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In this episode, Dr. Michael Lembeck, discusses his role as the Co-Chair of the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA) Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Integration & Outreach Committee (UAPIOC). The UAPIOC’s mission is to improve aerospace safety by enhancing scientific knowledge of, and mitigating barriers to the study of, Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP).

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Michael F. Lembeck (B.S. '80, M.S. '81, Ph.D., '91 UIUC) is a Clinical Associate Professor in Aerospace Engineering. Dr. Lembeck has led or worked on multiple government and commercial spaceflight programs, including JPL's Galileo Jupiter Orbiter, Space Industries, Inc.'s Wake Shield Facility, Orbital Sciences' OrbView/Warfighter commercial remote sensing programs, and the Northrop/Boeing CEV and Boeing commercial crew programs.

As the Requirements Division Director for the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters, Dr. Lembeck participated in the formulation of President Bush's Vision for Space Exploration and managed the original development of requirements for the Constellation/Orion program. Dr. Lembeck is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA and the Director of the Laboratory for Advanced Space Systems at Illinois (LASSI).

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Join us for an in depth discussion of aviation safety practices and how they have come to be, the opportunities ahead for the study of UAP (UFO) experiences by pilots, and Dr. Whiteley's efforts to enhance safety training for aviators encountering UAP.

Dr Iya Whiteley is a space psychologist and cognitive engineer with a focus on improvement of human behavioral and cognitive performance through information presentation on displays and design of training. Iya has 17 years of Human Space Flight research and longer in Aviation Cockpit design, along with designing astronaut's training. Iya is the Director of the Centre of Space Medicine, University College London and has advised the UK Government as the chair of Space Environment Working Group (SEWG) advising the UK Space Agency and as a member of the UK Space Exploration Advisory Committee. If you are a pilot who has had a UAP experience and would like to participate in the upcoming Dr Whiteley's study please visit her website below for more information. If you are interested to fund, to fundraise for this study or to contribute in your own way, please also follow the link below. https://taplink.cc/driyawhiteley/p/extraordinary-experiences/ 

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Cmdr. David Fravor is a graduate of the TOPGUN naval flight program. He was a commander of the F/A-18F squadron on the USS Nimitz when he experienced an Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP, UFO) during a routine training flight over the Pacific ocean in 2004. Video of a similar encounter has been released by the Pentagon and has been widely reported on including by the New York Times and 60 Minutes.

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Ryan Graves sits down with Professor Avi Loeb, a renowned scientist from Harvard University, to explore the fascinating world of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP). As they delve into the profound implications of these mysterious phenomena, they discuss the need for a systematic survey of the sky, the potential technological nature of UAP, and the implications for our understanding of the universe. Join them on this enlightening journey as they probe the depths of UAP and its significance in shaping our perception of the cosmos.

Professor Loeb received a PhD in plasma physics at age 24 from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1986) and was subsequently a long-term member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton (1988-1993), where he started to work in theoretical astrophysics. In 1993 he moved to Harvard University where he was tenured three years later. He is now the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science and former chair of the department. Professor Loeb also holds a visiting professorship at the Weizmann Institute of Science and a Senior Professorship by special appointment in the School of Physics and Astronomy at Tel Aviv University. Loeb has authored over 1000 research articles and 8 books. For full publications and biographies, visit his professional site. https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/

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Join us for a riveting conversation as Ryan Graves discusses theories, impacts, and the push for further inquiry and research in the UAP (UFO) space as part of this fascinating conversation with Associate Professor Robin Hanson. From “The Great Filter” to “Grabby Aliens” join us and embrace a paradigm-shifting exploration of the ideas, technologies, and groups dedicated to furthering our understanding of UAP.

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Robin Hanson is associate professor of economics at George Mason University, and research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. He has a doctorate in social science from California Institute of Technology, master's degrees in physics and philosophy from the University of Chicago, and nine years experience as a research programmer, at Lockheed and NASA. Robin has diverse research interests, with papers on spatial product competition, health incentive contracts, group insurance, product bans, evolutionary psychology and bioethics of health care, voter information incentives, incentives to fake expertise, Bayesian classification, agreeing to disagree, self-deception in disagreement, probability elicitation, wiretaps, image reconstruction, the history of science prizes, reversible computation, the origin of life, the survival of humanity, very long term economic growth, growth given machine intelligence, and interstellar colonization. He coined the phrase "The Great Filter", and has recently numerically estimated it via a model of "Grabby Aliens".

See more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hanson.

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We're back! Join us as Ryan Graves engages in a profound conversation with Associate Professor Matthew Szydagis. Explore the bond between Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena and the quest to unravel the secrets of dark matter. From rigorous theories to compelling observations, this episode will propel you into the depths of scientific inquiry. Watch now and embrace a paradigm-shifting exploration of the ideas, technologies, and groups dedicated to furthering our understanding of UAP.

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Matthew Szydagis is an Associate Professor of Physics with a deep passion for scientific exploration. He obtained his bachelor's, master's, and PhD degrees from the University of Chicago before joining the faculty at the University at Albany, SUNY, where he has been a dedicated professor for over nine years. Matthew's research focuses on the detection of dark matter and Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs).

With his expertise in astroparticle physics, he brings a unique perspective to the study of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP).

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Curt Jaimungal & Ryan Graves explore profound topics surrounding UAP (UFOs) and consciousness. Curt expands upon his view of reality, and explains why remaining open and inquisitive leads to deeper understandings of the universe. He also interviews Ryan on his personal encounters with UAP, and his thoughts as to how we can bring this topic into the mainstream. 

Curt and Ryan discuss contradictions and paradoxes that are present in the UAP conversation, clues pointing to UAP, and why it's important for scientists to begin studying this phenomena. 

Due to a technical issue, the audio for this episode was lost. But due to the advancements of modern technology, we were able to recover a lot of the episode. We have added subtitles to the episode to make it easier to understand.  Big thanks and shoutout to Adobe Podcast "Enhance" for their assistance.

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Intro

2:16 Exploring the Theories of Everything

18:39 Expanding Consciousness

29:30 Opening up a Conversation around UAP

51:26 Contradictions & Paradoxes

1:06:30 Is Meditation ONLY a Spiritual Practice?

1:09:42 Clues Pointing to UAP

1:12:39 Steps for Moving This to the Mainstream

1:20:03 Ryan Answers UAP Questions

1:52:29 Conclusion

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Curt Jaimungal is a Torontonian filmmaker who decided to pursue the lens while studying Mathematical Physics at the University of Toronto.

As the host of Theories of Everything, Curt observes topics on theoretical physics (GUTs), consciousness, God, free will; all the profound questions we tend to outwardly ignore, but inwardly wrestle with. Theories of Everything, one of the fastest growing science and philosophy podcasts, analyzes the current state of TOEs: that is, it surveys the landscape of Theories of Everything (pros, cons, and relations of each such as Wolfram’s Physics model, Geometric Unity, String Theory, and even consciousness-based-TOEs). To be a part of the discussion, type Theories of Everything into YouTube, and subscribe to learn more about quantum paradoxes, free will, and consciousness.

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Today on Merged Podcast we get an inside look into the Galileo project, which is currently studying UAP (UFO), through the eyes of research fellow Abby White. Abby explains how she got into the Galileo Project, her experience working on it, and the tools used to study UAP. She shares her perspective on breaking stigma around the subject, and why validated scientific research matters.

She also reveals what it has been like to explain what she does for work to others, and what her peers think about the subject.

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Intro

1:00 Abby’s Educational Background

12:35 Working on the Galileo Project

20:03 Break Stigma & Paradigm Shifts

28:29 Tools for Studying UAP

39:21 Implications of Speaking out

46:18 Continuation of Study

47:59 Advice for Young People Getting Involved

50:54 Galileo Project Today

58:55 Conclusion

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Abby White is a recent graduate of Wellesley College, and recent a Research Fellow in the Theoretical Astrophysics Division at the Harvard College Observatory. She is also a Pre Doctoral Fellow Copernicus Space Corporation, and is pursuing a PhD in astrophysics.

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Christiaan van Heijst in his vast decades of flying planes has had several experiences of witnessing things that he can't explain. Today, he explains those UAP sightings with us and shows the photos that he has captured of these unexplainable objects in the sky.

Christiaan shares his story over working in aviation, finding passion in photography, and his curiosity with UAP after having several strange encounters while flying. 

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Intro

1:36 Christiaan’s Military Aviation Background

18:56 Current Aviation Work

21:07 Photography as a Pilot 

28:15 Discussing UAP

38:28 Tools for Determining Flight Threats

40:54 Possible UAP Sightings

53:38 Do Other Pilots See These?

1:03:50 UAP Encounters that Remain Mysterious 

1:11:39 Bringing Awareness to this

1:15:01 Christiaan’s Most Recent Sighting

1:28:49 Conclusion

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Christiaan van Heijst

Christiaan is a Dutch airline pilot who's been flying since the age of fourteen. He started his career flying turboprops in Africa and Afghanistan, flew the Boeing 737 for four years and has been flying the Boeing 747 for the last twelve years. He's logged over 9,500 flight hours and is now a captain on the 747.

Parallel to his flying career, he is an award-winning photographer specializing in photography from the flight deck

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Pilot Chris Van Voorhis has been flying a plane since the age of 14, and has had decades of experience with over 30,000 flight hours. Today, he shares the many encounters he has had with UAP while flying, and reveals that many of the pilots he knows have also seen these objects. He shares why he believes airlines are attempting to silence pilots from speaking on this matter, and why this skepticism is holding us back. He also explains his perspective on what impact disclosure would have on humanity, and if we should consider this a safety threat.

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Intro

1:04 Becoming a Pilot at 14

7:20 First Encounter with a UAP 

14:15 Airlines Silencing Witnesses

22:25 How it Changed Me

27:08 Recent Sightings  

36:37 This will change humanity

41:41 What UAP Look Like

43:53 Safety Concerns - Is This a Threat?

50:23 Is This Common?

53:37 Ryan’s Experiences

58:07 Conclusion 

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Pilot Chris Van Voorhis:

- At age 14 started flying with the Civil Air Patrol

- Domestic and international commercial pilot with over 30,000 flight hours

- Military contracted pilot for Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm

- Airbus 330 Flight instructor

- Former Police Officer

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