008 - Matthew Szydagis on the Scientific Hunt for UAP, Taking the Subject Seriously, and the Smartest Science Fiction

Guest:

Matthew Szydagiz is a professor of astrophysics at the university of Albany, a founding member of UAPx, a regular on the History Channel's *The Proof is Out There*, and a member of SCU.

Topics:

- Thinking through the most common objections to serious UAP research.

- UAPx's first research expedition to Catalina Island, where they attempt to observe UAP.

- The technologies and methods UAPx employs, and how they're refining their work going forward.

- Whether the search for dark matter was doomed from the start.

- Whether the ET hypothesis is the most plausible explanation for UAP.

- Which works of science fiction are best at thinking about the anomalous, and the future of humanity.

Links:

- Matthew Szydagis' faculty profile at University of Albany: https://www.albany.edu/physics/faculty/matthew-szydagis

- Matthew's profile on UAPx: https://www.uapexpedition.org/drmatthewszydagis

- Matthew's work at Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Matthew-Szydagis