Why 3I/ATLAS Triggered A CIA Non-Answer Despite NASA’s Certainty

From that perspective, the CIA’s Glomar response reads less like a contradiction of NASA’s conclusions and more like a parallel track of due diligence. It suggests that, behind the scenes, some officials chose to verify that 3I/ATLAS is not a black-swan event, even if comet experts regard that possibility as highly unlikely. Monitoring an interstellar object with unusual properties does not require belief in extraordinary explanations. It requires institutional humility.

What the evidence shows, and what it does not show, must be kept distinct. There is no public proof that 3I/ATLAS is anything other than a natural object. There is also no rational basis for dismissing the intelligence community’s interest as meaningless. These positions can coexist without contradiction. Science classifies based on current models. Intelligence prepares for model failure.

OFFICIAL STATEMENT
  “A Glomar response does not imply a conclusion. It implies a responsibility to verify assumptions.” — Avi Loeb

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