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ofc it's some Israeli crank. Look I love me some aliens but just fucking stop, so sick and tired of all these psyops involving disclosure and ending up with blue balls instead.

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[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 48 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This dude said that Oumuamua was aliens. He says everything is aliens.

[–] Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml 24 points 1 month ago

I hope it is Aliens I'm gonna ask them to take me home with them. I'll be a good pet I'm tired of this place.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

Look dad a shooting star!

It's aliens son :yea:

[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 44 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The three researchers, who most prominently include Loeb, recently published a paper speculating about whether the object could be "hostile" alien technology.

the comet is Hamas

[–] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 25 points 1 month ago
[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 42 points 1 month ago

It's genuinely irresponsible to bill this guy as "Harvard scientist" and not "alien conspiracy theorist". He's been discredited on this matter for almost a decade and promotes ideas like an alien Messiah coming to Earth, or that life was deliberately brought here by aliens.

[–] PostyourJaggaHogs@hexbear.net 30 points 1 month ago

Loeb is pretty famous for asking the "is it alien tech" question for the past few interstellar visitors we've had. Oumamoua was the only only plausible one but even that object's bizarre trajectory change could be explained by either an unknown planetary body in the oort cloud or an exploding pocket of gas or ice on the surface.

[–] abc@hexbear.net 28 points 1 month ago

avi loeb once again on some bullshit lmao this should've been posted to slop

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 23 points 1 month ago (3 children)

where do I sign up for the job calling every new thing "aliens"?

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Only if you look like this:

[–] WoodScientist@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago

This is what happens when you want to be the Ancient Aliens guy but you suffer from male pattern baldness.

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

Have you ever considered the reason he is psychic but we aren't is cause of his rad awesome hair

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago

Discovery Channel

[–] JayTreeman@hexbear.net 19 points 1 month ago

Release the Epstein files

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is comet 3I/ATLAS alien tech?

blob-no Ian Betteridge and his headline law stays winning.

[–] Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 month ago

His headline law stays winning but he doesn't (he's a lib)

[–] gueybana@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago

Wtf? Release the godamn epstein files

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago
[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago

Loeb was born in Beit Hanan,[14] Israel, in 1962. He took part in the national Talpiot program of the Israeli Defense Forces at age 18.[15] While in Talpiot, he obtained a BSc degree in physics and mathematics in 1983, an MSc degree in physics in 1985, and a PhD in physics in 1986, all from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI).[5] From 1983 to 1988, he led the first international project supported by the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative. Between 1988 and 1993, Loeb was a long-term member at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, where he started to work in theoretical astrophysics.

In 1993, he moved to Harvard University as an assistant professor in the department of astronomy, and was tenured three years later.

Literally IDF conspiracy nut

[–] RaisedFistJoker@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

They are really pulling all the stops lmao

[–] SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago

everyone should ignore this crank

[–] Comrade_Mushroom@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago

oh boy here we go again

[–] Wheaties@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago
[–] join@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

*Looks at every comet* wow one in twenty is significantly divergent from natural occurrences, must be aliens.

[–] Lyudmila@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

alien conspiracy theory

Open the link

Avi Loeb again.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Looking at the title:

Looking at the article: