In July 2025, the Internet scattered on the Internet about a new study of American astrophysicists. They allegedly discovered a hostile alien ship, which in a few months should reach the ground. We checked the reliability of such publications.
Messages about the imminent arrival of aliens to the Earth began to be distributed on July 27 and 28. Their authors write that scientists from Harvard University allegedly discovered a huge (24 km in diameter) and a carefully disguised ship of another civilization in space, which by November should reach our planet. At the same time, the conclusions of scientists vary from publication to publication. So, the Telegram channel “Moscow is interesting” (225,000 views at the time of writing this analysis) reportsthat the possible goal of a spaceship approaching the Earth is the attack of mankind. Other resources, for example Lenta.ru, they note that the object discovered by astronomers can be a disguised example of extraterrestrial espionage technology, that is, it will be used to collect data on the population of the Earth. Some publications such as Life.ru, recalled the prediction of Wanga, which says: in 2025, the population of the Earth supposedly first encounters an extraterrestrial life.
The likely alien attack was told to their readers "Russian newspaper" Zakon.kz. Smotrim.ru And "News"As well as Telegram channels"Ax+"(2.4 million views at the time of writing this analysis),"Live broadcast • News"(876 000),"News of Moscow"(740 000),"Dual"(452 000),"First Moscow"(210 000) and others.
Most of the media and Telegram channels who reported an imminent invasion of aliens refer to the New York Post, which was released on July 23 note Under the heading "A rare interstellar object the size of Manhattan can be an alien probe - this is what scientists from Harvard believe." The publication, in turn, refers to study, published by a group of scientists, led by Astrophysicist Avi Loba. In their work, they write about the mysterious body, which moves through the entire solar system at high speed. Researchers suggest that an object can have an artificial origin and be a kind of technological probe of alien civilization. As proof, scientists indicate an abnormal illiteration acceleration of the object, its unusual trajectory of movement and unlikely rapprochement with other planets - this suggests that intelligent creatures control the object. On October 29, it will pass behind the sun, if you observe it regarding the earth - the authors of the work interpret this as a possible tactical maneuver.
Lawb and his colleagues indicate the name of the interstellar object that they write about - 3I/Atlas. It is on July 1 Fixed Chilean Atlas telescope, its sizes can achieve 15–20 km in diameter. This is the third similar object after 1I/Oumuamua and in 2I/Borisov, discovered in 2017 and 2019, respectively. It will be as close as possible to land 3I/atlas on October 30, but scientists from NASA and European space agency They agree that this is a comet that does not pose a threat to the planet.
However, the authors of the article themselves write about the same, which attracted the attention of the New York Post first, and then other media from different countries. They indicate that the most likely the natural origin of the object, and directly in annotations They emphasize the study: it is only a “pedagogical experiment”, while scientists call the analysis of the astrodynamics of the object an additional one. However, many publications and bloggers ignored these clarifications.
They did not take into account the features of the ARXIV platform, where astronomers published their research. Main principle The work of this resource is support for the most widespread research, so the articles placed there do not undergo scientific review. As indicated on the Arxiv website, the responsibility for their maintenance is completely on the authors, and all work is provided as it is.
Viral publications also say that scientists from Harvard University told about an imminent meeting with the aliens. The work that the media drew attention to, three authors: Adam Hibbert, Adam Crowl and Avi Lawb. The first two - Researchers From the organization of Initiative for Interstellar studies, they have nothing to do with Harvard. Lawb is really professor and director of the Institute of Theory and Computing at the Center for Astrophysics of Harvard University. In 2018, he already put forward The hypothesis of the artificial origin of another interstellar object discovered by astronomers - 1I/umuamua. Then Lawb also founded his assumptions on its unusual acceleration and form, admitting that it could be a probe, deliberately sent by aliens closer to the ground. In 2022 a professor introduced The theory that the meteorite could be a “artifact of alien technologies” that burned out eight years earlier in the sky over Papua - New Guinea. Both of these hypotheses were Rejected scientific community.
Thus, the article, which the media and Telegram channels were presented under the guise of a scientific discovery, actually represented a “pedagogical experiment” and was published on a platform that does not provide for preliminary scientific reviews. The authors, only one of whom works at Harvard University, did not claim that in November, humanity would encounter aliens - they only admitted that the intersteline object discovered shortly before that could be controlled. Moreover, they agree with the conclusions of NASA that, most likely, this is not an alien spaceship, but a comet.
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