There is an object rushing towards us at about 36 miles per second through the depths of space, or at least the depths of our own solar system.

Although it is now on its way to us, current forecasts indicate that it will not be close enough to strike us due to its extremely high speed.

This is comforting since, according to recent observations, the interstellar object is around seven miles broad, which means it would be about the same size as the asteroid that wiped off the dinosaurs.

Although some have claimed that things are not as they seem, it is generally a good thing that this object that has entered our solar system is headed to miss us by a large margin.

Aliens may use the object known as 3I/ATLAS as a ruse to approach us and then attack us when we least expect it, according to those who are inclined to believe in extraterrestrial life.

Scientists claim ‘potentially hostile’ aliens could attack Earth

According to a team of experts, an object passing through our solar system is “potentially hostile,” which means it might harm us in the next months.

All we need is an alien invasion while we’re occupied with resolving the problems of everyday living.

According to researchers Adam Crowl, Adam Hibberd, and Avi Loeb, the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be transporting extraterrestrial intelligence.

According to their suggestion, 3I/ATLAS’ trajectory through our solar system may be “intentional to avoid detailed observations from Earth-based telescopes.” This would indicate that, if they weren’t careful, any decision-making mechanism on board would be aware that we were residing here and have the ability to detect them.

According to the researchers, an attack would “require defensive measures to be undertaken.”

They believe it may contain extraterrestrial life because of its size, which is comparable to that of 3I/ATLAS. However, the experts stated that the most plausible explanation was that it was a comet, as it seemed.

When was 3I/ATLAS discovered?

Earlier this month, NASA confirmed the presence of this interstellar object, which means it originated outside our solar system.

Named for the object that first observed it, it was discovered on July 1st, when it was approximately 420 million miles from Earth and was expected to become much closer.

The ‘ATLAS’ element refers to the asteroid impact early warning system that found the putative comet, while the ‘3I’ part refers to the fact that it was the third interstellar object to be spotted in our solar system.

NASA’s verdict on the object

This object was probably “travelling through space for hundreds of millions of years,” according to Paul Chodas, head of NASA’s Centre for Near Earth Object Studies.

“We don’t know which part of our galaxy this object had originated from,” he told AP, adding that it had travelled a very long distance to get to our solar system.

NASA has made it plain, nevertheless, that 3I/ATLAS is not a threat to Earth because it will only be 170 million miles away from us.

“We’ve been expecting to see interstellar objects for decades, frankly, and finally we’re seeing them,” Chodas said, as the NASA official also stressed that this object was ‘not artificial’ and made it clear this was not an alien spacecraft.

“A visitor from another solar system, even though it’s natural – it’s not artificial, don’t get excited because some people do.”