Israeli-American physicist: Meteor that hit Earth in 2014 could be alien tech

Israeli-American Harvard physicist Avi Loeb says he wants to find the remains of a meteor from outside the solar system that hit the Pacific Ocean in 2014.

He even suggests it could feasibly have been made by an alien civilization.

Earlier this month, US Space Command confirmed that a study of data showed the meteor was likely interstellar.

6/ “I had the pleasure of signing a memo with @ussfspoc’s Chief Scientist, Dr. Mozer, to confirm that a previously-detected interstellar object was indeed an interstellar object, a confirmation that assisted the broader astronomical community.” pic.twitter.com/PGlIOnCSrW

— U.S. Space Command (@US_SpaceCom) April 7, 2022

Loeb writes on The Debrief: “The debris from [the meteor] landed on the ocean floor near Papua New Guinea and it is possible to scoop them with a magnet. Once collected, we could place our hands around sizeable chunks of interstellar matter and examine its composition and nature.

“An expedition to explore this region for meteor fragments is feasible, and we are currently engaged in designing it.”

And then he adds, more controversially: “The fundamental question is whether any interstellar meteor might indicate a composition that is unambiguously artificial in origin? Better still, perhaps some technological components would survive the impact. My dream is to press some buttons on a functional piece of equipment that was manufactured outside of Earth.”