Harvard scientist claims extraterrestrial object ‘crashed into Pacific Ocean’

A prolific astrophysicist is on a mission to deduce that the scraps of an object that crashed into the Pacific in 2014 belong to extraterrestrial beings. 

Avi Loeb, whose research often dives deep into black holes, space radiation, and the early universe, is certain that an alien spacecraft is currently sitting at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

A report released by the US Space Command (USSC) confirmed that the object belongs from outside the solar system. 

The report suggested that it was a meteor that streaked across the sky above the coast of Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. 

Loeb, on the other hand, believes that the meteor was built by aliens. 

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“Our discovery of an interstellar meteor heralds a new research frontier,” he wrote in an essay for The Debrief. 

“The fundamental question is whether any interstellar meteor might indicate a composition that is unambiguously artificial in origin. Better still, perhaps some technological components would survive the impact,” the Harvard astronomer added. 

Loeb, who has often faced backlash for his bizarre alien theories, first identified the object as interstellar along with a Harvard student a few years ago. 

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Although the duo wrote a paper about the object, they were clearly told not to publish it on the grounds of having used classified government information for their research.

Now, Loeb is set to find and examine the remains of the celestial object. 

In his essay, he suggested that parts of the object could be retrieved by “scooping” magnets around a 10 square kilometer area of the ocean where the object is assumed to have landed. 

“My dream is to press some buttons on a functional piece of equipment that was manufactured outside of Earth,” he added.

The astrophysicist has spent the past decade studying the possibility of our home planet being visited by extraterrestrials.

He also heads the Galileo Project, a research group that aims to set up a network of telescopes that will be able to scan the night skies for signs of extraterrestrial life.