One of the strongest believers in the existence of aliens, is planning a mission to uncover an interstellar object that appears to have crashed off the coast of Papua New Guinea in 2014. He wants to search for it, to determine whether it is an alien "act" or not.
"Our discovery of an interstellar meteor marks a new research frontier," Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb wrote in an essay for The Debrief about interstellar objects that he and theoretical astrophysicist Amir Siraj found noted.
"The fundamental question is whether interstellar meteors might exhibit a clearly artificial composition? Better yet, perhaps some technological components will survive the impact," Loeb mused, as quoted by Futurism.
The discovery and confirmation of the object, dubbed CNEOS-2014-01-08 after the date of its discovery, is believed to have fallen into the Pacific Ocean. This finding, according to Loeb, could potentially represent a new paradigm in which Earth serves as a fishing net for very large interstellar objects.
He also noted in his essay that such a retrieval expedition could be accomplished using a "scooping" magnet that would explore an area about 10 square kilometers from Earth, the area of the Pacific Ocean where the object is believed to have landed.
"My dream is to push a few buttons on functional equipment manufactured beyond Earth," the astronomer added.
If the design works, Loeb might get his chance to find an object he believes is alien.