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#308 – Ryan Graves: UFOs, Fighter Jets, and Aliens

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Lex Fridman

Philosophy, Science, Society & Culture, Technology

4.713.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2022

⏱️ 157 minutes

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Summary

Lt. Ryan Graves is a former Navy fighter pilot, who has worked on advanced research and development programs for DARPA, Office of Naval Research, and Air Force Research Labs on topics of multi-agent collaborative autonomy, AI-assisted air-to-air combat, and manned-unmanned teaming technologies. Ryan and people in his squadron detected and engaged with UFOs on multiple occasions, and he has been one of the few people willing to speak publicly about these experiences. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(06:28) – Top Gun analysis
(19:33) – Fighter jets
(1:07:00) – UFO sightings
(1:33:28) – Congressional hearing
(1:41:29) – Tic Tac UFO & Gimbal UFO
(1:55:55) – Alien life
(2:09:17) – Autonomous weapon systems
(2:26:24) – Advice for young people
(2:34:40) – Meaning of life

Transcript

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0:00.0

The following is a conversation with Lieutenant Ryan Graves, former Navy fighter pilot, including

0:05.7

roles as a combat lead, landing signals officer, and rescue mission commander.

0:11.9

He and people in his quadrant detected UFOs on multiple occasions, and he has been one

0:18.0

of the few people willing to speak publicly about these experiences, and about the importance

0:23.4

of investigating these sightings, especially for national security reasons.

0:28.8

Ryan has a degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from WPI, and an interest in career

0:35.1

roles in advanced technology development, including multi-aging collaborative autonomy, machine

0:41.1

learning assisted air-to-air combat, manned and unmanned teaming technologies, and most

0:46.9

recently development of materials through quantum simulation.

0:50.6

Now, a quick few seconds mention of each sponsor.

0:55.2

Check them out in the description, it's the best way to support this podcast.

0:59.0

We got Give Well for charity, notion for startups, magic spoon for breakfast, and especially

1:05.6

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1:06.6

Choose wisely my friends.

1:09.1

And now onto the full ad reads, as always no ads in the middle.

1:12.6

I try to make this interesting, but if you skipped them please still check out our sponsors,

1:17.0

I enjoy their stuff, maybe you will too.

1:20.8

This show is brought to you by Give Well.

1:23.8

The research charitable organizations and only recommend highest impact evidence-backed

1:29.0

charities over $50,000 have used Give Well to donate more than $750 million.

1:38.4

There's a movement called Effective Altruism that asks the question, if I want to help

1:45.4

the world, how do I do so optimally, most effectively?

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