Professor Avi Loeb (Host)

And it's very good for scientific deliberations that are open, where you can use whatever you're given.

display how you arrived at your conclusions to anyone.

So that's the way science operates.

Things are never classified.

The only reason some scientists keep their data close to their chest is in order to have some advantage relative to other scientists that will not be able to use the same data.

So if they collect some data, they want to keep it to themselves for a while.

But if we get unclassified data, that's ideal in the sense of being able to

analyze it openly, share it with the public so everyone would know about it.

And we can ask for clarifications.

If there are some redacted parts of the data, we can ask for more information.

We can ask for the context by which the data was taken, for the assessment from the intelligence agencies as to what really happened in that arena, you know.

Right now, all the batches that were disclosed did not include such information, but we can ask for it.

And if we're given it, if the government releases a video, there is no reason for them not to tell us the circumstances.

That was not part of the release so far, but the council can ask for that.

So we hope to gain a more understanding of the context about also the kind of instruments that were used and do some analysis that they would serve the public.

These are the benefits that it's open, that there is no suspicion that we are holding back something because there is no reason for the council to hold back because everything is unclassified.

So we are not stepping, you know, we're not doing anything illegal by...

opening up the conversation.

That's a great benefit because it's all transparent, straightforward.

The disadvantage is, of course, that some of the data will not be shared with us.