Mystery of UFOs could finally be solved as pioneering ‘Galileo Project’ launches massive new hunt for aliens
THE mystery of UFOs could finally be solved as the pioneering ‘Galileo Project’ launches a massive new hunt for aliens.
Space boffins urge "we must dare" to hunt for signs of s as "humans can no longer ignore the possible existence of Extraterrestrial Technological Civilizations".
The ambitious Galileo Project involves the creation of a global network of telescopes, cameras and computers to investigate unidentified flying objects.
An international team of scientists, led by a prominent Harvard astronomer, announced the incredible new initiative on Monday to hunt out evidence of technology built by extraterrestrial civilizations.
The probe will delve into "accidental or anecdotal observations and legends" alongside "validated and scientific research", says its boss.
Prof Avi Loeb, head of the Galileo Project, noted "the recently discovered abundance of habitable-zone exoplanets".
These have "potential for extraterrestrial life," the 59-year-old added.
"Humans can no longer ignore the possible existence of Extraterrestrial Technological Civilizations (ETC).
"Science should not reject potential extraterrestrial explanations because of social stigma or cultural preferences.
"We now must ‘dare to look through new telescopes’, both literally and figuratively," the said.
SEEKING 'ET EQUIPMENT'
The project launch comes weeks after the release of a (UAP).
The nine-page finding said that the US military had counted 144 UFO sightings, mainly during 2019, which, disturbingly, couldn’t be verified by any terrestrial explanation.
The Pentagon UFO report also revealed mystery aircraft "clustered around the United States military bases and testing grounds."
A number of UAP appeared to show advanced technology.
In response, Prof Loeb said the scientific community "needs to systematically, scientifically and transparently look for potential evidence of extraterrestrial technological equipment.
"The impact of any discovery of extraterrestrial technology on science, our technology, and on our entire world view, would be enormous.”
Apart from studying UFOs, the Galileo Project also wants to investigate objects that visit our solar system from interstellar space, and search for alien satellites that might be probing Earth.
Loeb referred to such research as a new branch of astronomy he calls "space archaeology".
It's intended to complement the existing field of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), which mainly probes for alien radio signals.
Humans can no longer ignore the possible existence of Extraterrestrial Technological Civilizations.
Prof Avi Loeb
He also wants to do further research into planets that could support human life.
Given recent research showing the prevalence of Earth-like planets throughout the galaxy, "we can no longer ignore the possibility that technological civilizations predated us," Prof Loeb told a news conference.
"What we see in our sky is not something that politicians or military personnel should interpret - because they were not trained as scientists - it's for the science community to figure out," Loeb added.
The huge UFO project involves researchers from Harvard, Princeton, Cambridge, Caltech and the University of Stockholm.
It was announced a month after the about unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP).
The (ODNI) report, given to Congress on June 25, 2021, highlights many UAP, the nature of which remains an utter mystery.
The report says: “A majority of UAP were registered across multiple sensors, to include radar, infrared, electro-optical, weapon seekers and visual observation.”
'TIC-TAC-SHAPED UFO'
Among reported sightings are spooky observations by a US Navy pilot whose plane filmed the famous "tic-tac" UFO footage.
Seventeen years on, Lieutenant Commander Chad Underwood said when he tried to track the "target of interest", he began seeing "strobe lines" on his cockpit radar.
He has revealed how his weapons system was disabled during the eerie encounter.
His comments follow the Pentagon confirming that Mr Underwood’s in-flight "tic-tac" video from 2004, recorded by his F/A-18 Super Hornet, was authentic.
The incident unfolded during a USS Nimitz carrier group exercises off the coast of Mexico.
Crew aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Princeton, had been spending the previous two weeks tracking mysterious aircraft.
Mr Underwood recalled: "Once I got the target of interest on my radar I took a lock and that’s when all the kinda funky things started happening.
"The erratic nature of the tic-tac. The air speed was very telling to me.
"Then we started seeing what we call jam strobe lines.
"Strobe lines are vertical lines that show up on your radar that are indications that you are being jammed."
ALIENS 'JAMMING PLANES'
French warplane pilots have also reported their weapons systems being disabled during UFO encounters, according to an official investigation.
Former Pentagon official Lue Elizondo said the military has been seeing mysterious "tic-tac" UFOs since 1950, possibly even earlier.
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Elizondo said senior military personnel and scientists have spotted UFOs over US military facilities on multiple occasions.
After releasing its bombshell UFO report, it appears the US Department of Defense (DoD) is preparing to set up a new unit dedicated to the strange phenomena, similar to secretive agencies in hit TV show The X-Files and movie series Men in Black.
How the Galileo Project will work
An international team of scientists will look for evidence of technology built by extraterrestrial civilizations.
They'll tap into a global network of medium-sized telescopes, cameras and computers to investigate unidentified flying objects.
The UFO project has been funded with $1.75million from private donors.
The project includes researchers from Harvard, Princeton, Cambridge, Caltech and the University of Stockholm.
The Galileo Project will also investigate objects that visit our solar system from interstellar space.
Plus its experts will search for alien satellites that might be probing Earth.
Project boss Prof Avi Loeb calls this new branch of astronomy "space archaeology".
It's intended to complement the existing field of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), which mainly probes for alien radio signals.
This research will require collaborations with existing and future astronomical surveys.
For example from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile that is due to go online in 2023.
Prof Loeb is a 59-year-old Israeli-American who has published hundreds of pioneering papers and collaborated with the late Stephen Hawking.
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