Showing posts with label evidence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label evidence. Show all posts

Monday, July 26, 2021

Announcing the Galileo Project for the Systematic Scientific Search for Evidence of Extraterrestrial Technological Artifacts

 ‘Daring to Look Through New Telescopes’


CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts – July 26, 2021 –

Galileo showing the Doge of Venice
how to use the telescope
(fresco by Giuseppe Bertini)
The multi-institutional, international Galileo Project founders, research team and advisory boards, in conjunction with the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, today announce the Galileo Project (website: projects.iq.harvard.edu/galileo). It is a transparent scientific project to advance a systematic experimental search for cross-validated evidence of potential astro-archeological artifacts or active technical equipment made by putative existing or extinct extraterrestrial technological civilizations (ETCs).


The goal of the Galileo Project is to bring the search for extraterrestrial technological signatures from accidental or anecdotal observations and legends to the mainstream of transparent, validated and systematic scientific research.


Professor Avi Loeb, head of the Galileo Project, explainsi: “In 2017, the world for the first time observed an interstellar object, called ‘Oumuamua, that was briefly visiting our solar system. Based on astronomical observations, ‘Oumuamua turned out to have highly anomalous properties that defy well-understood natural explanations. We can only speculate whether ‘Oumuamua may be explained by never seen before natural explanations, or by stretching our imagination to ‘Oumuamua perhaps being an extraterrestrial technological object, similar to a very thin light-sail or communications dish, which would fit the astronomical data rather well.”


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Professor Loeb continuesii: “After the recent release of the ODNI report on
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), the scientific community needs the determination to
systematically, scientifically and transparently look for potential evidence of
extraterrestrial technological equipment. The impact of any discovery of extraterrestrial
technology on science, our technology, and on our entire world view, would be enormous.”
He concludesiii: “Given the recently discovered abundance of habitable-zone
exoplanets, with potential for extraterrestrial life, the Galileo Project is dedicated to the
proposition that humans can no longer ignore the possible existence of ETCs. Science
should not reject potential extraterrestrial explanations because of social stigma or cultural
preferences that are not conducive to the scientific method of unbiased, empirical inquiry.
We now must ‘dare to look through new telescopes’, both literally and figuratively.”
Irrespective of the possibility that the Galileo Project may discover additional, or
even extraordinary evidence for ETCs, at a minimum the Galileo Project will gather rich
data sets that may foster the discovery of — or better scientific explanations for — novel
interstellar objects with anomalous properties, and for potential new natural phenomena,
or terrestrial technology explanations for many presently inexplicable UAP1.


Background on UAP and ‘Oumuamua
The ODNI (Office of the Director of National Intelligence) report, delivered to
Congress on June 25, 2021, mentions many Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), the
nature of which is unknown. The report states: “a majority of UAP were registered across
multiple sensors, to include radar, infrared, electro-optical, weapon seekers and visual
observation.”
Four years earlier, on October 19th, 2017, astronomers discovered the first interstellar
object from outside the solar system, called 'Oumuamua. The object did not resemble any
comet or asteroid observed before. It was inferred to have a flat shape and moved away
from the Sun as if it were thin enough to be pushed by sunlight. Moreover, this pancakeshaped
object tumbled every 8 hours and originated from the rare state of Local Standard
of Rest, which averages over the motions of all the stars in the vicinity of the Sun.
The existing data on UAP and ‘Oumuamua are sufficiently anomalous to motivate the
collection of additional data on UAP or ‘Oumuamua-like objects and to test whether such
objects may be astro-archeological artifacts or active technological equipment produced by
one or more putative, existing or extinct extraterrestrial civilizations (ETCs).
1 https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/Prelimary-Assessment-UAP-20210625.pdf


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Galileo Project Scope and Limitations
The Galileo Project research group will aim to identify the nature of UAP and ‘Oumuamua-like interstellar objects using the standard scientific method based on a transparent analysis of open scientific data to be collected using optimized instruments.
This ground-based project is complementary to traditional SETI, in that it searches for physical objects, and not electromagnetic signals associated with extraterrestrial technological civilizations.


For the Galileo Project only ‘known physics’ explanations are in scope. ‘Alternative physics’ hypotheses, while interesting, are explicitly not part of the Galileo Project. Moreover, the Galileo Project will not engage in retroactive attempts to analyze existing images or radar data, or speculate on prior UAP, observations or anecdotal reports, as these are not conducive to cross-validated, evidence-based scientific explanations.


The Galileo Project Follows Three Major Avenues of Research:
(i) Obtain High-resolution, Multi-detector UAP Images, Discover their Nature:
A picture is worth a thousand words. For example, a megapixel image of the exterior of a human-scale UAP object at a distance of a mile will allow to distinguish: “Made in Country X” from the potential alternative “Made by ETC Y” on an exoplanet in our galaxy. This goal will be accomplished by searching for UAP with a network of mid-sized, high-resolution telescopes and detector arrays with suitable cameras and computer systems, distributed in select locations. The data will be open to the public and the scientific analysis will be transparent.
We anticipate extensive Artificial Intelligence/Deep Learning (AI/DL) and algorithmic approaches to differentiate atmospheric phenomena from birds, balloons, commercial or consumer drones, and from potential technological objects of terrestrial or other origin surveying our planet, such as satellites. For the purpose of high contrast imaging, each telescope will be part of a detector array of orthogonal and complementary capabilities from radar, Doppler radar and high-resolution synthetic aperture radar to high-resolution, large camera visible range and infrared band telescopes. If an ETC is discovered to be surveying Earth using UAP, then we have to assume that the ETC has mastered passive radar, optical and infrared technologies. In such a case, our systematic study of detected UAP will be enhanced by means of high-performance, integrated multi-wavelength detector arrays.


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(ii) Search for and In-Depth Research on ‘Oumuamua-like Interstellar Objects:
The Galileo Project research group also will utilize existing and future astronomical surveys, such as the future Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST)2 at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory (VRO), to discover and monitor the properties of interstellar visitors to the Solar system.
We will conceptualize and design, potentially in collaboration with interested space agencies or space ventures, a launch-ready space mission to image unusual interstellar objects such as ‘Oumuamua by intercepting their trajectories on their approach to the Sun or by using ground-based survey telescopes to discover interstellar meteors.
(iii) Search for Potential ETC Satellites:
Discovering potential 1 meter-scale or smaller ETC satellites that may be exploring Earth, e.g., in polar orbits a few hundred km above Earth, may become feasible with VRO in 2023 and later. If radar, optical and infrared detection avoidance technologies have been mastered by an ETC, then very sophisticated large telescopes on Earth will be required. We will design advanced algorithmic and AI/DL object recognition and fast filtering methods that the Galileo Project intends to deploy, initially on non-orbiting telescopes.
Historical Perspective and Naming
The reference to Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei3 (1564-1642) was chosen in view of the possibility that the Galileo Project may make novel discoveries regarding ETCs. The importance of the potential discoveries of rigorously validated scientific evidence of extraterrestrial technology may be similar in impact on astronomy and our world view as Galileo's pioneering use of telescopes for astronomical observations were in history.
Galileo’s improved design of an optical telescope allowed him to discover the four largest moons of Jupiter in 1609-1610. These Galilean moons were the first satellites found to orbit a planet other than Earth. Galileo also discovered Saturn's rings in 1610.
Both discoveries provided key evidence in favor of the model of heliocentrism4, developed by Nicolaus Copernicus and published in 1543, which gradually displaced the
2 https://www.lsst.org/
3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei
4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernican_heliocentrism



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previous, dogmatic and incorrect geocentric model
5 of the universe. According to popular legend, after recanting under persecution his theory that the Earth moved around the Sun, Galileo allegedly muttered the rebellious phrase, "And yet it moves." Moreover, Galileo complained that some of the philosophers who opposed his discoveries had even refused to look through his telescope, e.g., to see the mountains on the Moon, or the four largest moons of Jupiter. Let us not repeat their mistake.


The Galileo Project Research Team and Advisory Boards

 
A) Galileo Project Research Team
The Galileo Project Research Team is chaired by Professor Avi Loeb of Harvard
University’s Department of Astronomy. The research team members are listed at the link: Research Team | The Galileo Project: "Daring to Look Through New Telescopes"
The Galileo Project Research Team is actively involved in the strategy development, technology selection and evaluation/testing, pilot project implementation, Phase I limited roll-out to selected sites, and Phase II medium-scale, international deployment.
Selected members of the Galileo Project Research Team will be available during the press conference. The Galileo Project has been co-founded by Avi Loeb and Frank Laukien, and it is a transparent, non-profit, multi-institutional and international project.


B) Galileo Project Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) and
Galileo Project Philanthropic Advisory Board and Affiliates
See: Advisory Boards | The Galileo Project: "Daring to Look Through New Telescopes"
The Galileo Project has initial funding from generous donations and pledges by individuals and foundations listed on the Galileo Project website. Additional philanthropic, foundation or governmental funders are encouraged to join the Galileo Project.
The Galileo Project Affiliates category is open to supporters, interested observers, as well as to members of the media that wish to report on progress of the Galileo Project.


Follow further progress of the Galileo Project at:
Twitter: twitter.com/GalileoProject1
Instagram: www.instagram.com/galileoproject1/
i https://www.hmhbooks.com/shop/books/Extraterrestrial/9780358274551
ii https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/Igno.pdf
iii https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/hires.pdf


Sunday, May 3, 2020

Pentagon Release shows UFOs in our Skies - New Book Explains the Fast-Movers



By Margie Kay
Still from video captured by Navy fighter pilots
The April 27, 2020 Pentagon release of three videos of UFOs is clear evidence for what I’ve coined “The Fast-Movers.” After researching UFOs for over 30 years there is no question in my mind that other intelligent life forms exist, but they are elusive and, in most cases, move so fast that they cannot be perceived by the human eye. Until now.
In an unprecedented move, the Pentagon released three classified videos taken by US Navy pilots that appear to be unidentified flying objects.  The Navy just put the three videos—titled “FLIR.mp4,” “GOFAST.wmv,” and “GIMBAL.wmv”—on its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) page, a repository for documents released under the federal law that allows for the full or partial disclosure of U.S. government information to the public. The clips were first released in 2017 and 2018 by The New York Times and To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science, a UFO research group from former blink-182 member Tom DeLonge.
 The infrared video was filmed in 2004 by two Navy fighter pilots with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group 100 miles into the Pacific Ocean. They captured a Tic-Tac shaped UFO “around 40 feet long and oval in shape.
The 2015 videos were filmed off of the east coast. By an F/A-18F fighter jet using the aircraft’s onboard Raytheon AN-ASQ-228 Advanced Targeting Forward-Looking Infrared pod. The videos were leaked in 2007 and 2017 without authorization. One of the pilots said of the 2004 video:
“As I got close to it ... it rapidly accelerated to the south, and disappeared in less than two seconds,” retired US Navy pilot David Fravor told CNN in 2017. “This was extremely abrupt, like a ping pong ball, bouncing off a wall. It would hit and go the other way.”
In one of the 2015 videos, a voice can be heard saying: “There’s a whole fleet of them.”
Another voice adds: “They’re all going against the wind. The wind’s 120 knots to the west. Look at that thing, dude!”
In an effort to “clear up any misconceptions by the public on whether or not the footage that has been circulating was real.” the DoD, who had previous confirmed the videos were filmed by the US Navy, had made all three clips public.
The incredible speed of the UFOs indicates that they are Fast Movers. The fact that the videos were captured using FLIR infrared technology is an indication that the objects appear out of our range of sight, outside the visible light spectrum. Nevertheless, they do exist, and now they are being captured on film with infrared photography in this case, but in others, standard film cameras.
Bill Spicer discovered a technique for capturing UFOs on film using what he calls the Solar Obliteration Technique or SOT. He was shown this method in a dream. After trying it, he discovered that it works well. Bill has shared this information with several other researchers, and they have also had success with it. The method involves covering the camera lens with polarized sunglasses, then aiming in the direction of the sun just inside an overhang such as a roof. The results are astonishing and show hundreds or thousands of fast-moving craft during almost any photographic session.
Wayne Lawrence, a MUFON Investigator and video analyst discovered that by slowing down video of UFOs taken by himself and others, and looking at it frame by frame, he could find multiple aerial objects and even track them and find their speed based on the location in each frame. Some of the objects captured were moving at hundreds or thousands of miles per hour.  In one famous Kansas City case in June of 2019 where thousands of witnesses observed three UFOs over the city for six hours, Lawrence was able to find UFOs in the videos that were moving in excess of 8,000 MPH.
As for myself, I have been able to see them with the naked eye by using quantum telepathy and remote viewing. I had not figured out until recently that what I was seeing were actual craft, but indeed, they are the same types of objects that both Bill and Wayne have been able to capture on film. By willing myself to slow down time, I can get a good look at them. Do not ask me how that works- I just want it to happen and it does.

 

Bill and Wayne agreed to co-author a book with me called The Fast Movers: Evidence of High-speed UFOs/UAPs. It will be published in June, 2020. For more information about the book visit www.unxmedia.com.





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Margie Kay is a 30-year veteran UFO and paranormal researcher. She is the Assistant State Director for Missouri MUFON and Director of Quest Investigation Group. Margie is the author of 13 books.  Contact her at www.margiekay.com. 

Saturday, October 8, 2016

Bigfoot Caught on Live Eagle Cam!


A video posted to YouTube on September 15, 2016 has gone viral with over 1.6 million views. The video was captured on a Carbon Media Group Eagle Cam who partnered with the Department of Natural Resources in a remote part of the state of Michigan. The video was captured in the spring of this year but only recently reviewed and posted. 

In the video a large hairy figure walking on two legs appears in frame, looks around, then jumps over a couple of logs and walks out of frame. The distance of the leaps appears to be longer than what a human would be capable of but this can only be determined if the location is made available to researchers. 

See the original posting here: https://youtu.be/r34Sqv-iblc