New Science Team Tackles UAP Riddles for the Government

A group of top researchers has been picked to help the U. S. government make sense of strange flying objects spotted in American skies. Led by Harvard’s Avi Loeb, the new panel will review puzzling sightings and suggest ways to study them further. Unlike typical government work, this team relies only on already-public data and has no extra funding to spend. The project sits under a bigger board created by the White House and various agencies, including the Pentagon and FBI. Experts from fields like physics, biology, and AI will weigh in, though not everyone agrees on who should be included. Some transparency advocates question why Michael Shermer—a well-known skeptic—was chosen. Others argue that studying these events could expose gaps in current science and national security.One recent report mentioned an odd orange orb that seemed to release smaller red orbs near Cheyenne Mountain. Nearly half of the 2023 sightings in the area couldn’t be explained by known technology. Loeb’s team isn’t rushing to call them aliens. Instead, they focus on what data is missing. If scientists can’t rule out drones or sensor errors, they’ll say so. Their goal is to dig deeper, not chase headlines. Politics plays a role too. With President Trump pushing to declassify more records, this effort reflects a shift in how the government handles these mysteries. Some hope it will calm long-held suspicions that officials hide the truth. But others wonder if past secrecy has already made the public trust harder to earn.