Certain technologists are intrigued by UFOs and their potential implications for technology on Earth, as reported by Vice. Given recent accounts from US Marine pilots detailing encounters with mysterious spherical objects moving at high speeds, these technology executives may find an opportunity to explore their interests.

Vice interviewed three technology executives willing to acknowledge their fascination with UFOs. The article notes that openly expressing interest in a hypothetical alien spacecraft remains somewhat unconventional within the tech industry. However, more investors are becoming supportive of related projects due to the potential significant rewards.

Deep Prasad, CEO of the Canadian quantum computing startup ReactiveQ, shared with Vice that his ultimate goal is to locate a UFO and reverse-engineer its technology for the betterment of humanity.

“We are witnessing technologies that surpass those far beyond our understanding.”

Prasad emphasizes the importance of paying attention to these technologies and reverse-engineering them to make interstellar travel accessible to the general public.

Rizwan Virk, CEO of Play Labs @ MIT, suggested to Vice that UFOs may possess technology beyond the scope of what current science comprehends.

“This phenomenon revolves around advanced technology that doesn’t always conform to the existing model of what technology is and isn’t,” said Virk.

In an excerpt from a book featured by Vice, Pasulka highlights Jacques Vallée, a computer scientist who contributed to ARPANET, the precursor to the modern Internet. Vallée is depicted as a technologist and philosopher, someone who refrains from mythologizing UFOs but engages with them to understand their authenticity. According to Walsh, these individuals can be found in Silicon Valley.