Tag: John Gertz

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News
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June 26, 2021

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Artificial Intelligence, Military, Science

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Alien robotic probes, John Gertz, Pentagon, Unidentified aerial phenomena (UABs), Unidentified flying objects (UFOs)}

The Pentagon’s UAP (UFO) Report Signals a Sharp Attitude Change

_{The brass have committed themselves to going “wherever the data takes us”} _{News

June 26, 2021

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Artificial Intelligence, Military, Science}

As promised, the Pentagon released its UAP (UFO) report. And what did they find? First, they … lack sufficient data to determine the nature of mysterious flying objects observed by American military pilots including whether they are advanced earthly technologies, atmospherics or of an extraterrestrial origin. Steve Gorman, “Watershed U.S. UFO report does not rule out extraterrestrial origin” at Reuters via Yahoo News (June 25, 2021) But read on: The report marked a turning point for the U.S. government after the military spent decades deflecting, debunking and discrediting observations of unidentified flying objects and “flying saucers” dating back to the 1940s. Steve Gorman, “Watershed U.S. UFO report does not rule out extraterrestrial origin” at Reuters via Yahoo News (June 25, Read More ›

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News
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April 17, 2021

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Arts & Culture, Science

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Andrew Siemion, Avi Loeb, Debris (from ET), Extraterrestrials (ET), Extraterrestrials (malevolent), John Gertz, Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence (METI), METI, Michio Kaku, Moon, Oumuamua, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)}

SETI Director Warns: Those Aliens Could Be Malevolent

_{Harvard astronomer agrees: We’ve sent a lot of signals in recent years; they may have got them. But now what?} _{News

April 17, 2021

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Arts & Culture, Science}

As the Mars Rover Perseverance bumps around looking for fossil bacteria and such, many students of possible ET life are becoming surprisingly cautious about what it might mean: “We have no reason to believe that technological advancement and altruism or morality are somehow linked,” SETI researcher Andrew Siemion told Inverse. “There probably are malevolent civilizations elsewhere in the universe so that’s certainly something that we should consider as we continue to explore the universe.” Siemion, who’s the director of the Berkeley SETI Research Center and principal of the alien-hunting Breakthrough Listen project, is invoking a tension at the heart of any project searching for alien life. Successfully finding it would change the world — but there’s also no guarantee humanity Read More ›