Overview
- The CIA’s December 31 response to a FOIA request said it could neither confirm nor deny the existence of 3I/ATLAS records, citing classification.
- FOIA filer John Greenewald Jr. says he will appeal the CIA’s non-answer and has submitted similar requests to NASA and other agencies.
- NASA continues to state the object is a natural comet, with officials saying they have found nothing indicating an artificial origin or alien life.
- Harvard’s Avi Loeb highlights reported anomalies and frames the Glomar reply as consistent with officials checking for low-probability, high-impact risks, a view not shared by most experts.
- Scientists expect a March 16 Jupiter passage to offer a fresh opportunity to refine trajectory and activity models through additional observations.