I’m a Harvard professor – ‘UFO debris’ could answer alien question once and for all, it’s a new frontier for humans

A HARVARD professor has told how debris found in the Pacific Ocean during an expedition could help solve the question of whether humans are alone.

Avi Loeb, the head of the Galileo Project, and his team of two dozen researchers discovered material from the remains of a meteor that exploded off the coast of Papua New Guinea in 2014.

The scientists studied the material, dubbed IM1, after gathering it using a sled magnet and uncovered minuscule particles that looked like spheres.

Loeb told The U.S. Sun that the particles looked like “perfect spheres” and revealed an array of “striking” colors.

He said there are two questions that his team of researchers are trying to answer.

Loeb said: “The first question is IM1 interstellar based on the material and can we distinguish it from the solar system?

"Then, the second question is if it’s interstellar – is it natural or artificial?

“Is it an alloy that could be technological in origin, but the best way to prove that is to find if there’s a relic on the ocean floor.”

Loeb revealed that the strength of the particles was higher than iron meteorites as they maintained their “integrity” before reaching the lower atmosphere.

The fireball disintegrated into flares just 20km above the ocean surface.

And, he recalled how they were tougher than meteors that Nasa had previously cataloged and the speed of 60km increased the possibility that it could be spacecraft.

The material was stronger than any of the other 272 space rocks that Nasa scientists had analyzed.

And, the object traveled faster than 95 percent of nearby stars and exploded significantly lower in the atmosphere than most meteors.

Loeb shared how the findings could help answer the overarching question of whether humans are alone in the universe.