Loeb describes it as a joint effort with the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) which uses radio telescopes to look for alien life. And he speculates that UFOs/UAPs could be alien technology, as well.
The Project will also use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to aid their search. The team plans to develop algorithms for data scans from various telescopes. The group will also use data from existing and future astronomical surveys. The goal is “to discover and monitor the properties of interstellar visitors to the solar system.”
Loeb believes that this is the time for developing and fine-tuning extraterrestrial technology.
“Science should not reject potential extraterrestrial explanations because of social stigma or cultural preferences that are not conducive to the scientific method of unbiased, empirical inquiry. We now must ‘dare to look through new telescopes,’ both literally and figuratively.”
“The mission to find ETCs may be a long shot, but the project could still generate new data on interstellar objects. with the hope that one of them will be indisputably alien in origin,” he said.
