U.S. President Donald Trump’s UFO advisor has downplayed the potential significance of potential extraterrestrial contact, saying alien visitors would have little interest in Earth’s leadership or territorial divisions.
Avi Loeb, head of the Trump administration’s Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Science Advisory Council, said this week that interstellar visitors would view human politics as irrelevant.
Loeb said: “If someone arrives from the vast expanses of interstellar space, recognising how humans divided up territory on Earth is a very low priority for them. They wouldn’t care about the United States, and they wouldn’t care who its president is.”
But Loeb stated that exploring extraterrestrial life during Trump’s presidency could define his legacy for millennia.
Loeb said: That kind of discovery would be remembered millions of years into the future. It’s not like a dispute with another nation, which in a century will likely be forgotten. This would be a major discovery that shapes the future of humanity.”
The advisory council, announced in June, is part of the administration’s broader push for UFO transparency.
Five waves of documents have been released by the Pentagon so far, although none of them has conclusively shown the existence of any life forms from outer space. The government is also developing legislation for whistleblowers of UAPs.
Loeb’s appointment has drawn criticism from some scientists who argue he has made premature claims about possible alien life.
“I don’t know what’s going to come of this, but we’re not going to get any closer to answering questions with him in charge,” Arizona State University astrophysicist Steve Desch told The Associated Press in June.
Loeb maintains his team assumes UAPs are man-made unless proven otherwise while continuing to push the Pentagon to declassify more material.
2026-08-29 21:32:00
