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00:00 The search for alien life has led our gaze all over the universe.

00:04 In the name of science, we've now charted immeasurably distant stars, whole galaxies

00:09 that are millions of light years away from our own, and even black holes and pulsars

00:14 in our unending quest for knowledge.

00:17 But actually, has the ultimate discovery been right alongside us all along?

00:22 This is Unveiled, and today we're answering the extraordinary question; have aliens already

00:28 landed on Earth?

00:31 Do you need the big questions answered?

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00:41 Do aliens exist?

00:42 It's the question at the heart of so many modern astronomical studies and alternate

00:46 conspiracy theories.

00:48 In terms of pure numbers, it seemingly does seem more likely than not that something other

00:52 than life on Earth is out there.

00:54 The universe is just too darn big for that not to be the case.

00:58 The fact that we haven't discovered alien life yet is an age-old head-scratcher, affectionately

01:02 known as the Fermi Paradox.

01:05 Whenever we move the action closer to home, however, the statistical probability of aliens

01:09 arguably falls, with many onlookers suggesting that it's highly unlikely that alien life

01:15 would even know about us, let alone be here.

01:18 In general, are there aliens on Earth? is a far thornier, more controversial, and more

01:23 complex inquiry then.

01:25 And yet, according to a 2023 draft paper released in the US via the Pentagon, it still could

01:31 be the case that they are already here.

01:34 The paper, titled "Physical Constraints on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena", is presented

01:40 by the Harvard astronomer and head of the Galileo Project, Avi Loeb, and the director

01:45 of the DoD's All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office, Sean M. Kirkpatrick.

01:51 Both are major players in the world of SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence,

01:56 and in UFO and UAP research.

01:58 In the six-page document, it's outlined exactly how an alien civilization might have already

02:03 reached Earth.

02:04 The explanation begins with 'Oumuamua, the first interstellar object to be detected passing

02:10 through our solar system, when it was picked up by a telescope in Hawaii in October 2017.

02:16 Not only was it found that 'Oumuamua came from interstellar space, however, it was also

02:20 shown to be extremely unusual, with a long, thin, flat shape.

02:25 It was apparently accelerating away from the sun as well, contrary to how most other asteroids

02:30 behave.

02:31 For some, then, including Avi Loeb, it could be that 'Oumuamua isn't and wasn't a naturally-formed

02:37 piece of rock.

02:39 Instead, it might have been a piece of artificial alien technology.

02:43 The 2023 paper adds more colour to that suggestion, however, because if 'Oumuamua were an alien

02:48 ship, then the next question is, what's it doing here?

02:52 Was it passing Earth on purpose, or by chance?

02:55 And given that it was already racing out of the solar system by the time we spotted it,

02:59 then is it really the case that that one flyby will be all that comes of it?

03:04 For Loeb and Kirkpatrick, the answer could tie in with two other objects now suspected

03:09 to have been interstellar as well; IM1 and IM2.

03:14 Interstellar Meteor-1 actually crashed through Earth's atmosphere and into the ocean years

03:18 earlier in January 2014.

03:21 Interstellar Meteor-2 burnt through the atmosphere in March 2017, about six months before 'Oumuamua

03:27 was sighted.

03:28 It took time for the significance of both objects to be realised, which is why 'Oumuamua

03:33 still goes down as the first detected interstellar find.

03:37 But Loeb and Kirkpatrick suggest that IM1 and IM2 could be indicative of a far wider

03:42 truth.

03:43 Although the paper says that the objects, particularly IM2, are unrelated, the case

03:48 is combined do give some serious food for thought.

03:51 It's further explained, "The coincidences between some orbital parameters of Oumuamua

03:57 and IM2 inspire us to consider the possibility that an artificial interstellar object could

04:03 potentially be a 'parent craft' that releases 'many small probes' during its

04:09 close passage to Earth."

04:12 That possibility is described as "an operational construct not too dissimilar from NASA missions",

04:18 referring to how NASA might employ a lander from an orbiter when exploring another moon

04:22 or planet.

04:23 On the face of it, it's a tactic that could certainly work.

04:26 The "small probes" are then referred to as "dandelion seeds", as it's shown

04:30 how they could easily be small enough to evade detection, even from our most advanced telescopes

04:35 like the James Webb.

04:37 That said, they could still be one metre wide or more, i.e. they could still represent a

04:42 substantial piece of machinery, while remaining unseen by us, their targets.

04:47 And they might only ever be seen were they to burn up on entry into our atmosphere, an

04:51 event that could easily be mistaken for a standard meteor shower.

04:55 Or that's the theory, at least.

04:56 In the time since the draft paper was released, various doubts have been cast, including even

05:01 over the interstellar nature of IMs 1 and 2 to begin with - although Loeb especially

05:06 has given numerous interviews attesting to the fact that they surely did come from beyond

05:11 our solar system.

05:13 Either way, the paper does concede that we're not currently being "bombarded" with interstellar

05:17 material of any kind, explaining that, quote, "for every interstellar near-Earth object,

05:23 there are a thousand solar system near-Earth objects of the same size", end of quote.

05:28 Searching for the potential "dandelion seeds" of an alien arrival, then, is an extremely

05:32 difficult task.

05:34 But what if this proposed dispersal of alien tech is really what's happening?

05:39 What does the new landscape of near-Earth space look like?

05:42 The paper describes how, quote, "once an Earth-like planet is targeted, an interstellar

05:46 device can plunge into its atmosphere.

05:49 In principle, a multitude of tiny devices can be released from a mothership that passes

05:53 near Earth", end quote.

05:55 It suggested that those would then slow down upon close approach to our planet, to avoid

06:01 burning up, before pursuing their objectives wherever they land.

06:05 According to the paper, though, it's unlikely that their objectives would have anything

06:09 to do with humankind.

06:11 Given the timescales at play for interstellar travel, anything that does arrive will have

06:15 needed to have left home millions of years before our species emerged.

06:20 If it were the case, then, that 'Oumuamua was a passing alien ship on some kind of reconnaissance

06:25 mission, then the presence of humanity will most likely have been a surprise to it.

06:30 Finally, even were an alien ship to land on Earth, and even if that did go undetected

06:35 by us, then could that mean that alien life is already here as a result?

06:39 For Loeb and Kirkpatrick, probably not.

06:42 It's likely that any functional devices embedded in the Earth's atmosphere are not

06:46 carrying biological entities, they say, because these would not survive the long journey through

06:51 interstellar space in its harsh conditions.

06:53 Instead, they propose that AI-driven vehicles are what we should really be expecting, referring

06:58 to self-replicating von Neumann probes and devices capable of machine learning to adapt

07:04 to their mission.

07:05 This is something that humankind has also entered into with our own space programs,

07:09 although on a much smaller scale.

07:11 Almost all of the off-Earth missions we launch are piloted and conducted by robots and rovers.

07:17 This way, there's no danger of loss of life, there's greater likelihood that any one

07:21 mission can continue for a long time, and the payloads we send up can be much smaller.

07:26 Most of what Loeb and Kirkpatrick suggest amounts to the same strategy, only far more

07:31 advanced.

07:32 So, what's your verdict?

07:34 If aliens have arrived in the solar system, or even onto our planet, then is this how

07:38 they would have done it?

07:39 A far-off mothership, depositing a mass of relatively tiny probes that, for the most

07:44 part, remain wholly unnoticed by us?

07:47 Might we have already seen this game plan in action, though?

07:50 And if it is possible, then where does that leave us, in the grand scheme of the universe?

07:54 Today, we've never been in a better position to investigate the potential for alien life.

07:59 We have countless telescopes dotted all over the world, and distributed out into space

08:04 itself.

08:05 They all provide a unique perspective of the surrounding cosmos, viewing it through

08:09 different wavelengths of light, and from different positions.

08:12 And when we combine all of that data into one, the true nature of what's out there

08:17 really starts to take shape.

08:19 If we are being watched, then perhaps it's only a matter of time before we find that

08:22 out… and if we have been breached, then we might soon come to realise exactly to what

08:27 extent.

08:28 But for now, with the sky potentially awash with artificial seeds sent from far, far away…

08:34 that's how aliens might have already landed on Earth.

08:38 What do you think?

08:39 Is there anything we missed?

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