Harvard University in UAP files and news
Harvard University is named in 2 news articles tracked by UAP Insight (July 2026), from Space.com UFOs and Guardian UFOs.
- Gov files
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- News articles
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- 1.White House appoints Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb to lead new UFO study group(space.com)
Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has been appointed to head a new White House group studying UFOs, now referred to as unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs). The appointment reflects the federal shift in terminology from UFO to UAP that has developed in recent years. Loeb is known for his work on interstellar objects, including the 2017 object 'Oumuamua, and for arguing that some anomalous objects could be technological in origin. The excerpt does not give the group's mandate, full membership, funding, or access to government data. The formal scope and output of the group remain unverified in this report. Many anomalous sightings in past official reviews have received mundane explanations, so the group's eventual conclusions are still open.
- 2.The Harvard astronomer dubbed Trump’s chief alien hunter starts by assuming UFOs human-made(theguardian.com)
A Guardian profile reports that Avi Loeb's White House panel on UAP security risks has asked the Pentagon for videos and files on unexplained aerial sightings. Loeb, a Harvard cosmologist, has suggested that alien technology could be present in the solar system disguised as meteors. The panel is described as secretive, and the article characterizes Loeb's approach as beginning from the assumption that UFOs are human-made. The Pentagon's response and the specific files requested are not detailed in the excerpt. Loeb's proposal that alien probes could be disguised as meteors is speculative and lacks confirmed evidence. Mainstream astronomers have generally been skeptical of such claims, and the panel's findings are still pending.