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XPRIZE chairman exploring new XPRIZE for proof of alien visitation

XPRIZE Chairman Peter Diamandis is actively exploring the creation of a new XPRIZE for providing evidence of alien visitation, four people involved with the process tell me. Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb told me that the criteria under discussion would require a winner to demonstrate the existence of technology created by a non-human intelligence. Loeb said he's identified a potential funder for the prize, but declined to name the person "until it's finalized." The XPRIZE Foundation has become...