Galileo Project: From Anecdotes to Transparent Science in the Search for Extraterrestrial Technologies

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Led by Avi Loeb at Harvard and funded by donors and grants like the Richard King Mellon Foundation, the Galileo Project aims to move the search for extraterrestrial technology from anecdotes to transparent science by studying physical objects rather than electromagnetic signals, including expeditions to the 2014 interstellar object IM1 and analysis of materials such as IM1 spherules, expanding instrumentation with a third station in Pennsylvania, using public infrasound data to constrain locations, and emphasizing robust methods, uncertainty awareness, and public collaboration.

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Galileo Project: From Anecdotes to Transparent Science in the Search for Extraterrestrial Technologies

Led by Avi Loeb and based at Harvard, the Galileo Project seeks to convert the search for extraterrestrial technological signatures from anecdotes into transparent, evidence‑based science focused on physical objects rather than electromagnetic signals, blending field expeditions, instrument development, and cross‑disciplinary analysis, with recent developments including chemical classification of IM1 spherules reported in Chemical Geology, a $575,000 grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation to establish a third instrument station in Pennsylvania, and infrasound‑based localization research by Fernando et al. on the 2014 CNEOS IM1 fireball, while inviting ongoing public support and collaboration.