Whistleblower Says Pentagon Has Non-Human UFOs — Share The Data

Most mainstream scientists have argued that the possible existence of spacecraft from a non-human origin is an “extraordinary claim” that is not worth a serious study until “extraordinary evidence” falls into their laps. The reason this evidence has to fall into their laps is because they are not engaged in the search for such evidence — and so its nonexistence is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Over the past two years, the Galileo Project that I lead at Harvard University has engaged in research to collect data necessary for a serious scientific approach to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), as summarized in eight peer-reviewed papers.

While we continue this research, we must keep also in mind that the intelligence and defense agencies of the U.S. government have been tasked with identifying objects falling from the sky for decades, since some of these objects may represent drones, spy balloons or ballistic missiles sent by adversarial nations. Given this job, it is clear that government agencies will likely be the first to notice extraordinary evidence for UAP associated with any objects sent by extraterrestrial technological civilizations to our cosmic backyard.

On Monday, a report about Pentagon whistleblower David Grusch was published in The Debrief by the highly reputable journalists Leslie Kean and Ralph Blumenthal. Grusch served as a representative to the UAP Task Force and co-lead for UAP analysis. Grusch says recoveries of extraterrestrial objects of non-human origin have been ongoing for decades by the U.S. government, allies and defense contractors, and potentially by foreign rivals.

Jonathan Grey, an intelligence officer specializing in UAP analysis at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center, said that “a vast array of our most sophisticated sensors, including space-based platforms, have been utilized by different agencies, typically in triplicate, to observe and accurately identify the out-of-this-world nature, performance, and design of these anomalous machines, which are then determined not to be of earthly origin. Though a tough nut to crack, potential technological advancements may be gleaned from non-human intelligence/UAP retrievals by any sufficiently advanced nation and then used to wage asymmetrical warfare, so, therefore, some secrecy must remain. However, it is no longer necessary to continue to deny that these advanced technologies derived from non-human intelligence exist at all or to deny that these technologies have landed, crashed, or fallen into the hands of human beings.”

This news may be the land-in-your-lap evidence mainstream critics need in order to take the topic of UAPs seriously.

Nevertheless, as a scientist who is guided by evidence, I must bring up a cautionary remark: There are no scientific details in this news report. I can only assess the significance of open data or materials to which I have direct access.

While the government is responsible for national security matters, the possible existence of extraterrestrial technological civilizations entails scientific knowledge about the universe that does not adhere to national borders and should be shared with all humans — to the potential benefit of all.

As much as eyewitness testimonies on the existence of classified evidence are intriguing, we can make progress in our scientific knowledge only by having direct access to the primary sources of materials or data without relying on hearsay. Eyewitness testimonies have implications in the court of law but are not sufficient for corroborating scientific statements.

Therefore, as much as Grusch’s report is intriguing, it does not carry credible scientific evidence, irrespective of the comments about Grusch’s reliability. What we wish to see as scientists is the actual materials or data collected by the government. Without access to the evidence, we cannot distinguish Grusch’s report from a hypothetical or fabricated story — for example, if a branch of government were developing unusual and secret technological capabilities but assigning them to an extraterrestrial origin to maintain their secrecy.

Evidence that is publicly available to all scientists worldwide is the only way by which scientific progress about our place in the cosmos can be made.

Here’s hoping that the findings of an upcoming Galileo Project expedition will inspire the U.S. government to release open data about its own findings. The first recognized interstellar object impacted Earth in January 2014. The forthcoming expedition to the Pacific Ocean aims to discover whether this interstellar meteor, IM1, was a craft from an extraterrestrial civilization. The reason for considering an artificial origin of this half-meter-sized object is that it was tougher in material strength than all other 272 meteors cataloged by NASA. It was formally recognized as having an interstellar origin with 99.99% confidence in an official letter from the U.S. Space Command to NASA on March 1, 2022.

We already know that the first two objects spotted by scientists as originating from outside the solar system did not resemble the familiar meteors, asteroids or comets in the solar system, and they were explained by mainstream astronomers as objects of a type that we had never observed before.

My sincere hope is that instead of spending $2 trillion each year on military budgets, we would be inspired to invest the financial surplus in space exploration and send small satellite probes known as “CubeSat” equipped with artificial intelligence toward every star in the Milky Way galaxy by the end of the century.

Ultimately, the fundamental question is whether the recovery of non-human crafts will be good for the future of humanity.

My answer is a resounding “Yes.”

Avi Loeb, Ph.D., is a theoretical physicist with a focus on astrophysics and cosmology. He is the head of Harvard University's Galileo Project, undertaking a systematic scientific search for evidence of extraterrestrial technological artifacts. Loeb is the former chair of the astronomy department at Harvard University (2011-2020). He is a former member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and a former chair of the Board on Physics and Astronomy of the National Academies. He is also the bestselling author of “Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth,” and a co-author of the textbook “Life in the Cosmos,” both published in 2021. His latest book, “Interstellar,” is scheduled for publication in August 2023.