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Carly's avatar

Interesting… I restacked 3 posts today. Including yours, of the 3, I’m yet to see yours in the feed. 🤔

@ecobeat's avatar

This isn't my native language... I came here at your first post, because of my interest in i3Atlas and was pleasantly surprised by what I found. Now, I admit that I would follow anything you publish if you do it with the same methodology and honesty (this is a compliment; I'm not a fanatic). I share your posts with enthusiasm, but only with those I think will appreciate them as much as I do. This post confirms something I was worried about: how long will it take for them to "delete" you? I hope that doesn't happen. Thank you very much.

TheSentinel's avatar

We are a decentralized team of researchers. If they delete one of us, more will rise up and take their place. We appreciate you sharing our work.

Wayne Stiles's avatar

Off topic but similar behavior. Following Israel's intentional, false-flag attach on the USS Liberty, in 1967, killing 34 and wounding 171, the U.S. classified all documents, including tapes made of all radio intercepts made by an NSA aircraft overhead during the event. Israel claimed it was a mistake yet the evidence remains Top Secret. Many FOIA requests are returned: no documents found.

Leroy Jenkins's avatar

yes, the same thing was happening during the 2024 golden orb/‘drone’ anomaly. something was clearly happening in the sky, various reddits deleted legit posts quickly, same pattern of wack-ass commenters. granted, reddit is full of wack-ass commenters.

but to what end, i mean is the thing flying back around or exiting? is it even relevant anymore, was it ever relevant, etc.

TheSentinel's avatar

You're not wrong about the drone wave. Same playbook, different target. Flood the zone, make the conversation exhausting, and wait for people to move on. The strategy doesn't work if you don't move on.

To your actual question: 3I/ATLAS is currently outbound through Gemini at about 58 km/s, fading through magnitude 15. Most people think the show's over. It's not. It passes Jupiter on March 16 at 0.358 AU. Close enough that Juno might image it. ESA's Juice data from November is expected to hit Earth this month. And the post-perihelion data keeps getting weirder. Opposition surge with light-scattering properties that don't match cometary dust, a spin rate that doubled after perihelion, and outgassing at distances where most comets are dormant.

Is it relevant? The object is leaving. The institutional response to it isn't.

Leroy Jenkins's avatar

interesting, thanks

Josh L's avatar

You need to get this to Ross Coulthart.

Aristeas's avatar

And still people think Nikola Tesla work which was sanitized, classified and stolen for others to claim creation too. 🤦🏼 Thank john g trump for giving the agency of alien affairs so much information about Tesla. Good thing useless information was classified and sanitize who could imagine if it was real. No wars no energy issues what a world we would live in so boring and enriching for all🤷🏼

Snarky Baby Marky's avatar

Did it move beyond Jupiter or is it in orbit with the other 90 moons of similar size.

TheSentinel's avatar

It is currently on path towards Jupiter. 27 days until it’s closest approach.

Snarky Baby Marky's avatar

Will Jupiter grab it? It's gravitational pull is huge.

TheSentinel's avatar

66 km/s is likely too fast for Jupiter to capture. What's worth watching is mid-March when it crosses the Hill Sphere boundary. If anything separates or fragments, that's the best point to do it. Jupiters gravity can capture a small object or it could hide on a moon.

Every major telescope will be on it. If it's just a comet it passes through and fades. If something else happens we'll know.

Snarky Baby Marky's avatar

3i-ATLAS: It is a solid, 30-billion-ton "battery" of nickel. Its magnetic interaction is estimated to be thousands of times stronger than that of the icy moons of Jupiter.

Barry Morgan's avatar

So. 3I:Atlas is not a “nothing burger”. It is a “nothing to see here” shielded event.

Osiris Pta's avatar

The Age Of Disclosure is still hiding behind movies, documentaries and docudramas in what’s best described as an Age Of Denial. The UFO/UAP is still stigmatized to the Nth degree behind a curtain of fear and uncertainty and a never ending promise of transparency.

Nonoptional Advice's avatar

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