NASA Called Out for “Shoddy” Imagery
As NASA explained in their recent briefing, the lack of clarity in their photos is due to the comet’s distance at the time, approximately 19 million miles. Using the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA delivered a grainy black-and-white image that was swiftly criticized.
Conspiracy theorists claimed NASA’s photos “aren’t even of the comet, but of the chemical elements released into space by 31/ATLAS.” One viral X post insisted, “When every telescope from Mauna Kea to Chile is being synced on one object, that’s not a drill.”
NASA, ESA, and JAXA continue to insist there is no threat, pointing to their coordinated monitoring with the UN.
‘Closest view yet’ of 3I/ATLAS ‘alien spaceship’ as it hurtles past Mars towards us
31/ATLAS Captured by Mars Orbiters
NASA confirmed that both the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and the MAVEN spacecraft captured the “closest view yet” of 31/ATLAS as it passed Mars, revealing ultraviolet activity and a bizarre forward-pointing coma rare in known comets.
