# A technological object

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

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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 possible** Answers **1** question0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** One 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

[An orbit close to the planets' plane, passing near three of them](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/evidence/EVD0DFQ54HVJ0KF/an-orbit-close-to-the-planets-plane-passing-near-three-of)

Speculative

FOR

[Four radio searches found nothing](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/evidence/EVD0DFQ542ADEGE/four-radio-searches-found-nothing)

Supported

AGAINST

[The anti-tail and other "anomalies" have comet explanations](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/evidence/EVD0DFQ54ASXW5D/the-anti-tail-and-other-anomalies-have-comet-explanations)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Is 3I/ATLAS a natural comet or a technological object?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/questions/QST0DFQ0N9WT65H/is-3i-atlas-a-natural-comet-or-a-technological-object)

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## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). A technological object [Answer ANS0DFQ33XWJ6XP]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DFQ33XWJ6XP
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[Session 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/sessions/SES0DFQC03S98K5/session-1-3i-atlas-opened-the-literature-to-november-2026) · 2 Nov 2026

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