Avi Loeb

Now, Rubin will potentially, based on estimates, discover an interstellar object, like 3I Atlas or even smaller, every few months.

So we are entering a new era where we will have a lot of visitors that we recognize.

There might have been traffic all the time that we were not aware of.

Probably, right?

And my recommendation is to establish an organization.

I wrote to the United Nations about it.

I wrote also to...

the International Astronomical Union, to establish an organizational committee that would coordinate observations of these objects so we can figure out their nature and make sure.

And then, of course, inform policymakers, politicians, how to respond.

Because when you have a visitor to your backyard, you need to respond immediately.

It's not like getting a radio signal from tens of thousands of light years away where you have plenty of time to wait.

Here you have to do something.

And so I hope that they will do that.

And actually, the International Asteroid Warning Network just two days ago announced they will have a campaign looking at three-eye atlas with a lot of observatories on Earth between November 27th and January 27th.

So I'm very glad that they decided to do that.

They are related to the United Nations.

As a result of geology, there is this stretch of mountains that was erected.

And if you look at the map of Chile, it's sort of lying on a strip.

And not only that the peaks reach a very high level so that you have less atmosphere between you and the stars.

I mean, the real problem right now is actually Starlink satellites that are artificial lights in the sky, and we have to subtract them off because there will be tens of thousands of those.