. Is this some sort of elaborate joke?

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    The Galileo Project is nothing new and UAP is not a recent discovery. There have been other initiatives down the decades (see below) Unfortunately, at those times the UFO subject was taboo and the data and results have never been published due to rejected papers, banning scientists at conferences, etc.

    A good example of destroying scientists was banning Halton Arp from publishing/conferences, etc of announcing that the discovering the REDSHIFT in galaxies is false. He provided all the evidence. This then destroys this fundamental foundation of measuring distances (REDSHIFT).

    The Galileo Project is an astrophysical approach to the UAP. Unfortunately, its not taking into the equation the larger reality/ metaphysics. The project might succeed in determining the composition and dynamics of UAP with siting sensor systems at key hot spots around the world. But is constrained by this limited paradigm. Similar to SETI is another mechanistic approach to science providing assumptions that ETC is using good old fashioned radio.

    Unfortunately, in the scientific community we have hubris and human self-centeredness that have been fundamental barriers to clear thinking about the opportunities and risks surrounding the UAP. Or as Avi Loeb said "Its been a case of extraordinary conservatism leading to extraordinary ignorance".

    Douglas Walton draws on everyday conversations on all kinds of practical matters in which the argumentum ad ignorantiam is used quite appropriately to infer conclusions. Walton makes an original contribution in the areas of argumentation theory and informal logic, contending that, despite its traditional classification as a fallacy, the argument from ignorance is a genuine, very common, and legitimate type of argumentation with an identifiable structure

    The recent pseudoscientific studies of UFOs and now the more respectful UAP Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena and extraterrestrials have unfolded largely based on conjecture and speculocatenation—the linking together of purely speculative ideas. Unfortunately, this has acted to diminish the integrity of actual research into the matter and has significantly muddied the waters with regard to what constitutes an actual objective scientific investigation of the phenomenon.

    Our political-scientific-sociology around the concept that the government promotes the most effective peer reviewed science fails when we have a Dragon King. It takes this information and acts in accordance with government backed data. Hence, when both Condon report in 1969 and the Condign report in 2000 from the U.S. and U.K. formulated policy on UAP, the government pushed the notion that there was no threat to national security posed. The result was the mainstream media took that narrative and the world formulated a belief system around UAP/UFOs. Therefore the incorrect information that UAP/UFOs aren’t a serious issue was filtered into the worlds society. In the case of Condon who abandoned his intellectual integrity and scientific objectivity and proclaimed that there was nothing of interest to science about the UFO phenomenon.

    The Galileo Project is falling into a similar trap of possibly making discoveries with the astrophysical approach, but not considering metaphysics.

    We have now at this timer the most consequential Dragon King in human history has ‘arrived’. It’s the ‘Recognition Event’ when one is dealing with exceptional global circumstances on an unprecedented historical scale.

    Implications of a discovery of extraterrestrial life has played a constitutive role in the historical censure of UAP. But these are existentially imperative scientific fields of far greater long-term significance.


    We must not forget that Metaphysics is the study of the nature of reality, existence, and who we really are

    Quantum theory and quantum physics have added new dimensions to what we now call metaphysical science, providing us with tested and proven models that demonstrate how our physical world is not really physical.

    Neuroscience and consciousness studies have shown how the world we experience as physical is created by thought and feeling in the mind. And worldwide endeavours such as The Intention Experiment and The Global Coherence Initiative are demonstrating the impact of human thought and emotion upon our planet and each other.

    There is no escape from metaphysics, that is, from the final implications of any proposition or set of propositions. The only way to avoid becoming a- metaphysician is to say nothing.

    Physics needs Metaphysics, there is no escape from Metaphysics

    Galileo was aware of the reality but took the safe route of mechanistic science.

    It was the period from 1830-1848 was the End of Metaphysics as a Transformation of Culture

    Governments then invested in resources in the sciences leaving out metaphysics. Investment in technicians. Thats what we have now from science and medicine as examples.

    Besides the recent initiative of the Galileo Project there have been other Instrumented UAP/UFO Researches carried out.

    Project Starlight International 1976
    Project Identification 1980
    Project Hessdalen 1984
    SETI Kingsland 2000
    The Galileo Project 2021

    Finally, I suspect that Avi Loeb is linked to the Intel community having been brought into this realm at early stage. I think the Intel community seized at the opportunity of using Loeb for to distract the public from the reality and implications of this subject. IMO the government won't DISCLOSE but will seize upon others to make the DISCOVERIES for the public. This provides further time to stretch the narrative.

    The studies of UAP/UFOS over the many decades by researchers and the Intel community have shown different categories of UAP and there craft. However, when the recent UAP/UFOs announcements entered the scene there was a fundamental difference in this category. I believe the government is concerned that the new UAP/UFOs category has created confusion and the Intel community does know the answer, but is ignorant of the UAP/UFO intelligence behind it. This leave the Intel and government at a loss in how to deal with this situation. Hence using the distraction process as mentioned above.

    This leaves a distraction phase of not so much as to avoiding the DISCLOSURE but how to handle a public that would be shocked by there findings. For example, the source behind our existence, how we came to be here.

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    Review and update on Galileo Project.(GP)

    Although I’m not a member of the Galileo Project (GP) I do have some reliable contacts whom are either founders or affiliates. I have had some private discussions with some of them as to what is going on.

    The GP is very much a closed shop. They got their funding of $2M, but are seeking $100M.

    They plan to install one telescope on the University Observatory roof to eventually test the new design for discriminating targets from the main capture of UAP(s).

    A colleague of mine, whom is not a member, has seen the design layout has told me it won’t work. My colleague has a proven process for this type of capability that has taken him 8 years to achieve. He offered his design to the GP but has had no response.

    The instrumentation applied for this task is also inadequate because of the field of view (FOV) is too small. This was also pointed out to the GP individuals but no response again.

    One key Professor of physics friend has told me he has left GP because his contribution to the GP was not taken up despite 15 years of experience in this field in Europe. My friend has a good understanding of UAP, but said the GP won’t succeed in its goal as it has the wrong attitude despite all the hype to the outside world.

    One of the key scientists, whom is a personal friend of mine for two decades (whom I have worked with) is being relied upon for his designs and many peer reviewed papers. He is probably the number one in the world in this field. Knowing the outline of the designs I can interpret that the future developments are still inadequate as a multi sensor system because there is not an understanding the characteristics of UAP. GP is treating UAP as an object/target; not realizing that the UAP has an intelligence with its own agenda.

    Although there are a lot of persons on the team, there isn’t the level of experience and knowledge about UAP (UFOs) This means that GP will learn from its basic level of understanding that won’t be adequate enough to fully understand UAP issue. Although the method is an astrophysical approach, it falls into the trap of not taking into account the larger reality of the UAP nature. This is outlined in a previous post.

    The first of some scientific papers are to be published this year. I suspect that they will entail the concept and design of instrumentation proposed.
    Although there may be a significant amount of persons on the website and potential for significant funding in the future, the inadequacy of knowledge and experience may be the let down for success. In particular, contacts in the field on historical scientific research on UAP. Those who know best are not being contacted. This one way system bodes bad for any quantum leap in this research.

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    Jacques Vallee has joined the Galileo Project

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    The GP has just announced Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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    The GP has just announced Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
    Project basics & core principles.
    UAPs, Interstellar Objects (ISO), Experimental design & instrumentation

    https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/galileo/FAQ
    • Frequently Asked Questions Version 2
    January 26, 2022

    Since the Galileo Project's launch in July of 2021, many questions have arisen about the nature of the work being conducted, the scope of our efforts and how we conduct our research. This set of questions and answers is intended to provide basic information but is not intended to comprehensively present all details of the project. This page will be updated over time as the project evolves, and is only considered as current as the date listed above.

    Project basics & core principles

    Why does this project exist? Why UAP? Why ISOs?

    There are multiple international scientific projects devoted to searching for evidence of life beyond Earth, from biomolecule detection in exoplanet atmospheres to biomarker detection in potentially habitable planets and satellites of the solar system. There have been very few attempts to investigate scientifically the putative existence of intelligent civilizations in the vicinity of Earth. (The Condon Report, the last publicly-accessible U.S. government-commissioned scientific analysis of the existing documentation about unidentified flying objects, was performed by the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1969.)

    By now, the accumulated reports of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), culminating in the release of the June 2021 ODNI report, coupled with the novel discovery of the anomalous trajectory and physical properties of the interstellar object (ISO) 'Oumuamua, call for scientific analysis of this topic. This project will start by collecting new observations of UAP-like and 'Oumuamua-like objects to understand their physical characteristics, using calibrated instrumentation and published data sets, all subject to peer review.

    What makes this project different from any previous civil or governmental UAP search?

    This is a scientific project that uses scientific instrumentation to monitor the sky. The instrumentation will be operated by scientists and the data will be analyzed by scientists. The conclusions of the analysis will be summarized in the form of peer reviewed articles. This means that all scientific work completed by the project will be evaluated anonymously by independent scientists who are experts in data analysis, atmospheric science, image processing, propulsion, environmental monitoring, etc. The data will be made available to the public after a period of commissioning as happens in all space exploration missions. All data will be archived for posterity and accessible for free.

    The project is designed as a scientific observational experiment; for this reason, all instrumentation will be first tested in dedicated campaigns and calibrated under controlled conditions. As in any other scientific experiment, reproducibility is critical, so that all data shall be analyzed in an unbiased way and error sources will be identified and estimated. To help achieve this unbiased approach, rigorous statistical methods will be used for the analysis and the instrument characteristics will also be described in peer reviewed articles.

    This project is also unique through the application of two distinct research tracks--one searching for UAP within our own atmosphere and just above, and one searching for ISO in the wider solar system.

    What is the process for disclosure if something significant is found?

    We will approach this analysis in an incremental manner, to guarantee that our assessments are solid. Significant discoveries will be documented in articles and sent to peer-review journals where other experts will evaluate the assessment, data, hypothesis, methods, and conclusions. This is the standard practice in contemporary science where the methods, observations, and conclusions must be published in peer-reviewed journals.

    What areas of scientific knowledge are involved on the project?

    There are many areas of scientific knowledge and expertise represented on the Galileo Project. Within the research team there is experience in astronomy, astrobiology, planetary science and space exploration, theoretical physics, experimental physics, geophysics, instrumentation, software engineering, hardware engineering, machine learning and artificial intelligence, electrical engineering, computer science, observational analysis, chemistry, and biology.

    Additionally, through the societal implications subgroup, the Galileo Project endeavors to apply the expertise of many areas of the humanities to better understand how this area of scientific study may impact various cultures, law, media and other societal concerns.

    How do the different areas of research in the Galileo Project collaborate?

    The Galileo research team works in an organic way. The project has several subprojects that focus on each instrumental part (like IR sensors), phase of development (like prototyping), or parallel topics (like funding) that are coordinated through the use of project management tools and centralized information hubs. Work is delegated according to expertise, experience, and resources.

    The research team is focused on defining and conducting all research associated with the Galileo Project. However, collaboration with affiliates, many of whom have studied UAP for many years in various capacities, is encouraged and welcome. The Galileo Project has several weekly, standing virtual (online) meetings in order to define the plans, to propose and test instrumental solutions, and to ensure all sub-projects are on track.

    The vast majority of Galileo Project contributors are volunteers, generously devoting their time and areas of expertise to the project. Paid fellowships or other opportunities will be listed on the website should they arise.

    What is the nominal mission length?

    In space exploration, the nominal mission duration is the expected period which is required to guarantee that the scientific objectives are adequately tackled. The Galileo Project’s nominal mission duration is a 1-year deployment, followed by 5 years (current best estimate) of atmospheric monitoring and scientific exploitation of the acquired data. This period of observation and scientific interpretation may be extended depending on the quality of the observations, the health of the instruments, the interest and nature of the discoveries and the availability of funding for upgrades and operation.

    UAP Branch

    What are UAP?

    Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) are phenomena observed in the atmosphere whose characteristics and behavior cannot be readily explained in terms of well-known objects and physical processes. That is, all known explanations of aerial, atmospheric, or related phenomena, or even our current knowledge of technological advances, do not adequately explain why these phenomena have been observed.

    What is the goal of the UAP branch of the Galileo Project?

    To examine the possibility of extraterrestrial origin for UAP, by making observations of objects in and near Earth’s atmosphere, filtering out identifiable objects using AI deep learning algorithms trained on rigorous classification of known objects, and then examining the nature of the remaining data for anomalous characteristics.

    What does the project hope to find? How will the project know what constitutes a "genuine" UAP? What criteria are we looking for?

    The Galileo Project will apply the scientific method to test hypotheses regarding UAP as observed by a network of scientific instruments. Through this methodology the Galileo Project hopes to understand such phenomena through rigorous observational analysis and experimentation led by an international team of scientists.

    The Galileo Project will utilize AI to filter observations of aerial phenomena through use of a ground-based telescope network in order to establish if an object is easily classified as belonging to an already known class, or can be explained in terms of mundane instrumental artifacts. Those observations that are not filtered by this system will then be analyzed to determine whether it can be explained with known laws of physics, or if more research and hypothesis testing should occur in order to understand the nature of these phenomena. In the cases where a sufficient data set is gathered for a new class of unknown aerial phenomena, the properties of this class will be described (frequency, size, shape, spectral signatures in VIS/IR/UV field, correlated signatures in audio or magnetic anomalies, etc.).

    There are many examples of anecdotal descriptions of UAPs, including their appearance and behavior, in popular culture. These anecdotes will not be analyzed by the Galileo Project. Rather, the research will be undertaken with new data that is collected specifically for the Galileo Project’s scientific endeavors. Although anecdotal sightings will not be included as part of the research itself, they may provide useful context for Galileo’s observational data and analysis.

    What will the UAP branch deliver?

    A documented descriptive classification of (more or less known) existing natural and artificial phenomena with their corresponding phenomenology and a sub-set of candidate UAP. In addition, the project will develop and describe a state-of-the art system for monitoring objects in the earth’s atmosphere and develop evidential standards for detecting UAP.

    There will be several products of the UAP branch of the project, including:
    • An open-access, observational data archive with documented, validated, 3 level data (raw, processed with calibration, and interpreted)
    • Peer-reviewed articles describing the instrument and software design, calibration, validation, evidential standards, and initial analyses.
    • A GP-project science team summary consensus report about the interpretation of the results.
    ISO Branch

    What are ISOs?

    Interstellar objects (ISOs) are astronomical objects that are not gravitationally bound to a star. For the purposes of the Galileo Project's work, we are interested in ISOs which pass through our local solar system but which appear, based on their trajectories and other properties, to differ from "local" comets, asteroids and other objects in orbit around our sun.

    What is the goal of the ISO branch of the Galileo Project?

    To understand the origins of interstellar objects (ISOs) that exhibit characteristics which differ from typical asteroids and comets, like `Oumuamua, through discovery and characterization initiatives involving astronomical and atmospheric surveys as well as space-based observations.

    What does the ISO branch of the Galileo Project expect or hope to find?

    The Galileo Project will seek to detect and characterize anomalous interstellar objects (ISOs) by analyzing data from astronomical and atmospheric surveys and proposing space-based programs for observing ISOs, in order to understand their origin and nature.

    What will the ISO project deliver?

    New discoveries of ISOs, follow-up observations of detected ISOs, and the design for a space mission to an ISO.

    Experimental design & instrumentation

    Ground-based observatories

    What types of sensors are being used at each ground-based observatory? And what are each of their purposes? And how did the project choose that particular set of sensors?

    The Galileo Project will have a multi-instrumental approach. Each ground-based observatory will monitor weather, detect magnetic field strength, and capture audio, radar signals, visible (both with a wide-view camera and a follow-up tracking high-resolution imaging scope), infrared and ultraviolet light sources of interest. All the instrumentation details will be summarized in a refereed article once the first testing campaign has ended. The instrumentation has been chosen based on a combination of factors that include measurement requirements, robustness for outdoor operation, cost, and the timescale for integration, testing and analysis. The whole system is designed to be passive, sending no signals into the environment.

    Where will the ground-based observatories be located? How were those locations selected?

    The selection of sites will be carefully determined by the Galileo Project research team to guarantee continuous operation of the instrumentation while also covering different latitudes and longitudes. The most important factors will be access to power, internet, security and technician support. Although anecdotal evidence will not be part of the analysis of observed phenomena, the Galileo Project may utilize public databases of reported UAP sightings to identify locations with reported elevated UAP activity.

    Additionally, the research team will carefully consider the atmospheric conditions at such sites, local climate and weather, altitude, and other variables of interest in order to select the most suitable sites for the project. For many of these reasons, astronomical observatories may be good candidate sites, as well as other locations which could serve as control or represent potential regions of interest. The project will deploy its first units within the United States, but it is expected that some international collaborating institutions will also eventually host Galileo observatories.

    The Galileo Project is also considering the development of a “rapid-response capability” to deploy high-sensitivity instrumentation in certain locations. These “semi-portable” observatories could be used as control cases, to benchmark the UAP detection methodology or investigate in depth specific natural phenomenon.

    Can I visit an observatory?

    Unfortunately, the Galileo Project’s observation sites will not be open to the public to visit. This is due to the sensitive nature of instrumentation. Should anything happen to the system, which is easily disturbed, then valuable observations of data may be compromised and discarded. Each Galileo site will operate continuously and remotely. The end-to-end integrity of the system acquisition must be guaranteed.
    Please note that these observatories are small systems, not traditional observatory buildings that can be visited. Descriptions, photos and technical specifications will be made available once the details of the observatory designs are finalized.

    Can I set up a Galileo Project telescope station on my roof?

    Unfortunately not. Because the Galileo Project relies on sensitive equipment whose placement is decided by our scientific requirements, we must select the site locations. This is how the Galileo Project will be able to deliver reproducible results.

    How far can each station see, both in terms of distance and altitude?

    This is yet to be defined and will likely evolve as instrumentation specifications are refined. Additionally, for some research goals we may deploy multiple stations in a cluster, whereas for other purposes the facilities may be very distant from one another. This will also depend on the funding availability, as the Galileo Project has been designed in a scalable way, i.e. the same approach can be implemented if we have 10 observatories or 100.

    Can I watch the real-time camera feeds online?

    We will not be streaming the instrument data online, but data will be made publicly available, after a period of calibration and labeling, for those who wish to analyze them, and for future reference.

    Interstellar object search

    Are the same scopes/cameras being used to search for interstellar objects?

    The search for interstellar objects (ISOs) will be conducted using a different suite of instruments that are specialized for locating and observing such phenomena. It will require different observations from those of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) in a fundamental way, so that by necessity the same instruments cannot be used for both sets of observations.

    Meteors observed with the UAP observing system will be checked for hyperbolic heliocentric trajectories, which would correspond to small interstellar objects (ISOs) entering the Earth’s atmosphere.

    Is the search for interstellar objects a separate experiment/effort from the search for atmospheric phenomena?

    The search for ISOs is different from the search for UAP, but the two projects can overlap. There are connections between the two, as interstellar objects (like micrometeors) can and do enter the atmosphere. However, the effort and research between these groups of observations is undertaken in separate ways. The search for interstellar objects is therefore carried out as a separate branch of the Galileo Project, in addition to the search for UAPs.

    Offers of volunteering/support

    How can I get involved?

    Thank you for your interest in supporting the Galileo Project! To get involved, start by filling out the new volunteer form on the “Get Involved” page of this site. We are keeping a database of backgrounds and expertise to reference when opportunities arise, and will contact you when we see a match. From time to time we may also have paying job opportunities available, though the vast majority of the work in the project is conducted by volunteers generously giving their time and effort.
    Non-scientific ways to contribute to the success of the project include sharing our project with your friends and family through social media and word-of-mouth, or by donating to the project.

    Can I send the project any photos/videos I've captured myself? Can you help me identify something I saw?

    We are not at this time accepting any outside media or observational reports of UAPs. The Galileo Project research is focused only on our own observational data, in order to ensure that all information we analyze is high-quality and reliable, consistent, calibrated, and comparable. For this reason, we are not seeking outside media or observations of UAPs.

    Funding

    Where does funding for the Galileo Project come from?

    The Galileo Project is funded by private citizens from around the globe who are interested in supporting the pursuit of scientific research into the nature of unidentified aerial phenomena and interstellar objects, i.e. to investigate the Earth and its nearby environment searching for unknown objects. This area of scientific research has not been supported traditionally and continues to be stigmatized by much of the scientific community. Thanks to our donors, we are able to subject this area of anecdotal observation to rigorous scientific scrutiny.

    Does the project still need more donations to cover those costs? Where can I send money?

    The Galileo Project needs more donations and funders to continue its work and grow. If you are interested in helping to support the project through a financial contribution, please navigate to our donations page, administered by Harvard University’s alumni giving system.

    Why does “Harvard” need money when it's Harvard?

    While Harvard indeed benefits from the generous giving of many donors, individual research projects housed at the University are responsible for finding their own funding. That funding may come in the form of science grants or philanthropic contributions from individuals or foundations.

    Is the project sponsored by any government, by any military organization (or related agencies such as Department of Defense)?

    The Galileo Project is not and will not be funded by any government, military organization, or related agencies such as the Department of Defense.

    Has the project partnered with any government or military/defense organization?

    The Galileo Project has not partnered with any government or military/defense organization. The project is carried out under the direction of the research team with affiliation to other collaborators. All those who are involved with the project are listed on our website.

    While some project affiliates bring experience in the government sector, or with technology and aerospace companies that conduct business with the government of the United States, all participants in the project are required to follow the same ground rules, and are obligated to uphold the mission of open inquiry and peer-reviewed, rigorous science which is the foundation of the project.
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    • Harvard Professor, Avi Loeb | UFOs, The Galileo Project & The Scientific Community:

    Professor Abraham "Avi" Loeb is an theoretical physicist who works on astrophysics and cosmology. Loeb is the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University. He had been the longest serving chair of Harvard's Department of Astronomy (2011–2020), founding director of Harvard's Black Hole Initiative (since 2016) and director of the Institute for Theory and Computation (since 2007) within the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Avi Loeb is also the creator of the Harvard backed, UAP / UFO Working Group named The Galileo Project, the aim of which is to search for and study extraterrestrial techno-signatures, in the hopes of providing concrete, scientific data for the existence of intelligent life in The Universe.
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