Published 20:39 IST, April 25th 2022

Harvard scientist claims alien tech rests in Pacific ocean; calls for investigation

Harvard physicist Avi Loeb says that the object that crashed near the Pacific Ocean is alien technology and must be examined to understand interstellar objects.

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Just a week after United States  Command (USSC) confirmed crash of an interstellar object into Pacific Ocean, a Harvard scientist is w interested in investigating it. Named Avi Loeb, physicist says that object could help acquire "out-of-this-world techlogy" and must be examined.

In his opinion piece in Debrief, Leob wrote that “Our discovery of an interstellar meteor heralds a new research frontier” and ded that it would fulfil  dream of acquiring an out-of-this-world techlogy.

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first interstellar object on Earth

alien object is a meteor named CNEOS 2014-01-08, which measured just 1.5 feet across and h crashed near Papua New Guinea's Manus Island in 2014. meteor was first identified by Leob and his student Amir Siraj, who also revealed that meteor h sprinkled its debris into Pacific Ocean before crashing. This confirmation has me aforementioned meteor first visitor from deep . This position was previously occupied by a massive rocky object called ‘Oumuamua’ which visited our solar system in 2019. 

Scooping Pacific floor

Loeb suggests that Pacific ocean's floor can be scooped using a magnet in order to collect pieces of meteor. Stating that this might be a good opportunity to acquire alien techlogy, Loeb wrote that his dream "is to press some buttons on a functional piece of equipment that was manufactured outside of Earth". He argued that collecting leftovers of a meteor from ocean floor inste of spending billions on an asteroid sample-collection mission is far more feasible. 

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One such mission is NASA's OSIRIS-REx, which was launched in 2016. craft was launched to an asteroid to collect dust samples from it and has been successful in doing so. Currently, on its way to Earth, craft is expected to arrive in September 2023. tably, Loeb has been in helines on multiple occasions for claiming that humans have been contacted by aliens.

Loeb h published a book in 2021 titled 'Extraterrestrial: First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth', claiming that Oumuamua, object that visited us in 2017, was a method of craft propulsion sent by aliens, Daily Mail reported. 

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20:39 IST, April 25th 2022