Alien hunter was skeptical of the latest "revelations" of the Pentagon

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Last week the publisher of The New York Times and Politico have published articles in which it was reported that the us government within a few years led funding programmes to study . Objective of the "Advanced program identify aviation threats" (AATIP) was "collecting audio and visual evidence of sightings of unidentified flying objects".

Among the declassified documents there is a record of the meeting of the American pilots "of the aircraft, surrounded by some kind of glowing aura, moving at very high speeds while spinning," wrote the Times newspaper. As pointed out by the article, the AATIP programme began in 2007, was aimed at studying the potential of an unidentified military threats and in General received from the U.S. Department of defense almost $ 22 million of funding, "which, of course, were not specified in the national budget."

The Times and Politico reported that representatives of the Ministry of defence confirmed that such a program did exist, but was closed in 2012. However, a few days appeared in the press the statement of a man named Luis Elizondo who introduced himself as a former employee of military intelligence. He reported that he continued to conduct research in the framework of this programme after its official closure. In October of this year decided to retire, supposedly in protest, as he was sick of all the secrecy that has been created around the program. Now he is an employee of a startup Stars Academy of Arts and Science dealing with the study of UFOs.

"These aircraft disassemble opportunities not currently available to any unit of equipment available to US, as no one known to us of foreign technology", — said Elizondo in an interview with CNN Monday.

"in My personal opinion, it is convincing proof that we are not alone. Whatever that means".

However, Seth Shostak, senior astronomer of the Institute of search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), a former military intelligence officer, such a revelation is not convinced despite the fact that he Shostak believes that aliens will we find over the next 20 years.

"If you serve in the air force and become a witness to something unidentified, then you probably want to know what it is. But it doesn't have to be something to do with aliens", — shared Szostak in conversation with Business Insider about the situation around the program AATIP.

"Despite more than 50 years of UFO sightings, we still have not received convincing evidence that we were visited by an alien civilization".

But that's not the only reason Shostak skeptical to all such claims and allegations that the aliens we allegedly already long visit.

To Start with that outer space is incredibly huge. For example, the spacecraft "Voyager-1" owned by space Agency NASA, left our Solar system and is flying now at a speed of about 61,000 kilometers per hour. If the probe was aimed at, for example, in the direction of the nearest star system — Proxima Centauri — in order to get there, the spacecraft would take nearly 75,000 years. But it is just 4.24 light-years from us. Space standards – just around the corner.

Szostak sure, that if within 35 light years from Earth there was some kind of alien civilization, she would know about our existence. If then it is unlikely, as we not so long send signals into space.

"the Only source of signals that they could detect in this case, would represent a television, radio, radar signals, and so on. But all these signals of humanity is becoming actively used only after the 40-ies of the last century," — Shostak said.

"So if other civilizations are further from 35 light years away, our signals just haven't had time to reach them. I doubt that alien civilizations, if they exist, of course, able to travel faster than the speed of light. Moreover, I doubt that their technology allows to travel at least the same speed of light".

Within a radius of 50 light years around us are only about 1400 star systems, said the astronomer.

"it May seem that is a lot. But if you look at the issue from the perspective of the search for extraterrestrial life, in fact it is virtually nothing. Except that you can assume that any civilization was hiding literally under our noses. But it's unlikely," — continues Shostak.

Even if we assume that our Earth is indeed visited by an alien civilization, the logic in all of this is also not observed. Among all cases confirmed reports about a meeting with UFOs are virtually no reports of contacts with direct witnesses to these events (unless, of course, does not take into account the reports of abductions by aliens, which in practice scientists often turn out to be hallucinations on the background of pathological insomnia and sometimes pathological propensity to lie).

"They're probably the best neighbors in the Universe. If they are, in fact doing nothing. This is what happens? They sent a fleet of spacecraft in the shape of flying saucers just to fly around, to attract the attention of people and ultimately do nothing?", — said the astronomer.

"it's Hard to believe that the aliens will come here for hundreds and hundreds of light years, and then will demonstrate inaction".

Szostak compares this situation with the Europeans who discovered America, but has no contact with the native Americans.

"to Land they are not trying, its not spread disease or do anything. Just decided to walk to the nearest continent, to show off in front of the local population and, in fact, everything."

In addition, Shostak believes that the reasons to visit the Earth all look unconvincing.

"I kept asking myself: why do they need us to visit right now? Our founding fathers in the late 1700s, they did not attend. The Romans also seems to be no problem with them not experienced. Therefore, it is not clear why, in fact, they visit us now?".

Szostak does not agree with what is shown in the news video of the Pentagon on the project AATIP expressly acknowledge the existence of aliens. According to him, about 90 percent of all cases of UFO sightings have scientific explanation. And again, this does not mean that the remaining 10 percent have it on the aliens.

"It just means that while these cases have no explanation. Some do seem interesting, but I am pretty sure that each of them can be explained from the point of view of science, even if at the moment of this explanation in science no."

Sara Seager, a planetary scientist from mit involved in the search for habitable planets, agrees with Shostak and reflects this in his article for the Times newspaper, which says that "people often are mistaken that science right here, right now there is an explanation for every observed phenomenon".

Another controversial aspect of Shostak increasing skepticism around this whole story, is that all the main work on the program AATIP was given to the contractor — a private company, Bigelow Aerospace, located in Nevada. According to The Times, American entrepreneur Robert Bigelow could become the head of the program in part because its founder is his friend and former Senator from Nevada Harry Reid. Shostak says that he had met with Bigelow and describes him as a "very nice person" who sincerely believe in aliens, "but not as a scientist."

"If you want to prove and study any phenomenon, the term has great value for science, it is likely that you will attract to the work of people completely impartial. I think so. To provide a solution of the question to someone who already "knows" the answer cannot be an objective choice" — Shostak said.

With Regards to themselves of UFO sightings, then there is likely a more simple explanation than the visit of aliens. We can not exclude the variety of facts which might explain such observations. The problem with the camera, the unknown optical effects, atmospheric phenomena, light, stars and planets, the presence in the area of surveillance drones in the end – often something among this list is the right choice.

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