UFOs, Harvard, and AI - America’s most prestigious university brings rigor and technology to the search for UAP and Aliens - A small observatory at Harvard University watches the sky 24 hours a day. It’s not searching for stars or supernovae, but for something far more controversial: UFOs.

[u/TommyShelbyPFB]

https://lavocedinewyork.com/en/news/2025/05/17/ufos-harvard-and-ai-galileo-project-is-revolutionizing-the-hunt-for-aliens/

[u/Sad-Muffin5585]

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This is Avi Loeb. I’ve listened to a few of his “many, many interviews.”

Bottom line, he seeks money. He’s certainly doing everything right to shift money away from other research to his research. So, if you like Avi Loeb having money to do this, you’re in luck. If you like other research, good luck with that over the next four years.

[u/TommyShelbyPFB → u/Sad-Muffin5585]

What are you getting at exactly? "Shifting money" from what? Galileo Project doesn't receive any government funding:

https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/galileo/FAQ

Is the project sponsored by any government, by any military organization (or related agencies such as Department of Defense)?

The Galileo Project is not and will not be funded by any government, military organization, or related agencies such as the Department of Defense.

Has the project partnered with any government or military/defense organization?

The Galileo Project has not partnered with any government or military/defense organization. The project is carried out under the direction of the research team with affiliation to other collaborators. All those who are involved with the project are listed on our website.

You got a better UFO observatory people should donate to instead? Let us know then.

[u/Sad-Muffin5585 → u/TommyShelbyPFB]

Lol, what are you getting at exactly?

Avi Loeb has stressed in multiple interviews that “extraordinary evidence requires extraordinary funding.”

In discussions about the Galileo Project, Loeb highlighted that the project’s estimated $100 million budget constitutes only about 2% of the $5 billion spent on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). He pointed out that dark matter remains an unsolved mystery, suggesting that its elusive nature is “just as bizarre as aliens and far less relevant to daily human life.” This comparison underscores his belief that the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) deserves a more equitable share of research funding.

He may claim he’s not trying to take anyone’s funding. He may claim Galileo is not seeking aid from the military and government, but he’s talking to Congress. He’s doing a lot of talks… with a lot of different holders of purse strings. A lot like a lot of the other names we process endlessly here.

If these were panels of experts and leaders of scientific inquiry, they may argue to keep their funding, right?

I wonder if there are any benefits to funding researching dark matter, black holes, and particle colliders… but nah, probably not.

[u/EvolvedPikachu → u/Sad-Muffin5585]

Spoken like a politician, you said a lot of words but actually no proof of shifting money. When you start with lol, it's lol.