Harvard professor says '12 anomalies' about 'spaceship' 3I/ATLAS prove alien theory

 A Harvard professor has pointed out "12 anomalies" about the 3I/ATLAS "spaceship", which he believes support an "alien theory". The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, often referred to as the "spaceship", has intrigued scientists worldwide and is gearing up for its closest approach to Earth next month.

While some believe it's a comet speeding through the Solar System at 130,000mph, Professor Avi Loeb has consistently proposed it could be an alien "mothership."

In his blog, Loeb has now outlined "12 anomalies" about the "spaceship" and why we should be concerned about this UFO supposedly barreling towards us. The list below, according to Loeb, are reasons why the UFO might not be a "familiar comet", as NASA has previously claimed. It comes after SpaceX's Starship explodes in fiery failure as Elon Musk's Mars dream goes up in flames.

Loeb highlights 3I/ATLAS's "retrograde trajectory" which is aligned to within five degrees with the ecliptic plane of planets around the sun.

The object displayed a sunward jet during the summer, which is unlike familiar comets.

The object's nucleus is around a million times larger than 1I'Oumuamua - the first recorded interstellar object to pass through space. It also moves a lot faster than it.

3I/ATLAS's arrival time was "fine-tuned" to bring it within tens of millions of kilometres from Mars, Venus and Jupiter.

According to Loeb, its gas plume contains "much more nickel than iron" that is found in industrially-produced nickel alloys.

The object's gas plume contains only 4% water by mass, despite water being a "primary constituent of familiar comets."

3I/ATLAS displays "extreme negative polarisation", which is something not seen for all known comets.

The object arrived from a "direct coincident" with the radio "Wow Signal" to within nine degrees.

It also brightened faster than any known comet and was bluer than the Sun.

Loeb also explained the 3I/ATLAS "exhibits sunward and anti-solar jets which require an unreasonably large surface area in order to absorb enough sunlight needed to sublimate enough ice to feed the mass flux of these jets"

The object also displays "non-gravitational acceleration" and doesn't break up like comets do when they travel through space.

Its jets "maintain orientation" across a million kilometres in multiple directions, despite it rotating.

Loeb wrapped up by proposing a theory that extraterrestrial life could be piloting 3I/ATLAS. He contended: "The truth is that the mainstream of science is routinely wrong.

"It makes most sense to hedge our bets and invest billions of dollars in the simultaneous search for both technological and primitive lifeforms.", reports the Daily Star.