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What happened
Avi Loeb, the Harvard astronomer who chairs the government's official UFO science council, has publicly stated that if any evidence of alien life is ever found, it must be shared with everyone — not kept secret by governments or agencies. He made the comments as the council's work gains more mainstream attention.
Why it matters
The context behind the story.
For decades, people have worried that if aliens were ever discovered, the public would be the last to know. Loeb — one of the most prominent scientists working on this question — is now explicitly pushing back against that. The fact that there's an official science council for this at all is itself a sign of how seriously the question is now being taken.
Takeaway
The world's top alien-hunting scientist just made a promise: if we find something, you'll hear about it.
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