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Haim Eshed’s key claims about aliens, primarily from his December 2020 interview with Yediot Aharonot (promoting his book The Universe Beyond the Horizon: Conversations with Professor Haim Eshed) and elaborated in the book itself, can be summarized as follows:

• Existence of a “Galactic Federation”: A coalition or organization of extraterrestrial species/civilizations exists and has been interacting with Earth for years. This federation includes multiple alien groups from across the universe.
• Secret agreements with governments: The United States (and Israel, among possibly others like Russia, Japan, Britain, and China) has signed formal agreements with this Galactic Federation. These pacts allow the aliens to conduct research and experiments on Earth, particularly to understand and explore “the fabric of the universe” (a phrase Eshed uses repeatedly, implying fundamental physics, reality, or spacetime).
• Joint underground base on Mars: There is a secret collaborative facility beneath the surface of Mars where American astronauts (and possibly others) work directly alongside extraterrestrials. Humans and aliens share this base for ongoing cooperation and experiments.
• Aliens among us and on Earth: Extraterrestrials are already present on Earth, walking among humans and conducting activities here. UFO sightings are attributed to them (not secret human tech). They have been intervening in human affairs, including preventing nuclear disasters or near-misses (e.g., an unspecified incident during the Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961, and potentially others to avert nuclear holocaust).
• Technology exchanges and benefits: In exchange for allowing these experiments and access, humanity has received advanced technologies from the aliens (Eshed implies things like anti-gravity or other breakthroughs, though specifics are vague).
• Non-disclosure and humanity’s unreadiness: The Galactic Federation has explicitly requested (or demanded) that their presence and contact not be publicly revealed yet. The main reason: Humanity is not ready—people would panic or descend into mass hysteria if the truth were disclosed too soon. Eshed claims we need to “evolve” further, better understand space, spaceships, and the broader universe first. “Encounters of the third kind” (direct contact) are imminent, but delayed for this reason.
• Donald Trump’s near-reveal: Then-U.S. President Donald Trump was aware of the contacts and was “on the verge” of publicly disclosing everything, but the Galactic Federation intervened to stop him, citing the risk of widespread panic.

Eshed presented these as facts drawn from his high-level experience in Israel’s space and defense programs (though he offered no concrete evidence, documents, or specifics beyond his assertions). He emphasized he had “nothing to lose” at his age (87 in 2020) and that attitudes toward such topics were shifting. Colleagues like Isaac Ben-Israel (former Israel Space Agency chair) respected Eshed’s credentials in space tech but said he “went too far” with these extraterrestrial claims, calling actual human-alien encounters unlikely.

No independent verification exists, and the claims remain unconfirmed by any government, space agency (e.g., NASA issued statements denying knowledge of such contacts), or scientific body. They sparked widespread online discussion, memes, and skepticism, often compared to sci-fi tropes.

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