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Answer · 3I/ATLAS

A technological object

3I/ATLAS is a technological object, possibly a probe, rather than a natural comet.

Still possibleAnswers 1 question0

Where it stands

Still possibleOne piece of evidence for, two against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

  • Radio emission or other technosignatures
  • Behaviour, such as a course change, that comet physics cannot explain

What would rule it out

  • Repeated sensitive radio searches find nothing
  • Each listed anomaly is explained by comet physics

Evidence 1 for · 2 against

The questions it answers

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). A technological object [Answer ANS0DFQ33XWJ6XP]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DFQ33XWJ6XP
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