Avi Loeb

It gets close to Mars.

It gets close to Jupiter.

It goes on the opposite side of the sun relative to Earth when it's closest to the sun.

And that's the time when a spacecraft could do a maneuver to take advantage of the sun's gravitational assist.

You know, all of these are interesting indications that may

imply that some intelligence designed the trajectory.

So I had one sentence at the end of the paper saying, maybe the trajectory was designed.

And the editor said, no, no, no, the paper will not get published unless you remove that sentence.

So now when you listen to comet experts that say, well, this claim or that claim was never published in a peer review journal, guess what?

They are the editors or the reviewers who are blocking

the discussion on possibilities.

And I think it's inappropriate, especially in the case of alien technology, because it could be a black swan event.

It could be something that affects the future of humanity.

And if we behave very conservatively, we might not last very long.

Not a normal thing.

So for one thing...

there was a glow that looks like an extended feature.

And everyone said, oh, that's a tail.

That's the signature of a comet.

And I said, wait a minute.