Could Alien Probes Already Be Here? With John Gertz

Could alien probes already be watching us from inside our own solar system? John Michael Godier speaks with John Gertz, former chairman of the SETI Institute, about why extraterrestrial civilizations may send robotic probes rather than radio signals, and whether such objects could already be hidden among asteroids, orbiting the Sun, or even closer to Earth. The discussion explores Gertz’s new book Reinventing SETI, his critiques of the Fermi Paradox and von Neumann probes, the risks of METI, and the possibility that life on Earth itself may have been seeded through intentional panspermia. Reinventing SETI: New Directions in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence by John Gertz https://a.co/d/2xBJ5Jp John Gertz links: https://linktr.ee/astrogertz    / @johngertz6528   00:00 Intro — John Michael Godier welcomes John Gertz 00:19 Gertz’s background and SETI involvement 02:05 Breakthrough Listen and SETI funding history 04:40 Why NASA should fund SETI 06:51 Microbes vs intelligent life 09:01 Flaws in the Fermi Paradox framing 11:02 Von Neumann probes and galactic law 13:50 Are probes already here in the Solar System? 17:05 The Great Silence and surveillance probes 20:19 Galactic internet, redundancy, and data storage 22:32 Reinventing SETI — Gertz’s new book 24:27 UFOs, UAPs, and evidence standards 27:02 Skepticism, the press, and missing radar data 31:58 Could probes operate in Earth’s atmosphere? 33:54 Why we lack dashcam UFOs vs meteor footage 35:20 The best time to search for technosignatures 36:01 Archival plate anomalies (Villarroel’s work) 38:22 Satellite anomalies and Trojan co-orbitals 40:11 Could asteroids hide alien probes? 42:10 Where to search for probes in the Solar System 44:58 Rogue planets and white dwarfs as SETI targets 46:59 Panspermia and intentional seeding of life 49:59 Abiogenesis experiments and early Earth life 50:53 Microbial life as ubiquitous, intelligence as rare 52:26 Dinosaurs, raccoons, and evolutionary contingencies 55:11 The next generation of SETI researchers 57:19 Will we crack abiogenesis within 20 years? 59:03 NASA budgets, telescopes, and future risks 60:11 Outro — thanks and closing remarks YouTube Membership:    / @eventhorizonshow   Podcast: hhttps://creators.spotify.com/pod/show... Apple: https://apple.co/3CS7rjT More JMG    / johnmichaelgodier   Want to support the channel? Patreon:   / eventhorizonshow   Follow us at other places! @JMGEventHorizon Music: https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com/ https://migueljohnson.bandcamp.com/ https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/ https://aeriumambient.bandcamp.com/ FOOTAGE: NASA ESA/Hubble ESO - M.Kornmesser ESO - L.Calcada ESO - Jose Francisco Salgado (josefrancisco.org) NAOJ University of Warwick Goddard Visualization Studio Langley Research Center Pixabay