Galileo Project’s Search for ET Techno Signatures & Advanced Aliens: An Interview with Prof Avi Loeb

Prof Avi Loeb is the former chair of Harvard University’s
Department of Astronomy and founder of the Galileo Project which
seeks empirical evidence of “extraterrestrial technological
signatures.” His interest in the discovery of alien
techno-signatures began in 2017 with the arrival of the
interstellar object Oumuamua whose orbital behavior around the
Sun suggested it was an artificial object. Prof Loeb’s subsequent
papers and book on Oumuamua, Extraterrestrials: The First Sign of
Intelligence Life Beyond Earth (2020), has generated much
mainstream interest in the possibility of extraterrestrial
visitation.


In this Exopolitics Today interview with Dr. Michael Salla, Prof
Loeb explains the genesis of his interest in extraterrestrial
visitation and the role Professor Stephen Hawking played due to
his 2010 views about advanced extraterrestrials likely being
hostile. Prof Loeb explains why he arrived at his conclusion that
advanced extraterrestrials would be beneficial rather than
hostile.


In response to questions about the role of human judgment and
observation in collecting data on the UFO phenomenon, as opposed
to scientific data gathered through mechanical instruments, Prof
Loeb took the uncompromising position that the former is not
reliable or accurate and therefore has no role in the Galileo
Project endeavors. In contrast, Dr. Salla pointed out the
benefits of non-empirical data sources as a complement to
scientific sources for a wide-ranging intelligence gathering
approach to understanding the UFO phenomenon. Dr. Loeb finished
his interview by briefly discussing the genesis of his view that
some UFOs may be probes released by an alien mothership that
recently entered our solar system.