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A consortium of scientists in the field of astronomy are about to focus their looking glasses on unidentified aerial phenomena. According to their online mission statement, "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."
The ambitious project is the brainchild of Professor Avi Loeb, a leading member of the Harvard Astronomy Department Center for Astrophysics turned UFO enthusiast after discovering an elongated, extrasolar system object with unnatural characteristics. Oumuamua, as it came to be known, caused a major commotion in observational circles due to its odd shape, trajectory, and periodic-changing albedo. Prof. Loeb was the first scientist to propose an artificial origin for it, after carefully analyzing the orbital and luminosity data of the cosmic interloper.
With the recent confirmation by the Pentagon and NASA that UFOs are in play, more and more academics are coming out of the woodwork to express their interest in a subject fraught with ridicule and stigma. This new collaboration aims to study UFOs in a rigorous manner by making use of optimized optical and radio detection ranging instruments designed for the specific purpose of observing aerial and space phenomena. All data gathered by these sensors will be systematically filtered through an Artificial Intelligence/Deep Learning (AI/DL) algorithm that is able to "differentiate atmospheric phenomena from birds, balloons, commercial or consumer drones, and from potential technological objects of terrestrial or other origin."
The Galileo Project
The Galileo Project for the Systematic Scientific Search for Evidence of Extraterrestrial Technological Artifacts: Daring to Look Through New Telescopes
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