Galileo Project
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| Type | Program or study |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Galileo Project at Harvard |
| On the Timeline | 1 event, 1986 |
The Galileo Project is a research project led by Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb that searches for physical evidence of extraterrestrial technology. It was announced in July 2021 and is funded by private donors.[1][2]
Origins and funding
Loeb revealed the project in July 2021, shortly after the U.S. government's preliminary assessment on UAP left most of the incidents it examined unexplained. Reports at the launch described it as an academic effort of about $1.75 million backed by private money from a small group of donors, and Loeb argued that the question of alien technology should be studied with open scientific data.[2][3]
Goals
The project set out three lines of research:[1] - obtaining high-resolution images of UAP to determine their nature; - searching for and studying interstellar objects like ʻOumuamua; - searching for possible satellites built by extraterrestrial civilisations.
Observatories
The plan was to build a network of telescopes and sensors, with software using artificial intelligence to classify what they record. By late 2025 the project had observatories in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and in Pennsylvania, and in November 2025 a third site began operating on top of the Sphere venue in Las Vegas.[2][4]
IM1 expedition
In 2023 Loeb led an ocean expedition to recover material from the 2014 meteor known as IM1, which he argued was interstellar. His claim that recovered spherules came from outside the Solar System was disputed by other scientists, who suggested terrestrial pollution such as coal ash.[1]
People
Retired Navy rear admiral Tim Gallaudet is a research affiliate of the project.[5]
On the UAP Timeline
- Steve Millard's Silicon Valley study group (10 November 1986) — A Silicon Valley investor hosts a private UAP study group including Vallée.
References
- Avi Loeb — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- "Avi Loeb's Galileo Project Will Search for Evidence of Alien Visitation", Scientific American (2021) · scientificamerican.com · archived copy
- "Galileo Project: A new hunt for alien objects in the universe", Inverse (2021) · inverse.com · archived copy
- "Harvard Astrophysicist Puts Observatory on Top of the Las Vegas Sphere to Search for UAPs", The Harvard Crimson (Nov 2025) · thecrimson.com · archived copy
- Tim Gallaudet — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
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