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Avi Loeb

2026-06-12what this date marks is not recorded

Harvard theoretical astrophysicist known for arguing that interstellar objects like 'Oumuamua may be technological artifacts; wrote that the June 2026 third PURSUE release was "the most intriguing yet." Asked by an ODNI official visiting his home in June 2026 to assemble and chair a new "UAP Science Advisory Council" tasked by the White House, AARO, ODNI, the FBI, and the Intelligence Community. Previously served on Trump's first-term President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (2019-2020); founder of the Galileo Project and bestselling author of "Extraterrestrial."

In the UAP recordRuled into the unidentified-phenomena thread on 2 September 2026 from this entity's own name and role text, which contain: "aaro", "uap". An editorial classification of what thread this entity belongs to; it rests on no page and does not claim to. Neighbours were not used - see apply-subjects-2026-09-02.mjs for why.

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More Details on the UAP Science Advisory Councilalready cited above
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Avi Loeb, writing in a personal capacity on Medium. NOT A GOVERNMENT…

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  • → UAP Science Advisory Council a reference; no pages of it are held
    founded and chairs
    More Details on the UAP Science Advisory Council
  • → PURSUE names a source we do not hold
    wrote that its June 2026 third release was "the most intriguing yet"
    PURSUE program releases and press coverage (2026)
  • ← Sean Kirkpatrick names a source we do not hold
    co-authored a March 2023 manuscript on physical constraints for hypothetical alien spacecraft
    Loeb & Kirkpatrick manuscript (Mar 7, 2023)
  • → ODNI names a source we do not hold
    visited at home by ODNI official who requested council formation
    UAP Science Advisory Council public roster; Avi Loeb / Galileo Project announcements (2025-26)
  • ← Von Neumann Probe (UAP hypothesis) names a source we do not hold
    he has publicly advanced the hypothesis that UAP / interstellar objects could be such probes
    Loeb / Galileo Project; UAP-probe commentary
  • ← Jon Kosloski nothing behind it
    his June 2026 AARO report cited by Loeb's council
  • ← Beatriz Villarroel nothing behind it
    fellow academic pursuing anomalous-astronomy/technosignatures; her vanishing-transients work parallels the Galileo Project's aims