Despite a recent government report that found no evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence, some academics are urging reconsideration. Harvard and Montana Technological University published a paper that suggests UFO sightings could be the activities of intelligent beings.
The paper proposes various origins for these beings; they might be remnants of an advanced, ancient human civilization, descendants of intelligent dinosaurs, or visitors from Earth’s future.
The ideas aim to broaden the usual debate beyond simple misidentifications or extraterrestrial explanations.
Before diving deeper, it’s important to identify what is actually known.
Former President Barack Obama addressed the topic of aliens back in 2021 on “The Late Late Show with James Corden.” However, getting a direct answer from U.S. leaders has been a struggle.
“So but what is true and I’m actually being serious here, is that there are — there is footage and records of objects in the skies that we don’t know exactly what they are,” Obama said. “We can’t explain how they move their trajectory. They did not have an easily explainable pattern.”
Just days after Obama appeared on late night television, reporters pressed President Joe Biden on the issue.
“President Obama says that there is footage and records of objects in the skies of these unidentified aerial phenomena and he says we don’t know exactly what they are,” a reporter said. “What do you think that it is?”
“I would ask him again, thank you,” Biden said before walking off stage.
More recently, the topic entered public attention in 2023 when a House oversight subcommittee conducted a hearing on unidentified aerial phenomena, commonly referred to as UAPs.
During the session, members received testimony about sightings of unexplained objects and claims that the government possesses “nonhuman” biological matter.
Former President Donald Trump shared his take on the possibility of extraterrestrial beings on Thursday, June 13.
“And am I a believer? No, I probably can’t say I am,” Trump said on a podcast with Jake Paul. “People that are very smart and very solid have said they believe there is something out there and you know makes sense that there could be. I’ve never been convinced even despite that, you know. I just for some reason it’s not my thing but a lot of people believe that it’s true a lot of very good, solid people believe it’s true.”
In March, the Pentagon released a report saying that since the end of World War II, no evidence has been found suggesting that aliens have visited or crash-landed on Earth. The report concluded that most sightings were misidentified ordinary objects.
