Tag: avi loeb

  • A new image of 3I/Atlas raises eyebrows

    A new image of 3I/Atlas raises eyebrows

    The photo appears to show a plume of some kind of material on one side, along with emissions  off the opposite side. 

    Cue Harvard scientist, Avi Loeb.. he believes these images of the  mysterious interstellar object named 3I/ATLAS could be additional evidence of  a type of jet engine or propulsion system on board an alien spacecraft.  In recent weeks, the object has captivated scientists’ attentions and peoples’ imaginations on what exactly this thing moving through our solar system is.

    And as new imagery has become available, Loeb continues to express concern that this object, which should near Earth in mid-December, may not be a comet but rather an alien spacecraft instead.

    MORE..

    In his blog on Medium, with new imagery in hand, Loeb writes, “The image shows two anti-tail jets out to 10 arcminutes towards the Sun accompanied by a longer collimated jet, extending away from the Sun out to an angular separation of 30 arcminutes, roughly the diameter of the Sun or the Moon. At the current distance of 3I/ATLAS from Earth, 326 million kilometers, these angular extents correspond to spatial sizes of 0.95 million kilometers for the sunward anti-tail jets and 2.85 million kilometers for the tail jet away from the Sun. This enormous spatial scale is three orders of magnitude larger than the scale of the glowing halo around 3I/ATLAS in the Hubble Space Telescope image from July 21, 2025.”..

  • The comet may not have a tail but it could have small alien ships deployed

    The comet may not have a tail but it could have small alien ships deployed

    Avi Loeb is back — at this point he’s basically our best friend in the UFO world. In his latest review of the 3I/ATLAS comet, he indicates that the newest photographs show evidence of thrusters. Yes, thrusters. And there are even claims that additional “ships” may have separated from a so-called “main mothership.”

    On the surface, it all sounds like pure science fiction. Total fantasy. But here we are in 2025. We’ve all lived through enough strangeness to know that nothing is off the table anymore. And the thing about Loeb is — he actually backs this with data.

    Loeb writes in his blog

    “Given that a large number of jets appear in many directions, the reported non-gravitational acceleration of 3I/ATLAS requires much more than 10–20% of its initial mass to have been ejected near perihelion. Only a fraction of that mass carries an excess momentum in a preferred direction. This means that the cloud of debris around 3I/ATLAS must represent a substantial fraction of its initial mass for a natural comet. However, technological thrusters could give the object a boost with much less mass jetted out at a higher speed.”

    He then asks the simple but massive question:

    “Is the network of jets associated with pockets of ice on the surface of a natural cometary nucleus, or are they coming from a set of jet thrusters used for navigation of a spacecraft?”

    And the answer Loeb gives?

    “We do not know.”

    3I/ATLAS is expected to make its closest approach to Earth on December 19, 2025.

    Stacked telescope images reportedly show a “large glowing halo extending out to half a million kilometers” with at least seven distinct jet structures. That’s not typical comet behavior. That’s weird behavior. According to Loeb — Harvard astrophysicist, not random guy on Reddit — this thing is acting unlike anything we’ve documented before.

    I’m not sure if the world is paying attention. We are. And a handful of scientists and space-watchers are. But this feels like a much bigger deal than it’s being treated as.

    Even if 3I/ATLAS turns out to be a completely natural comet, the oddities alone suggest something rare — something we don’t commonly see in our solar system. That alone is exciting, possibly even paradigm-shifting.

    But if Loeb is right… and if these jets are not natural outgassing… and if this object is maneuvering…

    Well, then we’re looking at something even more profound.

    A lot of people have laughed at Loeb over the past few years. Some still are. But the more images that come in, the less funny this comet looks. There’s something off about it. Something that doesn’t fit.

    Alien spacecraft? Let’s not go that far yet.

    But weird?
    Yes.
    Deeply, undeniably weird.

    And sometimes weird is where everything starts.

  • BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL: 3I/ATLAS gets hot

    BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL: 3I/ATLAS gets hot

    Here is what we know now..

    The Manhattan-sized interstellar object 3I/ATLAS exhibited signs of non-gravitational acceleration and appeared “bluer than the Sun” as it passed our local star — which could be signs of an alien craft “engine,” according to Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb.

    The object’s non-gravitational acceleration was recorded by NASA this week and indicated a dramatic outgassing which would be expected from a comet — and would mean the object would lose half its mass and exhibit a huge plume of debris in the coming months.

    And here is what professor Avi Loeb had to say..

    “Alternatively, the non-gravitational acceleration might be the technological signature of an internal engine,” he wrote in a Medium post Friday. “This might also explain the report on 3I/ATLAS getting ‘bluer than Sun.’” “It could potentially be explained by a hot engine or source of artificial light,” he wrote, adding that it could also be a natural signature of a comet.

    Loab keeps making the scientific community a bit nervous openly discussing just how weird this comet is. Whether it is an alien on a ship or just something we have never experienced before –maybe new elements not on our periodic table!– it is exciting and really admirable that he was able to put this comet into the lexicon of our lives…

    SPACE.COM has a more conservative approach to the blue light special:

    “The reason for 3I’s rapid brightening, which far exceeds the brightening rate of most Oort cloud comets at similar r [radial distance], remains unclear,” the scientists behind the research, Qicheng Zhang of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, and Karl Battams, an astrophysicist at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington DC, write in a paper discussing the observation published on the research repository site arXiv.

    The rapid brightening of 3I/ATLAS was observed by STEREO-A and STEREO-B, the twin spacecraft that make up Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO), by the sun observing Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), and the weather satellite GOES-19. The space-based observations were necessary because ground-based instruments won’t be able to observe the interstellar comet again until it passes out from the other side of the sun into its “postperihelion” phase, escaping the glare of starlight in mid- to late-November 2025.


    Some have become worried about a path change..,


    And at least one person in government says she wants NASA to reveal more.. a letter from Rep Ana Paulina Luna goes public:

    DEVELOPING..

  • Avi Loeb suggests to take a vacation while money still matters

    Avi Loeb suggests to take a vacation while money still matters

    Professor Avi Loeb says 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object from beyond our solar system, is closing in fast.

    “I don’t know if there will be meaning to money if this object turns out to be technological, after October 29th.

    If you want to take a vacation, take it before that date. Because who knows what will happen.”

    Developing…

  • We are not saying 3I/ATLAS is an alien. But it seems like everyone else is

    We are not saying 3I/ATLAS is an alien. But it seems like everyone else is

    By now, you’ve probably heard there’s an interstellar interloper cruising through the solar system. It has been officially named 3I/ATLAS..

    This space traveler is reportedly barreling toward the Sun at around 130,000 miles per hour (yeah, that’s fast), and it’s estimated to be about 15 miles wide, making it bigger than Manhattan. So yes, this thing is big.

    Now, picture this: what if it weren’t just a big ol’ space rock with a name like a forgotten computer password, but instead a vessel carrying alien life bent on planetary invasion? (Cue dramatic music.)

    Enter Avi Loeb, the Harvard astrophysicist who made waves a few years ago when he suggested that the oddly shaped object Oumuamua (remember that 2017 cosmic mystery speeding through our galaxy?) might be alien tech.

    Well, Avi’s back. He’s written a post on Medium speculating that 3I/ATLAS might be a technological “spyware ship” in disguise. You know, just casually floating near the Sun like it’s trying not to be seen. According to Loeb, the object is currently on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth, which he suggests could be a deliberate maneuver to avoid detection by our telescopes.

    Oh, and even if we wanted to investigate it? Our best chemical rockets wouldn’t come close. This thing is moving too fast for us to chase it down like we’re in some cosmic game of tag.

    Mark your calendars: in November or December 2025, 3I/ATLAS is expected to pass by Jupiter, Mars, and Venus, and if Loeb’s theory has any merit, Earth might want to get its planetary defense team ready. He says responding to a potential threat of this scale would require defensive measures.

    No pressure.

    But here’s the less dramatic reality: all current evidence points to this being just a comet—ejected from some other star system like many before it.

    Even Loeb admits the most likely explanation is that it’s natural. What he’s doing is classic Avi Loeb: thinking outside the box, stirring up discussion, and maybe (just maybe) getting a little media attention in the process. People who have followed him or listened to him know exactly what he is doing. As even he said in his Medium post:  The hypothesis is an interesting exercise in its own right, and is fun to explore, irrespective of its likely validity.

    And of course, that media attention often turns into clickbait headlines like: “Harvard Professor Says Alien Ship May Be Lurking Behind the Sun!” You’ve probably seen those floating around by now.

    So, let’s calm down. Chances are, by January 2026, this comet will have zipped past us, we’ll all still be here, and the only war happening will be in the comment sections of Facebook posts.

    Unless of course… it is an alien ship.

    In which case… good luck to us all and may God have mercy on our souls.

  • 2017: A space odyssey!

    2017: A space odyssey!

    As we turn the page from the hellish year of 2020 to 2021, let’s go back in time to a seemingly better moment, at least by some accounts: 2017..

    Traveling back into amnesia lane, let’s look at what we said on November 23, 2017, the first time that we ever mentioned Oumuamua:

    An interstellar interloper is dashing through our solar system MORE: “This thing is an oddball,” said Karen Meech from the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy, leader of an international team studying ‘Oumuamua. “What we found was a rapidly rotating object, at least the size of a football field, that changed in brightness quite dramatically. This change in brightness hints that ‘Oumuamua could be more than 10 times longer than it is wide — something which has never been seen in our own solar system.”..Some astronomors now seriously wondering if Oumuamua is a spaceship!Artificial lights are eating away natural darkness on the planet Earth..

    A year later in December 2018, we reported how some scientists said that it could be an alien craft:

    Now a pair of Harvard researchers are raising the possibility that Oumuamua is an alien spacecraft. As they say in a paper to be published Nov. 12 in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, the object “may be a fully operational probe sent intentionally to Earth vicinity by an alien civilization.”

    On November 5, 2018, NBC news reported this:

    “It is impossible to guess the purpose behind ‘Oumuamua without more data,” Avi Loeb, chairman of Harvard’s astronomy department and a co-author of the paper, told NBC News MACH in an email. If ‘Oumuamua is a lightsail, he added, one possibility is that it was floating in interstellar space when our solar system ran into it, “like a ship bumping into a buoy on the surface of the ocean.”

    And now, Avi Loeb wrote a book about Oumuamua.. He said aliens visited us in 2017, and more are on the way!

    The New York POST is among those reporting:

    In his upcoming book, “Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), out Jan. 26, the professor lays out a compelling case for why an object that recently wandered into our solar system was not just another rock but actually a piece of alien technology. 

    AND THIS:

    At first, scientists thought it was an ordinary comet. But Loeb said that assumption ran the risk of allowing “the familiar to define what we might discover.” 

    “What would happen if a caveman saw a cellphone?” he asked. “He’s seen rocks all his life, and he would have thought it was just a shiny rock.” 

    “This would make ‘Oumuamua’s geometry more extreme by at least a few times in aspect ratio — or its width to its height — than the most extreme asteroids or comets that we have ever seen,” Loeb writes in his book. What’s more, ‘Oumuamua was unusually bright. It was at least “ten times more reflective than typical solar system [stony] asteroids or comets,” the author writes. 

    But the anomaly that really pushed Loeb toward his E.T. hypothesis was the way ‘Oumuamua moved. 

    The book will go on,

    But ‘Oumuamua didn’t follow this calculated trajectory. The object, in fact, accelerated “slightly, but to a highly statistically significant extent,” Loeb writes, as it moved away from the sun. 

    In other words, he writes that it was being pushed by a force besides the sun’s gravity alone. 

    Meanwhile, Hawaii NEWS NOW reports this strange anomaly:

    An unidentified flying object spotted in the evening sky over Leeward Oahu prompted witnesses to call 911 on Tuesday. The sighting happened about 8:30 p.m.There are multiple videos of what appears to be a glowing‚ oblong mass — both in the sky and in the water.Officials from the Federal Aviation Administration say there were no aircraft incidents or accidents in this area at the time. But multiple witnesses reported seeing a large blue object fall out of the sky and into the ocean.