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White House Appoints Controversial Astronomer to Lead UAP Advisory Council

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb will chair the new UAP Science Advisory Council established by the White House and intelligence agencies. Loeb's appointment draws scrutiny due to his repeated claims about extraterrestrial technology, which many scientists dismiss as pseudoscience.

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Terrence O'Brien
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The Guy Who Sees Aliens Everywhere Just Got a Government GigSo the White House, the Pentagon, the FBI, and the Director of National Intelligence walk into a room... and decide the best person to study unidentified anomalous phenomena is the Harvard professor who thinks a weird space rock was an alien probe.That's essentially what happened this week. Avi Loeb -- yes, that Avi Loeb -- has been tapped to lead the newly formed UAP Science Advisory Council. The group's mission: provide scientific analysis and advice to the UAP Governing Board as it tries to

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