# Katz 2021: 'Oumuamua is not Artificial

> J. I. Katz, 2021. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. A compact statement of the case against the lightsail.

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# 'Oumuamua is not Artificial

J. I. Katz, 2021. _arXiv_.

A short summary of the physical arguments against an artificial origin, with an appendix on the problems of laser-driven lightsails.

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## What it's used for here

A compact statement of the case against the lightsail.

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[1I/'Oumuamua](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oumuamua)

The mystery article

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## Cite it

```
Katz, J. I. (2021). 'Oumuamua is not Artificial. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.07871
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[Read it free at arxiv.org](https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.07871)

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