Harvard professor believes he may have found alien technology

A team of Harvard researchers is investigating fragments of what they believe could be alien technology. The pieces were from a meteor that landed in the ocean near Papua New Guinea back in 2014. Professor Avi Loeb, who leads the research team, joins CBS News to explain the findings.
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[@rushapa]

This guy got "alien technology" fedex'd to him, wild 😂😂😂

[@BigHogg]

He’s lucky a porch pirate didn’t steal it😂

[@amberstreetfilms]

Right? Who would have thought Fed Ex travels to the ocean floor for pick ups. Totally joking of course, but I thought the Fed Ex thing was pretty funny.

[@PERFECTDARK10]

@@BigHogg🤣

[@cv6442]

Might wanna splurge on the insurance and ship it certified. 😅😅😅

[@armansh007]

I mean I would drive there and bring the object myself n

[@Ahjile]

I've read much more about this subject, and here's what is clear: these metal balls are not traditionally natural, as they contain no nickel (nickel is found in every natural alloy in our solar system). However, the possibility that these tiny spheres were man-made, from right here on Earth, is entirely likely. Apparently there was a general dredging of the sea bed, and these were found. Thus, there isn't yet even any hard evidence that they definitely come from space. If they do, they are probably interstellar in origin, and in any case do not fit into our current understanding of naturally-occurring metals or alloys.

[@-oysterthief4444]

Agreed, but did they say extra terrestrial? Or just not man made. Like most of the UAP news, they usually don’t specifically say extra terrestrial, just “non-human”. I think everyone assumes these unusual phenomena are space related. I think it’s far more likely that we’re discovering intelligent entities from the worlds oceans.

[@timgallagher9229]

I agree with ur skepticism as it's sound in logic ..... It's just more fun to think alien tech was just discovered and we'll soon be able to skip centuries of scientific discoveries once we learn to harness this....whatever we call it

[@MastaShredduh]

Have we not established the laws of physics are the same throughout the universe? We have the same elements here as 1000 galaxies away. Meaning the process of these elements naturally occurring is the same. Interstellar or not.

[@kennethfeagins1414]

Click bait if you ask me

[@lynemac2539]

​@@MastaShredduh Real sure about everything, eh?

[@nickbuis3307]

- We've got possible first contact evidence. - Just FedEx it. - 😮

[@masoncampbell3314]

Lmao imagine if they lost the package

[@madinkan]

As a man who had tons of packages not delivered by FedEx because I "wasn't home" even though I was, I am appalled at their confidence in sending interstellar material, and possibly alien technology through them.

[@purpl3grape]

ikr I would've thought some Army vehicle was used to transport said Alien tech...

[@williambrown2830]

How much alien tech is sitting in some FedEx delivery driver's garage?

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Fight Pass Fake Professor

[@wulver810]

OMG, staying home from work because you know FedEx will deliver and it's getting late, you check outside and see a sticker on your door.. pure BS.

[@sforza209]

I fckin hate fedex.

[@davidnotonstinnett]

Dude had to try so hard not to say “thingies”…like I was right there with him “tell me about the little marble thingies” but he is a professional and caught himself at the very end, and found the word objects. Much respect 😂

[@CapnBlumpkin]

Could have done us all a solid by establishing thingies as the correct nomenclature. Definitely a missed opportunity 😂

[@Rain_Reign]

I was literally in that moment thinking “say thingies! Say thingies!” 😆

[@WellBehavedForeigner]

Is there any doubt as to whether any defense lawyer is the stereotype of "an irresponsible person", especially "a principled one"? (For example, Mechanics are "on the other side of the courtroom", so to speak.)

[@rawstatustv2358]

Thingamajig

[@ReapingTheHarvest]

If he is dumb enough to believe in ET's, then saying "thingies" should be no surprise. Most likely he's just an agent though.

[@johnpope8949]

From spherical metal to alien tech is an awfully big leap.

[@xpoorman70]

yeah I think prof is a kook, can't believe Harvard grants him money to study this

[@spacedaze1860]

He is saying it could be something used by aliens as technology. He said that the material was stronger than any other rock they had found, which makes it plausible that it’s artificially created. A spacecraft/satellite type technology would be made out of a strong material. The fact that it’s the only object we know of to crash land from another solar system says that’s not likely to happen on accident either. I think there’s probably more reasoning for the leap in thinking, but seeing as I’m not an expert, I might not know about or think of those things. However, the leap makes sense to consider.

[@positivelastaction3957]

@@spacedaze1860still a leap -could be one of many things

[@stevo2212]

I agree, he didn’t really answer the question of “what makes it technological” he just swerved the question, it’s far to big a leap.

[@theamused8705]

He's the guy who's been saying Oumuamua is an alien probe.

[@aidenknight6948]

Everything before 2020 was the prologue. We’ve been living in a sci fi movie for the past 3-4 years. The pandemic, black mirror technology, and now public upheaval of evidence regarding extraterrestrial life. This is crazy

[@SameenIslam]

I was literally thinking that too

[@TheHuggableEmpire]

people have already been talking about alien era after covid in 2020

[@robbyvisuals7711]

I mean we all really believed in life before the announcement

[@ibringthelastwords1358]

No. We are living in a Simulation.

[@aidenknight6948]

@@ibringthelastwords1358 I honestly wouldn't be all that surprised if we were.

[@StarAD]

This is career ending material.

[@blackholesun3569]

Should be...these days it could be launching his new career as a KZbin alien guru & peddler of woo

[@untouchable360x]

How do you know if someone you just met went to Harvard? He will tell you very shortly after introducing himself.

[@gauravtejpal8901]

They are branded products

[@kevinpetroff5486]

They’re also much more intelligent than you are.

[@bagpussisevil2877]

That’s exactly how I introduce myself. “Hello. Pleased to meet you. I went to Harvard you know. I think I’m considerably more intelligent than you.” That seems to do it.

[@3rdreichball525]

​@@kevinpetroff5486thats a very ignorant and naive statement. Intelligence is measured in dozens of different ways. That Harvard grad is smart in some ways, but that average joe youre talking to is also smart in other ways that the Harvard grad would be lacking in.

[@kevinpetroff5486]

@@3rdreichball525 I agree. That average joe is very good at lynching blacks, raping women, and murdering gay people.

[@noahhayes5058]

I love that he has a poster of himself in his office

[@kevinburke9940]

Yeees😂

[@kevinburke9940]

And a vile of weed too

[@dragoonseye76]

Holy crap, he does!!!!😂😂 This guy is arrogant BS all the way

[@ReapingTheHarvest]

Lmfao

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

The narcissists always do.

[@SheSweetLikSugarNSavage]

He actually went and got it finally. I'm impressed.😊

[@newstuff1107]

I think it’s a huge leap to just even say it may be technological. He wanted his face on tv. Twice actually.

[@smassey6848]

Side note: could you imagine if FedEx had lost this package?!

[@xaero76]

There was a very tiny nuclear or radiation type capsule that was lost in transport a little while back, but also makes me wonder why NASA or the Government did not stop this "Alien" material transport.........

[@juliogonzo2718]

I saw a thing where some idiotstick sent a $500,000 bank draft that was his inheritance and ups lost it. Bank wouldn't give him another one unless he put down 500k deposit as the original was still out there, and ups told him to get bent because he didn't insure it. I don't know wtf is wrong with people. If I have a piece of paper that is worth $500k, I'm bloody well taking a plane with it strapped to my body

[@juliogonzo2718]

I saw a thing where some idiotstick sent a $500,000 bank draft that was his inheritance and ups lost it. Bank wouldn't give him another one unless he put down 500k deposit as the original was still out there, and ups told him to get bent because he didn't insure it. I don't know wtf is wrong with people. If I have a piece of paper that is worth $500k, I'm bloody well taking a plane with it strapped to my body

[@bagpussisevil2877]

Postman pat would have lost it for sure.

[@unexpectedpigeon6654]

​@@xaero76oh shut up

[@joshuamylesgibson]

To find intelligent life in outer space, we must first discover intelligent life on earth.

[@BloomByCC]

😂

[@daniellenichols-taylor7553]

🤣

[@warrenbuffett920]

Yes very true, from the comment section it seems intelligent people are rare.

[@r.i.pyoutube6881]

sounds like an einstein quote

[@toonce101]

Consider the sloth

[@politicalaccountabletheory768]

I think Harvard needs to up their standards

[@GimliTehDwarf]

lol too many woke people

[@johnself6435]

Harvard . Suspect right there. A regular marble identifying as a interstellar rock.

[@mbrackeva]

True. A proper scientist wouldn't make this kind of "guessing" available to the public without at least some certainties. He's clearly looking for some quick cheap fame...

[@Station2Station-du2gh]

Forget Avi and Harvard - CBS News needs to up their journalistic standards.

[@RexMundiFL]

Avi dragged magnets on the sea floor, marbles found, Baby Alien's tears, marbles lost in the deep.

[@Rain_Reign]

Imagine being the FedEx delivery person who unknowingly was holding potential alien technology in their hand 😯 Sounds like a good ad campaign 😅

[@theblade9024]

And like in the old space movies when he turns into a hideous creature after unknown exposure to something called Q waves!

[@marvin469]

@@theblade9024 alien , when that thing jumped on buddies face

[@michaellim4165]

That was my sperm

[@themovingforest]

Exactly, and I would think the more prudent chain of custody for such material would be a small inconspicuous specialized bonded secure carrier, bit I'm no Harvard scientist.

[@chriskelso723]

A miniature flying saucer probe breaks out of the box as he's about to hand it over. And the delivery guy runs up and trips it, saving the world from alien death. FedEx...we save you from alien invasions.

[@lucamatteobarbieri2493]

"I don't understand something then it could be alien technology" is wishful thinking.

[@Msmoocat55]

Well, it "could" be. This interview however, wasn't at all convincing.

[@alexanderespinoza]

People love using the same logic for god existing

[@jdos5643]

@@alexanderespinozaall the things in the Universe is God design. It’s not that ppl use the same logic. Information laws codes complexity point to intelligent mind. Always.

[@vshah1010]

At least they have a physical object which they can test. Christians often say to test if it is a message from God, you have to _compare it with scripture_ . Regarding "Information laws codes complexity point to intelligent mind. Always.". No, that is an assumption. Science does not work by assuming what you are trying to prove. That's circular. You have to have actual evidence, not just a theory.

[@allenchang6185]

@@jdos5643 maybe..or maybe by higher live form from different dimension with ability to create everything in our universe but their orgin still unknown and might not have anything seems remotly like god design, or it is created by a powerful diety that has nothing to do with whatever god your religion is from..or other possibilities, and that is if its actually itnelligent designed..but seems that way doesnt necesary mean so, there are too much we still dont understand

[@roni9275]

Aliens : throws toilet papers Human : TECHNOLOGY!!!!!!!!

[@BROWNDIRTWARRIOR]

It's the smirk on his face that kind of gives him away.

[@AmokBR]

So basically they have no clue what it is because they haven’t analyzed it yet

[@noumenon3020]

Not correct. They started analyzing these materials immediately. A key aspect found was a complete lack of nickel, which is found in every single cataloged meteorite until now. This complete lack of nickel in the iron alloy found also does not occur anywhere on Earth that we know of. There is a fairly extensive amount of analysis they’ve already shared that you probably shouldn’t expect to be present in a 5 min news clip.

[@Ahjile]

@@noumenon3020 Thank you sir.

[@Ahjile]

@@noumenon3020 The only issue is that we have yet to have any hard evidence that what they found even came from space. What information is out there does not include such evidence. So we need to determine if these metal balls even came from space to begin with, before we start to call them interstellar.

[@mattroberts86]

​@Ahjile from a meteor that fell in 2014, so yes from space.

[@Ahjile]

@@mattroberts86 Ah, no. Sadly, we have no hard evidence that this material is from a meteor. I've read a number of articles about this, and apparently there was a general dredging of the sea bed where the meteor fragments were believed to be located, but that is the full extent of the evidence we have for the origin of the contents found. Thus, we don't at all know if the balls came from space.

[@abcsandoval]

They found tiny fragments in the bottom of the sea and traced it to a small meteor that exploded over the ocean 9 years ago. Wow, that is a greater feat!

[@sebastianwrites]

This is the same chap who said the 'Oumuamua' asteroid was an alien spacecraft? If nothing else, I admire his imagination.

[@samuelglover7685]

He's in the publicity game, nothing more. He's an embarrassment.

[@ArL467]

Oumuamua was an interstellar object and still hasn’t been identified conclusively as an asteroid, therefore making it alien in nature.

[@moonshoes11]

@@ArL467 We don’t have answers Therefore…answer.

[@Rygar777_]

Quite the leap to alien technology there doc.

[@marvinmartin4692]

His career is over.

[@FLASK904]

​@@cstuartdcclearly listening is not your best quality.

[@TheHighlanderprime]

Leaps are necessary in science given that he’s commenting based on the data so far.

[@theblade9024]

I think about how they dropped liquid lead from towers during the civil war to make musket balls. Yes in free fall liquid metal cools into spheres.

[@Farmfield]

Same guy that speculated ʻOumuamua was an interstellar solar sail craft. His excitement about using a microscope makes me feel he lost his marbles - and thinks he might finally have found them. 😂

[@puzzling7785]

You should simply ask my wife. She thinks she knows everything.

[@sophukinsikofit]

😂

[@riversidehermit]

This video has been renamed to " professor from once respected university admits to being completely insane"

[@coldchillin8382]

😂😂😂

[@SilentEarthMovers]

"We found something unusual; not sure how it came to be " = page 11 news. "We found possible alien technology" = front page news. That's some Harvard level PR.

[@izanamiizanagi4293]

As an alien myself, it's one of the stupidest ideas a human has ever had about us

[@MsOSheDidIt]

😂

[@nekohakuro9490]

legal or illegal?

[@izanamiizanagi4293]

​@@nekohakuro9490What?

[@hotshottakes5975]

The alien durr 😂​@@izanamiizanagi4293

[@small_ed]

LOL

[@dang6234]

Space balls!

[@ThunderApache1604V]

Why not mass spec the samples? And links to the scientific journal of this research, please.

[@rentoninnes]

It would be great to be able to use this material to future our own space programmes. Being able to harness this alien technology, replicate it or repurpose it as a protective layer around our space explorers and or craft would be ideal.

[@dmace81]

I think we have it they just aren't willing to expose it to the public. Notice the sightings and stuff about ufos are getting more often in the news? They are gradually exposing us so we dont' freak out to much when we find out they have had craft for decades. You can't just tell people everything at once or there would be pure chaos.

[@jasonkinzie8835]

Remember the first rule of exobiology. It's never aliens until it's aliens.

[@Grunt9207]

Doesn't liquid metal when rapidly cooled in water form spherical shapes?

[@arjun.cheeroth]

Yep the spherical shape was not the point. If you listened, he clearly was talking about the concentrations of elements in the melted and reformed spheres that was "unusual". Nobody said that's irrefutable proof of aliens, it's a possibility that's being investigated.

[@Grunt9207]

@@arjun.cheeroth I typed my original comment when I was still listening to the video. If it's Iron the only reason we have trouble finding pure iron on earth is due to oxidation. If the metal had originated in an environment devoid of oxygen or H2O it could make it pure.

[@pondlakes]

​@@Grunt9207 he didnt say he 100% believes its from intelligent life, but that its a theory among many. in science you theorize things and try to prove them wrong then go to the next theory. hes a smart guy and its not like hes going to die on that hill if they conclude that its natural

[@arjun.cheeroth]

@Grunt9207 sure . . I was replying to your original comment. also the point of the research is to look into whether there is an unusual concentration of ferrous metals which is not just iron. Iron or other ferrous metals are by no means the most abundant elements in the universe. Even if they find an unusual concentration of ferrous metals, that on its own doesn't prove anything.

[@BlacknoteStaggerfoot]

​@@arjun.cheerothoh those mysterious elements that have yet to be named

[@mario312]

i'll never get these 3 minutes back

[@stevenhostetler3665]

"This object was moving faster than 95% of all stars in the vicinity of the sun?" After that single statement, I'm out..

[@sfkeepay]

Given how cynical and skeptical our society has become, it seems premature in the extreme to go public with something so tenuous when the cost to personal, professional, and organizational reputation is so self-evidently huge. All this does is help further erode public confidence in academia. Harvard needs to teach a course in circumspection and restraint to Harvard professors.

[@ReapingTheHarvest]

There should be no confidence in government academia. It's designed to brainwash and enslave you.

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

For some people, anything to get onto mainstream media is all that matters. "Elvis is alive, and I have proof" is definitely the style and motif for most individuals. Popularity and recognition is everything. Even if it's negative.

[@TheCannabisIndica]

😂😂

[@BillySBC]

The dude is just another guy trying to get rich off sensationalizing a subject. He's the Harvard version of Billy Mays.

[@snarfbomber298]

He did the same thing with sensationalizing the oumuamua comet and claiming that was also alien technology.

[@kamespinosarojas9225]

I can imagine the aliens laughing at us in case those spheres where like the trash they throw out of their ships.

[@glogarza5264]

Alien kidney stones

[@gregoryallen0001]

alien hairballs.. AREN'T EVEN HAIR 👽

[@casek6930]

Cybernetic dingleberries

[@marcebresler1842]

one's trash is another's treasure :p

[@skepticbb93]

Lol space poop.

[@deedee7733]

When someone smirks while talking its a dead give away that they're lying.

[@joshuaper1]

i use those things to for fishing, it keeps tension between the hook and the bobber.

[@hemesath3]

Damn aliens better not fish to close or I’m casting a lure into their boat 😂

[@ooc6921]

When I closed my eyes , I felt that it was Gru from the film talking about aliens 😂 . That’s convincing

[@vomeronasal]

Wow. What utter twaddle. Thanks, @CBS.

[@myrlyn1250]

Harvard professor + found aliens = Avi Loeb. You'd think that they would have disowned him by now.

[@kengruz669]

A Harvard professor of...Symbology?

[@UnicornMeat512]

So there is absolutely no reason to think that this is anything unnatural at all

[@7531monkey]

There is no reason to believe some goober in the comment section that its not.

[@1dgram]

We know very little about interstellar material and this stuff doesn't match metorites that come from within the solar system, yet he comes to the conclusion that it's not natural for stuff outside the solar system? Sounds like a "I want to believe" mentality to me which is an antithesis to science.

[@soulextinguisher]

it's because they contain no nickel

[@1dgram]

@@soulextinguisher While the concentration of nickel in iron meteorites is typically 5-30% for meteorites that originate in our solar system, we shouldn't assume that the same would hold for meteorites that originate outside our solar system.

[@NeverDoubtMe23]

Your statement is exactly why the public education system needs to be ended. Basic science is dead.

[@R50_J0]

Sounds like nothing but speculation and wishful thinking.

[@HMNNO]

If you actually watch its not speculation on the data they have

[@cpee656]

You know it’s an uneventful news cycle when CBS has pull out the ol’ “ALIENS ARE REAL” headline.

[@iamjackscompletelackofsurp9606]

So super advanced alien tech burns up in earth’s atmosphere and all we have left is “bee bees?” Give me an F’n break! 🤦‍♂️

[@fuzzylilpeach6591]

In short: scientist discovered space rock with unusual properties, so therefore, aliens. Am i the only one that's getting tired of every new thing we discover having an "aliens" phase?

[@kenofken9458]

The lack of scientific reasoning, even from scientists, is appalling.

[@-TheMaskedMan-]

You might want to see it as a sign of something to come. Tired of it or not, you can’t ignore the fact that something is coming. Wether the government finally decides to inform the public of something extremely disruptive or whatever. It’s almost like they are trying to make this feel normal so when the real news hits, it won’t cause a serious problem. We literally have the most powerful telescope sending back photos of galaxies we didn’t think could even exist. I’m certain something is coming especially since the Big Bang theory might now be incorrect. I’m keeping a close eye on all of this regardless if it’s just for views etc. We are in another space race so maybe it’s for support who knows 🤔.

[@aceboogisback9946]

I think "aliens" is being used loosely here. "Alien' doesn't necessarily mean that what those scientists are seeing is the creation of little green men. The meteor itself can be described as "alien" in origin because it comes from material that was formed outside of our solar system.

[@klocke-hx3xl]

Maybe someone's angling for a government grant.

[@klocke-hx3xl]

@@aceboogisback9946 Nope. "Technology" means agency.

[@only2genders02]

Aliens are gonna hate us so much, lol....

[@patuxent78]

I wouldn't trust a guy whose office is filled with articles, posters, pictures of himself all over. That normally means that he's always seeking attention, and will come up with grandiose claims that no one can dispute in order to get that attention.

[@NocturnalRS]

How can this be so specific that you can determine the speed but you haven't even determined the chemical composition?......

[@thexfile.]

The first one to yell UFO is the last one you should listen to.

[@MsGenXodus]

Yay! It’s space alien season again!

[@madbug1965]

As a state college graduate my theory is that these are pieces of metallic junk that the ocean currents have ground down to little spheres.

[@NeverDoubtMe23]

And that logic would definitely prove you are going to a state college.

[@ErikKristianGonzales]

Imagine being the fedex person delivering alien technology unknowingly haha

[@sylviablack4935]

It’s true. I’m an alien and I’ve lost my marbles.

[@BassedInVegas]

This guy has balls

[@jsd8981]

Except he doesn't know what they are 😮

[@jsd8981]

And he doesn't know what they are for😮

[@PelosiStockPortfolio]

A Harvard education isn't what it used to be

[@WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk]

Says the smart person comment on youtube

[@epimoni5705]

@@WildlifeWarrior-cr1kkimagine defending these quacks. 🤡

[@fuhq6731]

you are completely right, I know an idiot who goes to Harvard I know absolute geniuses who go to North Carolina and Michigan

[@thunderstar254]

@@epimoni5705 Imagine being a flatearther. 🤡

[@WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk]

@@epimoni5705 Imagine using a stupid clown emoji

[@binghamguevara6814]

“Oh my gods it’s full of stars “✨

[@Ron-ni8uu]

Yep

[@aaronarmijo3626]

The guy said US Goverment way too many times to be an independent scientist.

[@xjunkxyrdxdog89]

Having scrolled a bit, its refreshing to see how many people understand why his conclusions should be dismissed.

[@forthebirds4]

Has he made conclusions? I didn't hear any conclusions, I heard basically 'this is interesting because it's unexpected and we're not sure why, we won't know until we do a more detailed analysis of the material.' The 'alien technology' argument is implicit to it by virtue of the fact it came from a interstellar meteor that exhibited unique characteristics not usually seen in meteors. They went looking, found something unusual, announced it but made no absolute claims, and now he's the alien technology guy. People need to chill out until they announce actual conclusions. But as usual, youtube commenters know way more than the PhD theoretical astrophysicist based on 4 minute video.

[@xjunkxyrdxdog89]

@forthebirds4 we have a sample size of one interstellar meteorite. Claiming it "could be alien technology" when nothing suggests that, is jumping to conclusions. He has no basis to make that claim.

[@togemet7110]

@@xjunkxyrdxdog89how is “could be” jumping to conclusions?😂

[@xjunkxyrdxdog89]

@togemet7110 sincere or facetious, a lack the patience to explain this. If you don't understand that his "suggestion" relies on baseless presuppositions, I can't help you.

[@togemet7110]

@@xjunkxyrdxdog89 ok nerd

[@robson2939]

This is getting interesting...I like how excited the guy is about it.

[@Blitznstitch2]

Ugh I'm tired of this. Just give me affordable healthcare. Why can't a team of Harvard peoples tell Congress how to do that

[@pyalot]

Avi is the personification of the „It was Aliens“ meme better than the „It was Aliens“ guy.

[@yogiwp_]

How do you go from unknown material to concluding it's alien tech, exactly? Have they conclusively ruled out other possibilities?

[@_simplyjake_]

They haven't concluded

[@HiThisIsMine]

Well, you see what happens is.. you find a guy with the adjectives “Harvard Professor” in front of their name, and it seems to automatically imply that whatever they say should be deemed scientific and accurate.

[@eustab.anas-mann9510]

​@@HiThisIsMineall hail the Meritocracy!

[@Ahjile]

He specifically discussed not knowing what they are, and not ruling anything out. He was just saying that they seem more likely to be artificial than entirely natural, based on what he knows so far.

[@whatabouttheearth]

Avi Leob is a spook who constantly put out unfounded stuff, just like the so called "whistleblowers" are spooks. If it's real than he needs to publish it in a peer reviewed scientific journal...but watch, he won't

[@thomasstevenrothmbamd2384]

Wow! This finding underscores the importance of scientific discovery and exploration and education.

[@-TheMaskedMan-]

Yes, but this professor could be holding an incurable disease in a bottle in his room. Very dangerous.

[@xmarine73]

This didn't do anything to underscore anything. They inferred information from a report. They collected a metallic material that demonstrated signs of melting upon entry and suddenly cooling as it entered the water. They haven't studied any of it with any depth other than to look at it under a microscope. He says they need to study what they collected because they haven't yet properly analyzed it. Everything they talked about was inference, speculation, or hypothesis... with zero fact to support the headline. This is a sensational headline by CBS for views. This is a sensational interview by the professor to gain or secure funding. What they found was the debris of an object of unknown origin that seems to be from outside our neighborhood. That's it.

[@donaldkasper8346]

And he was just roaming around the volcanic ash field around a volcano and studying the ash to study what exactly, impacts? Well now. Why did he go to a volcano ash flow site to study impacts? What drove him to that site?

[@donaldkasper8346]

@@xmarine73 What law says a volcano cannot melt metal and eject that? So where was this found? In volcanic ash. And there is a reason he was hunting volcanic ash. After all, where would you go to study impact events? Volcanoes? Since when?

[@donaldkasper8346]

@@xmarine73 What metal debris, exactly? Oh, he does not say.

[@MrApollonhya]

How is this not making bigger news?! These finding are big deals!!

[@JohnSmith-pl4sf]

I love how the U.S. government finds alien tech and amplifies it into warfare military use

[@jamestaylor954]

Shout out to FEDEX for not miss placing the package lol.

[@smkh2890]

I liked the analogy of Voyager arriving in another solar system and burning up in the atmosphere. What would those aliens infer from its constituent materials?

[@bigbenthewomanrespecter5022]

That’s an interesting question. I assume the answer would change according to where that life lies on the scale of civilization. Some would worship it as a God. Some would regard it as atavistic trash.

[@treloarw]

Twinkie remnants 🤣

[@shobitz]

Maybe their government would try to dismiss it as "homemade"

[@smkh2890]

@@shobitz For sure those Aliens would be sceptical about aliens!

[@sevenstarsofthedipper1047]

The nearest star is 25 trillion miles away. Assuming that Proxima Centuri has a planet in its Solar System that is or was capable of and actually did sustain life capable of creating the Voyager, it would take it 73,000 years to get here. If, the Observable Universe is at least 26 billion years old, enough time certainly has passed for such a civilization to develop, if not in the Alpha Centuri, then somewhere else,and for such a craft to have travelled hundreds of millions of years finally reaching Earth. But, just because the specimens don’t appear to be natural does not mean that they were manufactured by extraterrestrial life.

[@recurrencetheorem4264]

Glad to know FED EX was in charge of the sensitive material.

[@jsd8981]

LoL😂😂😂😂😂

[@hemesath3]

After watching Castaway I now have great faith in FedEx 😂

[@mobeck]

don't underestimate an alien's desire for a small metal ball

[@AC-hu5tg]

Ooooh he has a PhD and works for Harvard so he must be right. A real scientist wouldn't jump to conclusions that quickly.

[@MissECE7]

He’s getting better at explaining this project. I int understand at first, but it makes more since this time aroun.

[@James-hb8qu]

"Came from a meteor" "We fished with a magnet"

[@CliffordGigmai]

I'm from Papua New Guinea and this is the first time I'm seeing this 😮

[@williamguru]

I think the good professor may have a book coming out soon or is hoping to increase his visibility on the convention circuit.

[@kevinconway6022]

I know right. Seems fishy. Found metal asteroid, therefore aliens. Doesn’t add up.

[@suelyons531]

He does not.

[@WorksOfArt]

The professor and peers have actually been plotting and following the trajectory of this meteoroid and looking for the resulting meteorite fragments for several years. When he first came forward to discuss this a year or two ago he discussed location at sea, potential trajectory and origin, and what he expected to find from the potential meteorite. So no, not something new.

[@MossyMozart]

Did this guy find any labeling that said something like, oh - -"Made in Krypton"?

[@crowmack]

The government of Papua New Guinea claims that the artifacts recovered by Loeb’s team are stolen, and is under pressure to abandon a new security agreement with the U.S. as a result.

[@justjosh1400]

Even the news guy was skeptical

[@jordanm2984]

I want to believe, but a natural explanation of these formations is far more likely.

[@switchunboxing]

“What can you tell us about these.. spheres that you found” Well played sir WHEW CLOSE ONE

[@nutier]

Awesome video ! I love it so much . Thank you for sharing . How will you find the Aliens , when they stay so far from us , about 5 to 8 light years ? Happy week to you !

[@divernathan]

I won’t take someone with multiple pictures of themselves on the wall seriously.

[@wek33]

it could just be a very rare rock from the early universe. it beat all the odds and made it to us.

[@michaeljay9445]

Translation: We are running out of funding for needless research, so "This might be alien technology".

[@jsd8981]

That's it exactly $$$ cha ching😅

[@Ozzymandius1]

He needs to go back to Harvard for a few years.

[@hamburgerhamburgerv2]

Nope. Just balls of metal.

[@sweetlandsheatingcooling9039]

Very neat!

[@candyman5749]

It looks like the typical welding spatter that was quenched when it hit the water. This would explain its hardness. Today, I was welding in my shop over a puddle of water that had collected in a dip on the concrete floor and I noticed these exact same tiny spherical droplets of iron at the bottom of the puddle. It was probably extraterrestrial. Ivy league schools produce guys like Avi Loeb and Stockton Rush.

[@juliogonzo2718]

Was my immediate first thought when I saw it too. Looks like spatter from welding or cutting with a gas axe. Maybe ET listened to it sizzle in his ear canal while he was installing flowmasters on his space ship

[@johnappleton9349]

he said it was melted material. coming from an interstellar object suggests it may have been made by something somewhere maybe over a billion years ago.

[@JLCruise1]

With hundred billions of galaxies and hundred billions of stars, it’s highly likely that there are aliens.

[@deejannemeiurffnicht1791]

BRILLIANT! It was such gtreat fun to see the smile of overwhelming pleasure and pride on the Prof to be telling you what he is telling you!

[@jsd8981]

I feel really sorry for Harvard University...What an embarrasment this guy must be😮

[@blackholesun3569]

I agree...the more attention he gets (which he seems to just love) the more desperate & ridiculous his claims & theories will get...coinciding with credible professors & institutions distancing themselves from him. 😅 Also, his mischievous grin does not help his case.

[@zackhickey4922]

So basically going to Harvard doesn’t mean you’re intelligent

[@thanos8914]

Reality is often disappointing

[@uf9309]

Lol He used Fed Ex to ship it. 😂😂

[@BossLevelPro]

Niel Patrick Harris does news? 😮 Also, that guy providing commentary is a G for doing the interview with TWO pictures of himself in the background.

[@backtoemocovers]

The probability that it formed in a different solar system is higher than being a “technological object.”

[@rayomandbuhariwalla719]

When you read “may” and “believe” in the same sentence.

[@christopherg1288]

How can you not like Avi Loeb. His umuamua hypothesis is so cool

[@xjunkxyrdxdog89]

Because being "cool" doesn't make something sound science. He makes wild claims based on tenuous evidence, and ignores obvious explanations in favor of unprovable "what-ifs". ...but mostly because this is the kind of "scientist" who erodes trust in the process itself.

[@christopherg1288]

@@xjunkxyrdxdog89 what obvious explanations might these be.

[@xjunkxyrdxdog89]

@christopherg1288 for example, ignoring the fact that oumuamua's acceleration could be explained by simple ice. Speaking on the event horizon podcast loeb insisted it couldn't possibly be ice, while offering no explanation for rejecting the hypothesis. Aliens are more likely than ice to him. Now he's found evidence of a harder than average meteorite. Instead of considering natural explanations such as a survivorship bias in interstellar meteorites, he's suggesting aliens. Wishful thinking isn't how science works.

[@truthhurts3524]

Wait…is this from the movie “Sphere”?