It was unprecedented. In 2017, astronomers discovered the first known interstellar object in our Solar System: 'Oumuamua, a mysterious cigar-shaped enigma, identified as our first visitor from outer, outer space.
But just because 'Oumuamua was the first detected interstellar object, doesn't mean it was the first ever. Just five years ago, in fact, Earth's atmosphere was struck by something that may have originated far outside our own Solar System – and we never even realised it. In a new paper, a pair of Harvard researchers propose that a meteor that collided with Earth's atmosphere in January 2014 was actually another interstellar traveller with distant, mysterious origins. But unlike the hurtling 'Oumuamua – which is on a 20,000-year trajectory that will see it eventually exit our Solar System – this meteor's long journey was fated to be a one-way ticket, ending with a fiery finale five years ago, as the object burnt up in the skies above Papua New Guinea. While 'Oumuamua is a large object, and was detected very far from Earth, the team behind the meteor hypothesis says much smaller interstellar immigrants could be far more commonplace, and potentially exist a lot closer to home. "Instead of looking far out into space, and given the fact that there should be a higher abundance of interstellar objects smaller than 'Oumuamua, we thought, 'Why not look locally and find these smaller interstellar objects as they collide with the Earth's atmosphere?'" first author, astronomer Amir Siraj told
Hidden in the CNEOS data, there lurked a remarkable outlier: a 2014 fireball that rushed Earthwards at a velocity of around 60 kilometres per second (37 mps) as it passed the Sun. We can be grateful that this object was quite small – less than a metre across in total – because if it were significantly larger, it could have made for a disastrous impact with Earth's surface, rather than the harmless atmospheric fizzle that eventuated. But that happy anti-climax isn't the primary takeaway of the meteor's blistering speed. When Siraj and Loeb calculated the meteor's orbital trajectory based on its velocity, their numbers suggested the object wasn't orbitally bound to the Sun: it was travelling so fast before its fiery end, it slipped straight through the Sun's gravitational pull. For that to be possible, the researchers suggest, the meteor had to originate from somewhere else, far beyond our Solar System. Per their calculations, the meteor's speed "implies a possible origin from the deep interior of a planetary system or a star in the thick disk of the Milky Way galaxy".
The last transmission from Phobos 2 was a photograph of a gigantic cylindrical spaceship - a huge, approx, 20km long, 1.5km diameter cigar-shaped 'mother ship', that was photographed on 25 March 1989 hanging or parked next to the Martian moon Phobos by the Soviet unmanned probe Phobos 2. After that last frame was radio-transmitted back to Earth, the probe mysteriously disappeared; according to the Russians it was destroyed - possibly knocked out with an energy pulse beam
Another Phobos picture, released on Canadian TV, presents an infrared scan radiometer image of the Martian surface that showed clearly defined rectangular areas. These are interconnected with a latticework of perfectly straight channels, much resembling a city block. There were no corresponding surface features taken by regular cameras. This suggests the heat signature of what may be a set of underground cavern or channels that are just too geometrically regular to be formed naturally. According to Dr. John Becklake of the London Science Museum,
"The city-like pattern is 60 kilometers wide and could be easily be mistaken for an aerial view of Los Angeles."
Jose Johnson
Where do I read more on this? Never heard of it.
Nolan Watson
you poor fools this wasn’t a “visitor” it was a bullet
> In 1960, Time reported that a satellite was engaged in a polar orbit of Earth. All known US and Russian satellites were engaged in equatorial orbit instead. The US Department of Defense responded to the article and claimed that what Time reported as a satellite was actually a broken off piece of the Discoverer satellite, not it’s own device. No proof was offered.
Asher Hall
Nature dictates natural space objects are spherical or football shaped. Not cylindrical and defying gravitational planetary orbital pulls. And Oumuamua is the Hawaiian word for "Scout".
it's real , aliens are no as far as you think they are , but someone is protecting this planet. either because he tries to protect himself or maybe he's imperialistic and already claimed that planet and solar system on an inter-dimensional level , so nobody dares attacking it , he's too powerful. that man is on this planet right now.
Angel Price
yooo imagine blazing that shit up by lighting it with a nuclear bomb dude
no , it's a man , you can trust me on that one , he's too dangerous so everyone leaves him alone , they fear him and what's inside of him. they know he's still sane , so they prefer avoiding contact to preserve his state of mind. he already destroyed an entire race before.
Henry Walker
Damn, I was so hoping it was something.
Blake Sanchez
What is this?
Logan Bennett
And if that was true, how would you have learned of such a thing?
Gavin Kelly
It is something.
Caleb Garcia
this is all psyop bullshit. don't waste your time with it like i did.
>because i'm an user that can be trusted 100% There's literally nothing that supports your claim. All we got from you: >there is a dude >he is very strong (supernatural) >"people" are very scared and don't want to upset him >supposedly is on this planet right now
>hey Qztl'ccaxx, what should we build our starship out of? >i dunno, Frrrmoptl, how about a huge rock? >i smell what you're stepping in, that would make a ton of sense >yeah, this way we'll always have plenty of rock whereever we end up going >genius, Qztl'ccaxx. would you like to suckle on my tentacle? >you know it
Wyatt James
>ctrl+F >no Star Trek IV reference You're slipping. STAR TREK CALLED IT WITH THE WHALE PROBE
