3i/Atlas - Comet or Not?

[Nate]

3i/Atlas has been in the news quite a bit this year. Prof. Avi Loeb (Harvard) has pointed out that there are so many anomalies that he believes there is a chance the comet may be technological in nature. Whilst this is a SMALL chance, the professor insists we should be open to the possibility.

Due to the government shutdown, NASA was unable to provide any imagery on the object. The world waited in anticipation, and once the shutdown ended, we only received fuzzy images from NASA. Recently, a Canadian astrophotographer, Paul Craggs, used a budget telescope to capture the best photos of 3i/Atlas from his backyard (I assume).

The crux of the matter - What's your opinion on the 3i/Atlas saga - Comet or Not? Is NASA hiding the imagery it has?

Nate

 

[geordiecolin]

3i/Atlas has been in the news quite a bit this year. Prof. Avi Loeb (Harvard) has pointed out that there are so many anomalies that he believes there is a chance the comet may be technological in nature. Whilst this is a SMALL chance, the professor insists we should be open to the possibility.

Due to the government shutdown, NASA was unable to provide any imagery on the object. The world waited in anticipation, and once the shutdown ended, we only received fuzzy images from NASA. Recently, a Canadian astrophotographer, Paul Craggs, used a budget telescope to capture the best photos of 3i/Atlas from his backyard (I assume).

The crux of the matter - What's your opinion on the 3i/Atlas saga - Comet or Not? Is NASA hiding the imagery it has?

Nate

I am quite open minded about all things Alien but I do find it curious that they have recently become more open about the probabilitys. It is like a sideshow

 

[mulven]

3i/Atlas has been in the news quite a bit this year. Prof. Avi Loeb (Harvard) has pointed out that there are so many anomalies that he believes there is a chance the comet may be technological in nature. Whilst this is a SMALL chance, the professor insists we should be open to the possibility.

Due to the government shutdown, NASA was unable to provide any imagery on the object. The world waited in anticipation, and once the shutdown ended, we only received fuzzy images from NASA. Recently, a Canadian astrophotographer, Paul Craggs, used a budget telescope to capture the best photos of 3i/Atlas from his backyard (I assume).

The crux of the matter - What's your opinion on the 3i/Atlas saga - Comet or Not? Is NASA hiding the imagery it has?

Nate

Very accomplished individual but he's completely tunnel visioned on aliens these days and extremely biased. The rest of the scientific community disagrees.

 

[Nate]

Very accomplished individual but he's completely tunnel visioned on aliens these days and extremely biased. The rest of the scientific community disagrees.

Why would you call him bias, given that he is only stating the facts. The 'comet' doesn't exhibit the typical behaviour of one.

 

[hubbadubbadingdong]

1000% Not a UFO -

It is an Interstellar Comet

 

[mulven]

Why would you call him bias, given that he is only stating the facts. The 'comet' doesn't exhibit the typical behaviour of one.

He isn't being wholly objective. He's obsessed with aliens and as a result wants them to be there.

 

[Nate]

He isn't being wholly objective. He's obsessed with aliens and as a result wants them to be there.

I see your viewpoint. Being wholly objective means he has to rely solely on the facts and evidence. The man has written over 11 scientific papers on the subject, presenting evidence that this object doesn't behave like a comet.

A lot of the other scientists who comment on the subject have written none. The professor compared himself to being a soccer player, whilst his colleagues were merely commentators on the subject. They don't get involved, but want to have strong opinions and give side commentary.

One thing to note is that he has balls. There are not many scientists who would go on National TV and make a strong point as he did. They all fear being ridiculed.

That said, I feel he is not obsessed with the subject. He merely wants us to think outside the box and be open to the possibility of this happening now or in the future.

 

[mulven]

I see your viewpoint. Being wholly objective means he has to rely solely on the facts and evidence. The man has written over 11 scientific papers on the subject, presenting evidence that this object doesn't behave like a comet.

A lot of the other scientists who comment on the subject have written none. The professor compared himself to being a soccer player, whilst his colleagues were merely commentators on the subject. They don't get involved, but want to have strong opinions and give side commentary.

One thing to note is that he has balls. There are not many scientists who would go on National TV and make a strong point as he did. They all fear being ridiculed.

That said, I feel he is not obsessed with the subject. He merely wants us to think outside the box and be open to the possibility of this happening now or in the future.

He's interpreting things certain ways because of a subconscious bias even if he is in denial about having one. I'll be of the opinion he's an accomplished scientist who has gone cuckoo, it happens more than you'd think.

Alien's will exist. We exist not because of a god but because this particular planet was in a goldilocks zone, if it happened here it happened somewhere else. We'll likely not interact with any though dark energy expanding the space between galaxy clusters. If we got excellent speedy space travel we'll likely only be able to traverse within our supercluster.