Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

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If all the reports of mysterious objects buzzing our skies are taken as true encounters, the Earth appears to be under assault.

But spoiler alert.

For chief leader of the SETI Institute, established to search for and understand life beyond Earth, there’s need to cuddle up to a cup of cosmic reality.

Image credit: Bill Diamond

Bill Diamond is president and chief executive officer of the SETI Institute, headquartered in Mountain View, California. The organization is a key research contractor to NASA and the National Science Foundation, and collaborates with industry partners throughout Silicon Valley.

I caught up with Diamond for a close-encounter with his own thoughts and counterpoints to alien visitation and whether there’s any signal in all the UFO prattle.

Go to my new Space.com story – “SETI chief says US has no evidence for alien technology. ‘And we never have” – at:

https://www.space.com/seti-chief-bill-diamond-ufos-alien-visitation