In a potentially groundbreaking report, co-authored by Sean Kirkpatrick and Abraham Loeb, the Pentagon has issued a warning that an extraterrestrial mothership could potentially release probes to Earth. The report, released last week by the Department of Defense, suggests that there could be intelligent life visiting our solar system and conducting missions, similar to NASA’s efforts to explore other planets.

The explosive draft report, which was co-authored by Sean Kirkpatrick, the director of the Pentagon’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), and Abraham Loeb, the chair of Harvard University’s astronomy department, has caused a stir in the scientific community. According to the report, extraterrestrial life could be engaging in advanced scientific research or potentially even posing a threat to Earth.

On March 7, a research report was released with a focus on the physical limitations of unidentified aerial phenomena, commonly referred to as UFOs.

According to the statement, “an artificial interstellar object” has the potential to function as “a parent craft,” deploying numerous small probes during its near approach to “Earth,” similar in operational structure to NASA’s missions.

The report further indicated that the “dandelion seeds,” or small probes, could be separated from the parent craft by either the Sun’s tidal gravitational force or a manoeuvring capability.

Established in July 2022, AARO is responsible for monitoring objects in the air, underwater, and outer space, potentially including those that can travel between these domains. In 2005, Congress charged NASA with the mission of detecting 90% of all objects exceeding 140 meters in close proximity to Earth. As a result of this mandate, the Pan-STARRS telescopes were created, as detailed in the report.

In October 2017, the Pan-STARRS telescopes identified an interstellar object, subsequently dubbed Oumuamua. This cigar-shaped entity had a flattened appearance and lacked a comet tail, instead exhibiting a propulsion mechanism as it departed from the Sun.

According to the report, these small probes could be designed to explore Earth or other planets within the solar system as the parent craft passes by, using a similar approach to ‘Oumuamua’. However, the probes would not reflect enough sunlight to be detected by existing survey telescopes, making them difficult to observe by astronomers.

It is worth noting that the draft paper was released amid increased scrutiny of UFOs in the United States. In a separate incident last month, a suspected Chinese spy balloon was shot down after being spotted in American airspace.

The report raises serious questions about the possibility of alien life and how it may interact with humanity.

While the Pentagon’s findings are still unproven and highly speculative, they have nonetheless captured the attention of many and could potentially spark further research into the possibility of extraterrestrial intelligence.

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