The interstellar object that is travelling towards Earth at 130,000mph was detected on 1 July has left millions of people worried after theories have emerged it could be an “alien mothership.”
NASA has said that the object known as 3I/Atlas which is travelling through space is not acting as a normal comet does and other scientists have spoken out saying its behaviour is strange and it is not a normal comet.
Astrophysicist Dr Avi Loeb has issued a terrifying statement saying the object is “nor natural” and “from an engineer’s perspective” 3I/Atlas is a “mothership that releases mini-probes” and will “’slow down at perihelion and intercept Earth, taking advantage of the Sun’s gravitational assist,” however the Harvard Professor said this will depend on the mass “of the mini-probe.”
Dr Loeb said the “comet” does not have one major thing that all comets have, a tail.
He said, “There were claims of a tail.
“But since 3I/ATLAS is accelerating and its current size is not much larger than the angular resolution of Earth-based telescopes, it is not easy to avoid fictitious elongation of the image as a result of the object’s motion.”
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A scientist has said that this may be an “alien mothership” as there are differences to this object that are “not natural” as it is releasing a compound that has never been seen before.
Dr Loeb wrote on his blog, “I suggested a `Loeb Scale’ for interstellar objects where `0’ is definitely a natural object (comet or asteroid) and `10’ is definitely a technological object (identified by manoeuvres or emission of artificial light or signals).
“Currently, I give 3I/ATLAS a 6 on that scale, but my assessment will change as we get better data on it when it comes closer to the Sun.”
He added, “As of now, I assign a 30 to 40 per cent likelihood that 3I/ATLAS does not have a fully natural origin.
“This low-probability scenario includes the possibility of a black swan event akin to a Trojan Horse, where a technological object masquerades as a natural comet.”
NASA has added 3I/Atlas to the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) which comprises of world-wide astronomers and space agencies and have described the comet as a possible “planetary threat” to Earth.
3I/Atlas has raised many red flags as it has been described as showing strange behaviour which has been seen spraying particles towards the Sun instead of the jet particles moving away from it.
This is called “anti-tail” which is releasing a metal composite which has never been seen before. The interstellar object is also releasing nickel and no iron, this is not typical for comets, also nickel tetracarbonyl has been identified, this has only ever been made in laboratories.
Astrophysicist Professor Avi Loeb told the New York Post, “The alloy has previously been witnessed only in human manufacturing.”
3I/Atlas has a strange acceleration with a non-standard flight path, this suggest it is more than a giant piece of rock.
