Mick West | TFTRH #55: Avi Loeb and The Galileo Project @MickWest | Uploaded August 2021 | Updated October 2024, 17 minutes ago.
What is a University professor doing investigating UFOs? Professor Avi Loeb of Harvard University heads the Galileo Project, which seeks (in part) to identify the nature of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena by establishing a network of telescopes and instruments with the goal of obtaining the first unambiguous clear photos of UFOs.
We talk about the demarcation between science and pseudoscience, the rationale for the project, the challenges it will face, and how it all fits into Professor Loeb's personal philosophy.
0:00 - Introduction
0:05 - A Professor Of Science
2:19 - Avi's articles and love of philosophy
4:28 - Philosophy of science. Demarcation
7:45 - Say I have a million dollars. Why should I give it to the project?
15:22 - How many telescopes, and where to put them
20:17 - Is photography the way to go?
25:21 - What existing data justifies the need for the project?
28:50 - The vagueness of the UAP report.
32:10 - Photos or Video?
32:50 - How will you know where to aim the telescope.
35:10 - Filtering on Motion or Images?
37:02 - Can you triangular with two close telescopes?
40:16 - Triangulating with full-sky cameras
44:14 - The Space Fence and multistatic radar
45:55 - Private sector multistatic radar
46:20 - Anecdote about secrecy and error bars
50:39 - The search for satellites
52:22 - If it's classified, would they let you do it?
53:34 - PR and Science Communication
59:35 - A proof of concept photo of a drone?
1:02:07 - What if you don't find anything?
1:04:28 - Science should be exciting
The Galileo Project: https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/galileo
Podcast page: tftrh.com/2021/08/10/episode-55-professor-avi-loeb-the-galileo-project
Transcript: otter.ai/u/abtJtNRU8RbBdUeUu50j9pb7m7Q
What is a University professor doing investigating UFOs? Professor Avi Loeb of Harvard University heads the Galileo Project, which seeks (in part) to identify the nature of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena by establishing a network of telescopes and instruments with the goal of obtaining the first unambiguous clear photos of UFOs.
We talk about the demarcation between science and pseudoscience, the rationale for the project, the challenges it will face, and how it all fits into Professor Loeb's personal philosophy.
0:00 - Introduction
0:05 - A Professor Of Science
2:19 - Avi's articles and love of philosophy
4:28 - Philosophy of science. Demarcation
7:45 - Say I have a million dollars. Why should I give it to the project?
15:22 - How many telescopes, and where to put them
20:17 - Is photography the way to go?
25:21 - What existing data justifies the need for the project?
28:50 - The vagueness of the UAP report.
32:10 - Photos or Video?
32:50 - How will you know where to aim the telescope.
35:10 - Filtering on Motion or Images?
37:02 - Can you triangular with two close telescopes?
40:16 - Triangulating with full-sky cameras
44:14 - The Space Fence and multistatic radar
45:55 - Private sector multistatic radar
46:20 - Anecdote about secrecy and error bars
50:39 - The search for satellites
52:22 - If it's classified, would they let you do it?
53:34 - PR and Science Communication
59:35 - A proof of concept photo of a drone?
1:02:07 - What if you don't find anything?
1:04:28 - Science should be exciting
The Galileo Project: https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/galileo
Podcast page: tftrh.com/2021/08/10/episode-55-professor-avi-loeb-the-galileo-project
Transcript: otter.ai/u/abtJtNRU8RbBdUeUu50j9pb7m7Q
