Are there objects in the sky made by aliens? New Harvard initiative aims to find out FacebookTwitterEmail A handout photo released by the European Space Agency on June 27, 2018, shows an artist's impression of the first interstellar object discovered in the Solar System, `Oumuamua. Because this object didn’t look like comets or asteroids that had been previously studied, there was speculation that `Oumuamua had a natural explanation that humanity had not been seen before — or that it was alien technology.M. KORNMESSER, Handout / AFP/Getty Images Harvard is taking a more systematic approach to finding technology created by aliens. A new initiative, called the Galileo Project, will seek to identify the nature of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena and interstellar objects that don’t originate in our solar system. It will use telescopes to collect new data — rather than looking at past observations that are often based on anecdotal reports and partial data — to help determine if these objects are natural, made by humans or created by other intelligent civilizations.