The Internet is flooded with revelations regarding declassified UFO files released by the Pentagon on Friday. Public reactions are mixed.
The move is designed as an effort to “maximum transparency” on the government’s knowledge of extraterrestrial life through a new program called PURSUE (Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters).
But the release of the Pentagon’s latest comprehensive report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) has sparked a new wave of debate in the global scientific community, moving the conversation from the realm of conspiracy to the center of investigation.
Avi Loeb: ‘No extraordinary evidence’
In the scientific community, Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb has always been vocal about the existence of extraterrestrial life. In his blog post on Medium, Loeb addressed the first batch of UAP files that include records from the War Department, NASA, the FBI, and the State Department.
According to the astronomer, preliminary analysis of these 161 records found no “extraordinary” evidence of non-human origin, particularly in this specific batch.
He wrote, “Interesting details about the video have unfortunately been edited out, and all images can be explained as reflections in camera optics or man-made objects.”
The declassified files also show photographs and transcripts of Apollo 12 and Apollo 17. The transcripts also show astronauts describing “jagged angular fragments” and glowing particles that appeared to “fall” outside their windows.
According to the Harvard professor, since these images from the Apollo missions show lights above the moon’s surface, these light sources and bright particles “could be glare from asteroid impacts or optical artifacts.”
Loeb also believes that the government’s sophisticated sensors have caught rare anomalies for decades that scientists have not yet noticed. He sees it as a “civic duty” for scientists to assist the government in analyzing this data.
He also hopes that the best is yet to come in the coming weeks, “as high-quality data will be subjected to greater scrutiny by layers of government bureaucracy before being released.”
Luis Elizondo: ‘A historic moment’
Speaking to Fox News, UFO disclosure activist Luis Elizondo said, “There is still a lot to learn about this and the release of the files is also a historic moment because nine years later the American people are getting a small taste of the information.”
Elizondo also talked about photographs taken of the lunar surface during the 1969 Apollo missions and confirmed that these photographs indicate the existence of extraterrestrial beings.
He said, “This is a national security issue and these things can outperform what is on our list. We are absolutely sure that this technology does not belong to the Chinese, Russians and other adversaries.”
Michio Kaku: ‘The Turn of the Tide’
Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku also responded to the UFO files. In an interview with Fox News, Dr. Michio said, “The declassification of the UFO files proves that we are at a turning point.”
Talking about the flying saucer shown in the images, Michio Kaku said, “The flying saucer may be some higher type of intelligence that created this object. Humans cannot fly in this kind of spacecraft that are crooked, only aliens can do that.”
The theoretical physicist says the next step is “close encounters of another kind, which will be fundamentally non-human”.
The UFO files also highlight FBI photographs from New Year’s Eve 1999, showing UAPs in the same airspace as American aircraft.
