The Galileo Project
Search for extraterrestrial intelligence
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| August 24 2023 | The New York Times published an article about Avi Loeb and the Galileo Project's search for signs of extraterrestrial life, bringing significant media attention to the project. |
| July 2023 | Astronomer Avi Loeb and his team reported the possibility of finding interstellar material, with their claims being subsequently doubted by scientific peers according to The New York Times. |
| 2022 | Amir Siraj and Abraham Loeb reported the discovery of a candidate interstellar meteor (CNEOS 2017-03-09) in a scientific preprint, analyzing its material strength characteristics compared to solar system meteors. |
| 2022 | The Galileo Project installed its first telescope on the roof of the Harvard College Observatory, marking the beginning of its observational efforts to search for potential extraterrestrial artifacts and anomalous phenomena. |
| October 24 2022 | Project leader Avi Loeb announced in an online post that the project's instruments were collecting new high-quality data, indicating progress in their observational capabilities. |
| September 2022 | Funding was announced for an expedition to retrieve fragments of an interstellar object |
| September 2022 | The project reported plans to begin collecting observations in January, signaling the advancement of its scientific investigation into potential extraterrestrial intelligence. |
| July 26 2021 | Avi Loeb launches the Galileo Project independently with support from donations, aiming to scientifically search for extraterrestrial intelligence and technology near Earth. |
| June 2021 | Pentagon released an intelligence report that sparked interest in UFO research, leading to increased support for the Galileo Project's approach to searching for extraterrestrial intelligence. |
| June 5 2021 | Avi Loeb emails NASA suggesting a scientific project to investigate UFOs, but receives no reply. |
| June 3 2021 | NASA head Bill Nelson gives a speech emphasizing the need for scientific analysis of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) detected by multiple instruments. |
| 2017 | The first known interstellar object 'Oumuamua was discovered, sparking founder Loeb's interest in extraterrestrial technology and becoming the origin point of the Galileo Project. |
| January 8 2014 | Meteor CNEOS 2014-01-08 observed, which Loeb and Siraj claimed was a rare interstellar object with unique composition and speed. |
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