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Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, leader of new UAP Science Advisory Council.
Image credit: Lotem Loeb

Note: There are two new Council members and a new website at:

https://uapsac.com/

The two new UAP Council members are:

Ravi Kopparapu, a NASA Goddard Space Flight Center expert having research interests in extrasolar planet habitability, atmosphere modeling and characterization.

Jacob Haqq Misra of Blue Marble Space, a meteorology and astrobiology specialist.

Also, corrected Council member name is Robin Hanson.

Instrumentation, data analysis, and collection standards

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has orchestrated a new look at Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), focused on evidence, instrumentation, data analysis, and collection standards.

The UAP Science Advisory Council, Loeb explains, was established by the White House, the Pentagon’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other members of the Intelligence Community.

Amazing A-team

Loeb also leads the Galileo Project, designed to bring the search for extraterrestrial technological signatures of extraterrestrial technological civilizations “from accidental or anecdotal observations and legends to the mainstream of transparent, validated and systematic scientific research.”

Pilots have repeatedly observed UAP – but what are they?
Image credit: Yannick Peings, Marik von Rennenkampff/AIAA

As chair of the just-formed Council, Loeb has built a team of researchers that he describes as “an amazing A-team of exceptional scientists and experts.” Members of the group come from a wide range of disciplines from data science and instrumentation to biology, oceanography, anthropology, and psychology.

“We approach this topic with the same rigor we apply in our respective scientific fields and we hope to provide an unbiased analysis on this topic,” Loeb explains.

Go to my new Space.com story — White House appoints Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb to lead new UFO study group – at:

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/search-for-life/white-house-appoints-harvard-astronomer-avi-loeb-to-lead-new-ufo-study-group