Harvard University is the central institution behind the formation of the uap-science-advisory-council via avi-loeb’s galileo-project network — 12 of the council’s 18 publicly named members have Harvard ties (5 faculty/staff, 3 postdocs, 4 Galileo Project affiliates). Per src-loeb-harvard-uap-council-ties-2026-07, Harvard is currently in an unrelated legal dispute with the White House; Loeb says he did not inform President Alan Garber before agreeing to lead the council and stays out of that dispute.