Relying solely on human observation is insufficient and the agency needs to deploy standardized, high-quality sensors to gather reliable scientific data on anomalies.
“We have enough fuzzy pictures of Bigfoot. Now, we need some >> We have to put out some more standard sensors and then once we have an understanding of what the phenomenon could be, then we'll look at upgrading the sensors. But we have to go from just eyeballs to sensors.”
StarTalk · Aug 2025 · 1 episode · 1.6M views on this topicOptical sensors are preferable to electrical ones because they can encode more information, including phase and color, and are immune to electromagnetic interference.
“one of the reasons we use Optical systems in my group instead of electrical ones you can encode more information optically than you can electrically”
StarTalk · Nov 2022 · 1 episode · 96K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.