White House taps the guy who keeps crying ‘aliens’ to run UFO group

白宫任命那位不断高呼“外星人”的人来领导 UFO 小组

Avi Loeb is best known for making questionable claims about evidence of alien technology. 哈佛大学天体物理学家阿维·勒布（Avi Loeb）以提出关于外星科技证据的质疑性主张而闻名。

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb will head the UAP Science Advisory Council established by the White House, the Pentagon, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the FBI, and “the intelligence community.” The Council will provide scientific reports and advice to the UAP Governing Board, in an effort to “resolve the nature of UAP,” or unidentified anomalous phenomena. 哈佛大学天体物理学家阿维·勒布将领导由白宫、五角大楼、国家情报总监办公室、联邦调查局以及“情报界”共同设立的“不明异常现象（UAP）科学咨询委员会”。该委员会将为 UAP 管理委员会提供科学报告和建议，旨在“解析 UAP（即不明异常现象）的本质”。

On paper, Loeb’s qualifications seem strong. And he’s surrounded himself with a team from a variety of backgrounds. The Council includes not only physicists, but a pathologist, a computer scientist, a philosopher, a psychologist, and even the founding publisher of Skeptic magazine. 从纸面资质来看，勒布的背景似乎很强。他组建了一个背景多元的团队，委员会成员不仅包括物理学家，还有病理学家、计算机科学家、哲学家、心理学家，甚至包括《怀疑论者》（Skeptic）杂志的创始出版人。

In recent years, however, Loeb has garnered attention for repeatedly claiming evidence of aliens. This has landed him plenty of TV appearances, but others in the scientific community largely dismiss Loeb as a fraud, crackpot, and swindler. 然而，近年来，勒布因反复声称发现了外星人证据而备受关注。这让他频繁出现在电视节目中，但科学界的其他人大多将勒布视为骗子、怪人和江湖术士。

His Harvard credentials and long career have granted him some legitimacy. But he’s been making questionable claims about alien life since at least 2015. Now he’s best known for suggesting that Oumuamua was not an exo-comet, but an alien probe; and that small metal spheres found in the ocean were the wreckage of an alien spacecraft. 他的哈佛资历和长期的职业生涯赋予了他一定的合法性。但至少从 2015 年起，他就一直在发表关于外星生命的质疑性言论。如今，他最出名的主张包括：认为“奥陌陌”（Oumuamua）并非系外彗星，而是外星探测器；以及认为在海洋中发现的小金属球是外星飞船的残骸。