An image of the 3I/ATLAS interstellar object racing toward our solar system arriving in 2025.

Dr. Avi Loeb, Astrophysicist – Statement on 3I/ATLAS

Dr. Avi Loaeb is an astrophysicist from Harvard who is not afraid to speak his mind about thoughts of intelligent races outside of the human race who may be targeting earth for information, or hostile activity.

Dr. Avi Loeb (Harvard) came to the forefront of the UFO Disclosure movement which started in 2017 when he postulated that the Oumuamua object coming from another galaxy could possibly be a probe-like technology sent from another intelligence somewhere in the cosmos to look at Earth. That object passed by quickly because it was small and we didn’t see it coming early enough to be able to launch a probe to check it out closer.

Recently, someone has identified another anomalous probe-like object that will arrive in our solar system and be closest to Earth around the end of October 2025. This object is many times larger than Oumuamua, and has a number of very odd features which are again triggering Dr. Loeb’s idea about craft sent from other intelligences.

Recently on the New York Post, Dr. Loeb was interviewed and had this to say about the new interstellar object:

“I was a co-author on a paper with Adam Hebert and Adam Crowl, where we said the orbit, the trajectory, of this object appears to be quite remarkable. It arrives within 5 degrees of the orbital plane of the Earth around the Sun. And the chance of that happening randomly is 0.2%.

“And moreover, it will arrive closest to the Sun when the Earth is on the opposite side of the Sun.

“And moreover, if you just play with the arrival time randomly, you would notice that only 1 out of 20,000 arrival times would come as close to the inner planets, like Jupiter, Mars, or Venus.

“So that is an unusual coincidence. And why would such a trajectory be so unusual?

“Well, one possibility is if it was designed by some intelligent civilization. It also comes towards us from the direction of the galactic center, from the Milky Way Center, where there are lots of stars, and it’s very difficult to notice it. That’s why we discovered it so late. That’s why now it’s impossible for us to launch a rocket that will intercept with it, because it would move relative to Earth. It comes in the opposite direction of the motion of Earth around the Sun, and the relative velocity would be 98 kilometers per second when it comes closest to the Sun. And that is three times the maximum speed that we can accomplish with chemical rockets.

“And so there is no way for us to reach it, to intercept with it. And perhaps it wants to break. You know, like when we launch rockets and we want to accomplish a very high speed, we usually introduce a thrust near the Sun. And that buys you the highest kick velocity, taking advantage of the gravitational assist by the Sun. And so if this object wants to do a reverse maneuver, meaning to slow down and get bound to the Sun, if it’s a spacecraft so that they can visit us, that would be the point where we can’t see it because it’s hiding behind the Sun.

“And, you know, it raises the interesting possibility that it might be technological in origin. Of course, we will know much more in the coming month or two, and it may not be, it may be just a comet. But I think it’s important to consider the possibility that any interstellar object coming in to the solar system might be technological.

“Because if you just consider the last century, you know, we started transmitting radio signals, basically flagging that we exist as a technological civilization. And there is this dark forest hypothesis that is the answer to Fermi’s paradox, where is everybody? Well, they might be silent, waiting to notice things that might be a threat to them because they were bruised in interactions (with others).

“So there might be a lot of aliens around. And if someone was listening to our technological signals, you know, they might have realized that here there is a young technological civilization. And we don’t want to have that threat. So they would send a hostile mission towards Earth. Of course, that may not be the case. We don’t know. But it’s the kind of threat that is not often entertained.”

Here Is What Is Known about 3I/ATLAS

The latest and only third ever interstellar object, named 3I/ATLAS, was discovered on July 1, 2025. It is only the third known interstellar object to enter our solar system, following ‘Oumuamua (1I) in 2017 and 2I/Borisov in 2019. 3I/ATLAS is a comet, potentially the oldest ever detected, and is currently passing through our solar system.

Discovery: The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey telescope first spotted 3I/ATLAS on July 1, 2025.
Identification: Initial observations indicated its unusual trajectory and high speed, leading astronomers to confirm its interstellar origin.
Type: 3I/ATLAS is classified as a comet, meaning it’s likely made of ice and dust and is expected to vent gas and dust as it travels through the solar system.
Size: Initial estimates suggest it could be as large as 12 miles (20 kilometers) wide, making it the largest interstellar object detected so far, according to Live Science.
Orbit: It’s not bound by the sun’s gravity and is traveling at a very high speed of 130,000+ miles per hour, indicating it’s a one-way visitor.
Significance: 3I/ATLAS provides a valuable opportunity to study the composition and origin of interstellar objects, potentially offering insights into the formation of other star systems.
Timeline: It’s expected to reach its closest point to the Sun (perihelion) around October 29, 2025, at a distance of about 1.4 astronomical units (130 million miles or 210 million km), according to Nature.