White House Taps Harvard's Loeb to Lead UAP Council
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Establishment-critical narrative
Putting Avi Loeb in charge of a White House UAP council is a potential recipe for junk science working under the guise of national security work. Loeb has a well-documented pattern of bypassing peer review, making wild alien claims without evidence, then playing the victim when real experts push back. The scientific community has repeatedly debunked his theories, and handing him this platform may only be legitimizing sensationalism over serious inquiry.
Pro-establishment narrative
The UAP Science Advisory Council under Loeb is exactly the kind of evidence-first, transparent approach this issue has always needed. Loeb has been clear that the council starts from a national security baseline, assuming human-made origins first, and will only analyze unclassified data shared openly with the public. Better sensors, rigorous data collection and real government cooperation — not conspiracy theories — are driving this effort, with a Trump administration genuinely seeking answers.
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