"We should put all possibilities on the table that it's a rock, a comet, or something else until we get the evidence, the data that will tell us what it is," Loeb said in an interview with WBZ-TV.

The paper presented several anomalous characteristics of the object, which could indicate that it is not a comet at all but instead a directed craft.

A mysterious interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, has ignited debate among astronomers. Avi Loeb suggests it could be alien technology, sparking concern about the Dark Forest hypothesis. While Loeb clarifies it's a pedagogical exercise,