Avi Loeb says the UAP debate should move away from social media speculation and toward a mainstream scientific research program.

In a new Medium article, Loeb writes that the same day Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day was released, the U.S. government also released the third batch of declassified UAP files under PURSUE.

Loeb argues that the real story is more interesting than Hollywood.

His core point is that unresolved UAP cases should not be treated as entertainment, belief, or online argument.

They should be treated as a scientific and national security problem.

According to Loeb, research at the frontiers of science is often limited by insufficient data. A good detective resolves a mystery by collecting new evidence and analyzing it, not by arguing endlessly about the unknown.

He says the same approach should apply to UAP.

The most down to Earth explanation for technological UAP is that they are human made. But if U.S. intelligence agencies and the Pentagon cannot identify them, that still represents a serious national security concern.

That means better sensors, better data collection, and AI analysis tools are needed.

Loeb also writes that if, after analyzing millions of objects, one object is found beyond reasonable doubt to have a non human technological origin, that would be the biggest scientific discovery ever made by humanity.

The most important part of the article is his proposal for a UAP Science Advisory Council.

Loeb says that over the past week he was tasked by the White House, AARO, ODNI, the FBI, and members of the Intelligence Community to create a research team of young scientists for this council.

He says the team includes specialists in data analysis, AI tools, data management, instrumentation, astrophysics, numerical analysis, and human psychology.

That is a major shift in framing.

Instead of asking the public to choose between believers and skeptics, Loeb is arguing for a scientific infrastructure around the problem.

His phrase captures it well:

Keep our eyes on the orbs, not the audience.

Whether these objects turn out to be adversarial drones, balloons, sensor artifacts, misidentified conventional objects, or something more extraordinary, the answer requires better data.

That is the key point.

If UAP are human made, they may represent a hole in the defense system.

If any are not human made, that would be one of the most important discoveries in history.

Either way, the unidentified should be identified.

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Avi Loeb Says He Was Tasked to Build a UAP Science Advisory Council for the U.S. Government