The telescope will use infra-red cameras to take 24/7 video of the sky, and is equipped with a radio sensor, an audio sensor and a magnetometer to detect non-visual objects. Loeb plans to make the projects’ findings publicly available. The privately funded project, which involves more than 100 scientists, is building its first telescope system on the roof of the Harvard college observatory, and it will begin operating this summer. He is the head of the Galileo Project, which aims to establish a network of sophisticated telescopes which will scan the skies for extraterrestrial objects.Ĭlosed gates at the entrance to Area 51, the military base in Nevada. Still, as the clamor for information has grown, so has interest from the scientific community, and in 2022 a slew of new projects will launch, specifically aimed at detecting alien life.Īvi Loeb, the Frank B Baird Jr professor of science at Harvard University, is behind one of those. Since then the Pentagon, pushed by US senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Marco Rubio, has launched a new office for reporting and analyzing UFO reports, although some in the UFO community suspect the government to be less than forthcoming with its findings. Officials were able to explain one of the incidents – it was a balloon – but the rest remain a mystery. The Pentagon studied 144 incidents reported by military pilots between 20 in preparing the report.

The US government’s UFO report, released in June 2021, fueled more interest.

The account of the navy pilots was given credibility, however, by leaked military footage which showed an oval flying object near a US navy ship off San Diego, and separate videos which showed triangular-shaped objects buzzing around in the sky. “Every day for at least a couple years.”įor years, pilots had refused to share tales of their UFO experiences, worried of being labeled kooks or being passed over for promotion. It happened so frequently that the encounters became commonplace, Ryan Graves, a retired navy pilot, told the CBS show. In a breakthrough interview with 60 Minutes, members of the US Navy lined up to recall their experiences of encountering UFOs on America’s coasts. It was a group of pilots who brought the issue to the fore in 2021. “Finally, I think we’ll see more high-calibre witnesses coming forward, including commercial airline pilots, military aircrew, radar operators, and intelligence officers with direct knowledge of this subject.” Some of this may come via whistleblowers, but much of it may be released by the government itself, either proactively, or in response to requests under the Freedom of Information Act. “I also think we’ll see the release of more US military photos and videos of UFOs, and associated documents. “I think we’ll see congressional hearings on UFOs,” Pope said. In Congress, where a bipartisan group of senators has been pushing for years for the government to release more information on UFOs, and from the US defense department and intelligence community, Pope said he senses “a genuine desire to grip the issue”. “I’m confident that 2022 is going to be a seismic year for UFOs,” said Nick Pope, who spent the early 1990s investigating UFOs for the British ministry of defence. The report came after leaked military footage documented seemingly otherworldly happenings in the sky, and after testimony from navy pilots helped to somewhat destigmatize a subject that has long been defined by conspiracy theories and dubious sightings.Īll in all, the newly sincere approach to UFOs has longtime sky-watchers excited. In June, the Pentagon released a highly anticipated report on unexplained aerial phenomena (UAP), the now preferred nomenclature by some in the extraterrestrial community, which found more than 140 instances of UAPs that could not be explained.

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