Avi Loeb announced to lead new "UAP Science Advisory Council" for White House

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The three UAP file releases thus far attracted more than a billion views and a lot of chatter on social media. However, to paraphrase the wisdom of basketball players: "we must keep our eyes on the orbs, not the audience!"

What could be a better way of doing that than the establishment of a new "UAP Science Advisory Council" by the White House, AARO, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the FBI, and all Intelligence Community members. This is not wishful thinking but a reality now. Over the past week, I was tasked by the above organizations to create a research team of young scientists who will serve on this council. The Council under my leadership includes the following members: Dr. Richard Cloete and Dr. Regina Sarmiento with expertise in data analysis and data management with AI tools, Dr. Tim Gallaudet with expertise in oceanography, Prof. Matthew Szydagis with expertise in instrumentation and data collection, Dr. Devesh Nandal with expertise in numerical analysis and astrophysics, Prof. Peter Skafish with expertise in anthropology, Dr. Michael Shermer with expertise in studying anomalies, Dr. Jennice Vilhauer with expertise inn quantitative psychology, and Dr. Omer Eldadi with expertise in data management, AI and human psychology. This constitutes an amazing A-team of exceptional scientists.

All Council members look forward to assisting the U.S. government agencies in figuring out the nature of UAPs. Our time will not be wasted because at the very least — we will promote national security.

MonkeeSage said:

According to Avi Loeb's Medium post from yesterday, he has been tasked with the creation of a new "UAP Science Advisory Council".

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Over the past week, I was tasked by the above organizations to create a research team of young scientists who will serve on this council. The Council under my leadership includes the following members: Dr. Richard Cloete and Dr. Regina Sarmiento [... FX:Record Scratch]

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Professor Szydagis has patents pending on small-scale nuclear reactor technology for UAP attraction. He has also been featured in the UFO documentary A Tear in the Sky, produced and directed by Caroline Cory with UAlbany Professor Kevin Knuth

MonkeeSage said:

No offense to Dr. Shermer, but Mick would be a better addition to the council.

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Mick West said:

But I'm not a Dr. I'm just a Mr.

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Gary C said:

Fair enough but how many of the PhDs on his current list would have had the idea of building SITREC?

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Mick West said:

I'm not saying their rationale is correct. But someone with a PhD is a more defensible choice than someone without (when you are defending your choice to someone who writes checks, but isn't really that familiar with the topic). Unfortunately, the credentials are not particularly relevant here. Shermer has a PhD in the history of science. He's more vocally opposed to the ETH than I am, so I'm not sure why they picked him.

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Fritzkquzerk said:

There really needs to be more than one skeptic on this team or Avi will see spaceships everywhere I suppose.

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MonkeeSage said:

According to Avi Loeb's Medium post from yesterday, he has been tasked with the creation of a new "UAP Science Advisory Council".

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The three UAP file releases thus far attracted more than a billion views and a lot of chatter on social media. However, to paraphrase the wisdom of basketball players: "we must keep our eyes on the orbs, not the audience!"

What could be a better way of doing that than the establishment of a new "UAP Science Advisory Council" by the White House, AARO, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the FBI, and all Intelligence Community members. This is not wishful thinking but a reality now. Over the past week, I was tasked by the above organizations to create a research team of young scientists who will serve on this council. The Council under my leadership includes the following members: Dr. Richard Cloete and Dr. Regina Sarmiento with expertise in data analysis and data management with AI tools, Dr. Tim Gallaudet with expertise in oceanography, Prof. Matthew Szydagis with expertise in instrumentation and data collection, Dr. Devesh Nandal with expertise in numerical analysis and astrophysics, Prof. Peter Skafish with expertise in anthropology, Dr. Michael Shermer with expertise in studying anomalies, Dr. Jennice Vilhauer with expertise inn quantitative psychology, and Dr. Omer Eldadi with expertise in data management, AI and human psychology. This constitutes an amazing A-team of exceptional scientists.

All Council members look forward to assisting the U.S. government agencies in figuring out the nature of UAPs. Our time will not be wasted because at the very least — we will promote national security.

Source: https://avi-loeb.medium.com/a-uap-science-advisory-council-to-the-u-s-f7262e57b0df

No further information is present in the article about the duties of the council or data it will have access to. I haven't found any official government announcement of the council yet.

No offense to Dr. Shermer, but Mick would be a better addition to the council.

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jumbobob said:

We're somehow taking steps forward but not moving anywhere.

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FatPhil said:

next guy - not just a "bud", but "my postdoc Devesh Nandal" --
Source: https://avi-loeb.medium.com/evidence-for-the-first-generation-of-stars-dd353be7da95

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Eburacum said:

I actually quite like this idea. Some of the James Webb results are unexpected, and new hypotheses are required to explain them. Loeb may be completely off the mark, but this hypothesis seems reasonable at first glance. It explains the early formation of supermassive black holes, and the appearance of various 'red spots' in the early universe.

It is premature to expect it to be the right one, however.

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Eburacum said:

I actually quite like this idea. Some of the James Webb results are unexpected, and new hypotheses are required to explain them. Loeb may be completely off the mark, but this hypothesis seems reasonable at first glance. It explains the early formation of supermassive black holes, and the appearance of various 'red spots' in the early universe.

It is premature to expect it to be the right one, however.

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Full list of appointees, alphabetized by last name:

• Dr. Richard Cloete — Galileo Project postdoctoral fellow trained at the University of Cambridge, specializing in AI-driven data analysis tools, appointed to the council to lead data analysis and AI methodology.
• Dr. Tim Gallaudet — oceanographer and former Acting NOAA Administrator and Rear Admiral, contributing oceanographic expertise to the council's analysis of maritime UAP encounters.
• Dr. Devesh Nandal — researcher in numerical analysis and astrophysics, recruited to apply computational modeling techniques to UAP phenomena.
• Prof. Garry Nolan — Stanford pathology professor and molecular biologist, co-founder of the Sol Foundation, bringing expertise in molecular biology and materials science to anomaly investigations.
• Dr. Omer Eldadi — specialist combining data management, AI, and human psychology, appointed to handle the council's data infrastructure and the human-factors side of UAP reporting.
• Dr. Avi Loeb — Harvard theoretical physicist, founder of the Galileo Project, former chair of Harvard's astronomy department, and bestselling author of Extraterrestrial.
• Dr. Regina Sarmiento — Galileo Project researcher whose work focuses on AI-assisted data analysis and management, joining the council to apply machine-learning techniques to UAP data.
• Dr. Michael Shermer — founder and publisher of Skeptic magazine, longtime science communicator known for applying critical-thinking and anomaly-investigation methods, including a public wager with Avi Loeb over alien-technology disclosure.
• Prof. Peter Skafish — cultural anthropologist and co-founder of the Sol Foundation with a PhD from UC Berkeley, author of Rough Metaphysics, bringing an anthropological lens to how humans might interpret nonhuman intelligence.
• Prof. Matthew Szydagis — physicist specializing in instrumentation and detector technology, appointed to lead instrumentation and data-collection methods for the council.
• Dr. Jennice Vilhauer — psychologist, developer of Future Directed Therapy and author of Think Forward to Thrive, joining to study the psychological impact of potential disclosure on the public.