We left my home and headed to Hanscom Airport in Bedford, Massachusetts, on our way to Denver, Colorado, from where we were scheduled to depart for Australia the following morning.
Last week was marked by the news about a report by the whistleblower David Grusch who served as a representative to the Task Force on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) within the US Department of Defense (DoD). Grusch says recoveries of extraterrestrial objects of non-human origin have been ongoing for decades by the US Government, allies, and defense contractors.
So far, Grusch’s story is about hearsay and classified documents in the absence of any physical evidence, images, or scientific data. It is unclear whether we will ever see the evidence–even if it exists–because the government is hiding it behind the veil of national security.
In recent days, an avalanche of reporters asked me for comments about Grusch’s story. The last three of them called on short notice from the US, UK, and Canada, just hours before we left for Australia. In the last interview, I expressed my hope that updates on our cosmic neighborhood will be included in the 2024 State of the Union address by President Biden.
Grusch’s story broke out just days before my trip to lead an expedition of the Galileo Project to the Pacific Ocean, aiming to discover whether the first recognized interstellar meteor, IM1, was a craft from an extraterrestrial civilization. In contrast to the storyline provided by David Grusch, all scientific findings of the Galileo Project will be open to the public. Our expedition boat is fittingly named “Silver Star.”
From the boat, we will surely see many stars in the night sky, given the lack of artificial light pollution. Perhaps IM1 came from one of them. But even more importantly, the question is whether IM1 originated from another technological civilization. And even more important than that is the question of whether the senders were more technologically advanced than we are, in which case we can learn from them as if they represent our technological future.
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