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Last month, NASA announced it would commission a study on unidentified aerial phenomenon, or UAPs, otherwise known as UFOs. Why now? Does this new program signal that an alien visit could be imminent? Dr. Avi Loeb, a Harvard professor, bestselling author of “Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth” and head of the Galileo Project, joined Something Offbeat to provide a better understanding of what the public might get out of UFO research.

<p>Last month, NASA <a href="Last%20month,%20NASA%20announced%20it%20would%20commission%20a%20study%20on%20unidentified%20aerial%20phenomenon,%20or%20UAPs,%20otherwise%20known%20as%20UFOs.%20Why%20now?%20Does%20this%20new%20program%20signal%20that%20an%20alien%20visit%20could%20be%20imminent?%20Dr.%20Avi%20Loeb,%20a%20Harvard%20professor,%20bestselling%20author%20of%20“Extraterrestrial:%20The%20First%20Sign%20of%20Intelligent%20Life%20Beyond%20Earth”%20and%20head%20of%20the%20Galileo%20Project,%20joined%20Something%20Offbeat%20to%20provide%20a%20better%20understanding%20of%20what%20the%20public%20might%20get%20out%20UFO%20research.">announced it would commission a study</a> on unidentified aerial phenomenon, or UAPs, otherwise known as UFOs. Why now? Does this new program signal that an alien visit could be imminent? <a href="https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/">Dr. Avi Loeb</a>, a Harvard professor, bestselling author of “Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth” and head of <a href="https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/galileo/home">the Galileo Project</a>, joined Something Offbeat to provide a better understanding of what the public might get out of UFO research.</p>

What’s the deeper story behind that weird headline you forwarded to your friends or shared at the watercooler? We ask questions to gain grounded insight into the stranger news of the week.

<p>What&rsquo;s the deeper story behind that weird headline you forwarded to your friends or shared at the watercooler? We ask questions to gain grounded insight into the stranger news of the week.</p>

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