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

[MonkeeSage]

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

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.

 

[jarlrmai]

The foxes have been let back inside the hen house

 

[FatPhil]

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

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]

The only time I've encountered Cloete's and Sarmiento's names has been on Loeb's blog in connection with his Galileo Project - so is this just Avi and his buds?

EDIT: I googled the next but one name on the list (TG's a well known entity), and this was one of the top hits: https://ufofest.com/matthew-szydagis/ - the URL says everything you need to know, but if you really demand a quote, then how about:

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

EDIT2: 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

 

[Mendel]

"Avi Loeb finds new source of funding for his team"

 

[Mick West]

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

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

 

[Gary C]

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

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

 

[Mick West]

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

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.

 

[Gary C]

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.

Shermer is the token skeptic on the Galleo Project and has a standing bet with Avi that we will not have proof of alien civilization before 2030. He's also not that confrontational these days so they get along.

 

[Fritzkquzerk]

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

 

[JMartJr]

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

The number of skeptics on the team will not change what he sees everywhere, I'd think.

 

[MapperGuy]

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

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.

I wonder how the term"team of young scientists" is being interpreted? What are the ages of this group? Or are they going to be doing the selecting of "young scientists" to do the heavy lifting.
I also wonder exactly what they intend to do? Just do more collecting of videos of fuzzy dots? Or write more interpretations of what those fuzzy dots mean?
There are a lot of directions a group like this could go. One would be to collect the name of people who are accused of being part of the "deep state coverup" and shouting at them to confess all in Congressional hearings. Or just hire lots of "UFO experts" at outrageous salaries (who just happen to be friends and relatives of the members of the board).

 

[jumbobob]

I don't see this as good news from any sort of "disclosure" perspective.

This almost seems like a delay tactic again: appoint a group, investigate, provide feedback.

Unless, this Board (who has no formal mandate/responsibilities/website that I can find) is going to be the mouth piece for "disclosure", but still it's going to take months for anything to come from this. We're somehow taking steps forward but not moving anywhere.

 

[JMartJr]

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

Perhaps there is nowhere to go?

 

[Eburacum]

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

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.