3I/ATLAS 'Did Manoeuvre', Avi Loeb Confirms Velocity Shift Near Sun

Is something happening in our solar system? An object from interstellar space, designated 3I/ATLAS, is not just passing through; it is putting on a show. And according to new analysis, it is a show that defies simple explanation.

What was once a predicted path has turned into a mystery, as the object has reportedly changed course, changed colour, and ignited a firestorm of speculation that has reached the halls of Congress.

A Suspected Manoeuvre: What Is 3I/ATLAS Hiding?

The story begins with a startling confirmation from Dr Avi Loeb. In a recent interview, Loeb stated that 3I/ATLAS has officially deviated from its predicted path, confirming a significant velocity shift after perihelion (its closest approach to the Sun). This is not a minor drift; this is a 'manoeuvre'.

The deviation is so significant that it is now reportedly 'under congressional scrutiny'. The implications are massive, suggesting a force that is not gravitational. Loeb quantified the stunning event: 'It did maneuver. The boost to its velocity was equivalent to a jet carrying five billion tons of matter.'

This single data point moves the object's behaviour from a scientific curiosity to a profound anomaly. A natural comet would not simply 'boost' its velocity in such a controlled or powerful way.

This event suggests a massive expulsion of material, a 'recoil force' that has pushed the object onto a new course. But if it was an expulsion, the evidence it left behind is only deepening the mystery.

3I/ATLAS Shows Its True (Blue) Colours

Scientists examining the object are being confronted with a set of contradictory signals. New images reveal 'seven or more active jets' of material firing from 3I/ATLAS.

Bizarrely, some of these jets are firing sunward, a behaviour inconsistent with standard cometary outgassing, which is driven by the Sun's heat and pushed away by solar wind. This leads to the most glaring contradiction: despite these 'active jets,' the object has no cometary tail.

The anomalies have only intensified. Since 29 October, the object's physical properties have transformed. Its colour has 'shifted bluer', and its brightness has 'spiked by a factor of five.'

Dr Loeb noted that while solar heating does explain some changes, the combination of the 'color inversion and recoil force suggest something beyond ordinary outgassing.'

Natural comets get brighter as they shed ice and dust, but the specific combination of a blue shift, a tail-less recoil, and sunward-facing jets points to a different kind of process, one that is perhaps more mechanical than natural.

The Detective Story: Is 3I/ATLAS Deploying Companions?

The strange behaviour of 3I/ATLAS has now become a matter of national security and scientific urgency. NASA is reportedly being 'pressed by lawmakers for new high-res images'. This pressure is being fuelled by the most shocking speculation of all: that 3I/ATLAS 'may have released smaller probes near Mars' orbit.'

This is no longer a fringe theory. Dr Loeb's own Galileo Project, a scientific endeavour to search for evidence of extra-terrestrial technology, 'is already analysing follow-up data.'

The team is approaching the object not as a comet, but as a crime scene. 'The key question', Loeb said 'is whether it deployed companions. We're treating this like a detective story.'

The 3I/ATLAS anomaly is no longer a passive observation; it is an active investigation. As Dr Loeb treats this as a 'detective story,' the object's strange velocity shift, blue-colour inversion, and tail-less jets present a set of clues that defy easy answers.

With speculation of 'companions' now elevated to congressional-level inquiry, the demand for high-resolution images is not just scientific, it is a matter of planetary curiosity. We are past the point of simple observation.

As this interstellar visitor continues its journey, the world is watching, and the next observation could be the one that solves the mystery.