The UC Irvine physicist recalled questions about wormholes and plasma orbs in a September 4 interview with Danny Jones.
Daniel Whiteson, a UC Irvine professor of physics and astronomy, says an unnamed member of Congress called him after viewing classified UAP videos and asked whether physics could explain what the lawmaker had seen. Whiteson recalled the conversation in an interview uploaded September 4 to Danny Jones’s YouTube channel.
According to Whiteson, the caller had listened to his podcast and wanted to talk about wormholes and what the physicist described as plasma orbs. Whiteson said he asked what the videos showed and was told they resembled material already available publicly.
The interview provides a named scientist’s account of a private conversation about classified material. Whiteson did not name the lawmaker or date the call, and his account does not establish that he personally viewed the classified recordings.
Whiteson’s standard: open evidence
In the same interview, Whiteson framed his interest in UAPs as compatible with skepticism. He said he would like extraterrestrial visitors to be real, but recognised that wanting an outcome can distort the interpretation of ambiguous evidence.
He said he takes Navy pilots’ accounts seriously, while wanting physical evidence that independent researchers can inspect. He also argued that UAP research should face less stigma and be pursued through open data and scientific examination.
A particle physicist asking for open research
UC Irvine lists Whiteson as a professor in its School of Physical Sciences, with research interests in experimental high-energy physics. His faculty profile also lists him as a member of the ATLAS collaboration at CERN.
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