Psience Quest

Quote:There is a possibility that extraterrestrial motherships and smaller probes may be visiting planets in our solar system, the head of the Pentagon’s unidentified aerial phenomena research office noted in a report draft shared Tuesday.

“[A]n artificial interstellar object could potentially be a parent craft that releases many small probes during its close passage to Earth, an operational construct not too dissimilar from NASA missions,” Sean Kirkpatrick, director of the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, wrote in a research report co-authored by Abraham Loeb, chairman of Harvard University’s astronomy department.

Quote:Kirkpatrick also challenged critics who believe UAPs are of extraterrestrial origin to support claims with scientific evidence, rather than feed into conspiracies.

“I encourage those who hold alternative theories or views to submit your research to credible peer reviewed scientific journals,” Kirkpatrick said. “AARO is working very hard to do the same. That is how science works, not by blog or social media.”