Scientists detect the first signal from an extraterrestrial object approaching Earth
Scientists have captured the first radio signal from the cosmic object 3I/ATLAS, which is gradually approaching Earth. The discovery was reported by The Astronomer’s Telegram.
“OH absorption was detected at 1665 MHz and 1667 MHz,” the report stated.
The signal was intercepted on October 24 using the MeerKAT radio telescope located in South Africa. Previous attempts to detect a signal at the same absorption lines had failed.
According to Harvard University scientist Avi Loeb, on March 16, 2026, when 3I/ATLAS passes near Jupiter, the Juno spacecraft will attempt to capture low-frequency signals from the object.
The cosmic body 3I/ATLAS was first observed on July 1. Later, scientists determined that it is a comet from another stellar system. Its estimated age is over 7.5 billion years, about 3 billion years older than the Sun. In September, the object underwent “anomalous evolution,” starting to change its color.
Earlier, Congressman Tim Burchett said in an interview with journalist Tucker Carlson that he had heard military reports about a large, fast-moving UFO observed in the ocean — something impossible to build with human technology. According to him, the object can travel underwater at speeds up to 320 km/h and is roughly the size of a football field.
Burchett insisted that the mysterious object could not be a secret military technology, since U.S. military officials would not risk their own aircraft and submarines by getting that close.
