{"apiVersion":"1","version":"sha256:faade27e0b75b2aca6311142ff65347b4dacc153e8d28cbdf0e8a237319331f9","data":{"id":"S7607","title":"Alien Technology Deserves an XPRIZE","authors":["Avi Loeb"],"publishedDate":"2026-10","format":"Article","url":"https://avi-loeb.medium.com/alien-technology-deserves-an-xprize-78473efb24b4","summary":"Loeb recounts private gatherings with Nolan, Skafish and Graves and proposes a future UAP prize. An unnamed guest reportedly told him that an unnamed senior Pentagon official had claimed U.S. possession of alien technology and biological material. The account preserves a two-step hearsay chain with unknown identities and no verified custody or access.","subjects":["Insider accounts","Private scientist gatherings","Attributed hearsay"],"people":["Avi Loeb","Garry Nolan","Peter Skafish","Ryan Graves"],"review":{"label":"Complete supplied public essay; anonymous chain and access gaps","scope":"Root read29 public DOM units,6,247 characters, including21 authored units and eight interface units. Unit19 contains the official-to-guest-to-Loeb chain; units7/15 describe the dinner and panel. The author index dates the essay October3,2026; relative Medium dates were not harmonized, so public date precision remains October2026.","gaps":["Exact official and guest identities, titles, contact dates, records, programme and material provenance remain unknown. The unnamed guest cannot be assigned to any named attendee. Loeb’s receipt of a story is not direct observation of its claimed hardware or biological material.","Conditional council access, the proposed XPRIZE and a self-biographical advisory role do not establish achieved access, a funded award or an official government appointment. Four image pixels,12 responses, original event recording, correspondence and appointment or custody records were not reviewed."]},"familyId":"LOEB-XPRIZE-202610-QUALIFIED","citationUrl":"https://bioparity.io/sources/S7607","citation":"Avi Loeb. Alien Technology Deserves an XPRIZE. October 2026. BioParity S7607. https://bioparity.io/sources/S7607"}}