Science · Research & investigation
Avi Loeb
Astrophysicist and Galileo Project leader
Also known as Abraham Loeb · Abraham (Avi) Loeb
Photograph · Image credit
Who they are
Avi Loeb, also publishing as Abraham Loeb, is a Harvard scientist who leads the Galileo Project’s search for possible extraterrestrial technological objects. In June 2026, DefenseScoop reported his leadership of an outside UAP Science Advisory Council. His research proposals and public organizational role are distinguishable from any determination about the origin of particular UAP.
He connects current scientific proposals for investigating anomalous objects with the timeline’s account of a reported advisory body.
Selected contributions
Selected works
Academic paper · 2022 · Author preprint; record lists a 2023 journal version
Overview of the Galileo Project
Loeb outlines a program to search for possible extraterrestrial technological objects near Earth. The abstract sets out the project’s aim; it does not announce a verified discovery.
Linked arXiv version submitted in 2022; journal reference is Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation, 2023.
Reading scope & citation
Freshly read author abstract and version metadata. Full paper not read. The abstract presents a proposed search program; it is not a report establishing extraterrestrial artifacts.
DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2209.02479
In the timeline
Biography sources & portrait credit
- New science advisory council forms to help US government resolve the UAP mystery ↗DefenseScoop / Brandi Vincent
- Overview of the Galileo Project ↗Abraham Loeb; arXiv / Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation
Portrait credit
Christopher Michel. CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Photograph. Cropped to 4:5, resized to 320 × 400 and converted to WebP.
