Announcement dated 5 November; local reporting: 10 November 2026; further account by Avi Loeb reviewed. Added to UKPX: 13 November.
A proposed Galileo Project observatory in Ithaca, New York, would combine radar monitoring with a large optical telescope to investigate unidentified aerial observations. Entrepreneur Adam Weitsman is funding the project on a property formerly owned by Carl Sagan.
Local WIVT/WBGH reporting appeared on 10 November. Avi Loeb’s own account reproduces an announcement dated 5 November, so this is a developing observatory plan rather than a new detection.
Following objects with more than one instrument
The announcement describes passive radar, AI-assisted sorting and a 0.7-metre PlaneWave telescope. The intended system would direct the telescope towards selected objects for imaging and spectroscopy—the study of light that can help constrain an object’s properties.
Construction was expected to begin in November, with completion approximately a year later, subject to installation and commissioning. The proposed facility would be the Galileo Project’s fourth observatory.
Plans before results
The news is a funded observing proposal. These sources do not present operational results from the Ithaca installation or establish that unidentified objects are alien technology. Its value will depend on the observations and analysis it eventually produces.
Sources and reporting date
Avi Loeb: observatory concept and reproduced 5 November announcement.
WIVT/WBGH reporting by Benjamin Yeargin, syndicated by AOL, 10 November.
Sources checked 13 November 2026. Added during UKPX’s one-off review of missed recent news. Related reposts are not treated as independent confirmation.