Harvard Scientist Accuses NASA of ‘Hiding’ Critical Evidence About Manhattan-Sized Comet 3I/ATLAS

. . .Scientist Avi Loeb has accused NASA of withholding critical information about 3I/ATLAS — the Manhattan-sized interstellar comet which he’s postulated could have extraterrestrial origins. The Harvard astrophysicist made these allegations during a recent appearance on “The Joe Rogan Experience.”

Loeb was discussing how the intergalactic object seemed to defy comet behavior, describing how the jet-like emission pointed toward the sun and not away, like it is standard, and that he didn’t “see any cometary tail here.”

That’s when he dropped the so-called NASA bombshell. “Amazingly, the best image was obtained on Oct. 2, 2025, when 3I/ATLAS came within 30 million kilometers of Mars,” the scientist said.

He declared that said image was snapped by NASA’s HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, but that the image “was never released.”

“I wrote to the principal investigator of HiRISE, asking, ‘Can I get the data? I’m a scientist,’” claimed Loeb, who said that he received “no response.” (Read more from “Harvard Scientist Accuses NASA of ‘Hiding’ Critical Evidence About Manhattan-Sized Comet 3I/ATLAS” HERE)

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