The space rock 3I/ATLAS is only the third confirmed interstellar object discovered by astronomers, following 'Oumuamua and the comet Borisov. While astronomers are still busily collecting data on the new discovery,

Abraham Loeb has theorized that the recently discovered interstellar object 3I/ATLAS could be alien technology, but ASU's Planetarium Director Kenneth Carrell believes it is more likely to be a small rocky object that was flung out of another star system.