Scientists & Researchers
Avi Loeb
2026
Harvard theoretical astrophysicist known for arguing that interstellar objects like 'Oumuamua may be technological artifacts; wrote that the June 2026 third PURSUE release was "the most intriguing yet." Asked by an ODNI official visiting his home in June 2026 to assemble and chair a new "UAP Science Advisory Council" tasked by the White House, AARO, ODNI, the FBI, and the Intelligence Community. Previously served on Trump's first-term President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (2019-2020); founder of the Galileo Project and bestselling author of "Extraterrestrial."
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fellow academic pursuing anomalous-astronomy/technosignatures; her vanishing-transients work parallels the Galileo Project's aims
he has publicly advanced the hypothesis that UAP / interstellar objects could be such probes
Source: Loeb / Galileo Project; UAP-probe commentary
co-authored a March 2023 manuscript on physical constraints for hypothetical alien spacecraft
Source: Loeb & Kirkpatrick manuscript (Mar 7, 2023)
his June 2026 AARO report cited by Loeb's council
wrote that its June 2026 third release was "the most intriguing yet"
Source: PURSUE program releases and press coverage (2026)
founded and chairs
Source: UAP Science Advisory Council public roster; Avi Loeb / Galileo Project announcements (2025-26)
visited at home by ODNI official who requested council formation
Source: UAP Science Advisory Council public roster; Avi Loeb / Galileo Project announcements (2025-26)