The truth is out there, but it's probably not in the latest whistleblower's report.

Key Takeaways

• The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has gained traction in recent decades. Work in the field is exciting and important.
• The latest sensationalist story about UFOs/UAPs does nothing to move that search forward. Like similar episodes in decades past, everything in the whistleblower's account is hearsay. There is no evidence to examine.
• Extraordinary claims are not interesting. Only through the hard, exacting work of science will we gain the knowledge of what, and who, is in the Universe.

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I am writing this in a hotel room near Penn State University where, in about an hour, I will attend the second day of an international meeting on technosignatures, the SETI Symposium. (SETI is the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.) Researchers from around the world have come here to discuss the best ways to search for evidence that can reveal the existence of intelligent, technology-building life. I think this is exciting.

Last week, however, a claim for the existence of intelligent, technology-building life came from a very different domain, in the form of a former intelligence official turned whistleblower. In interviews, David Grusch, the former Pentagon official in question, alleged that the government possesses intact and partially...

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