CI-3I

 

The tenacious John Greenewald Jr has published the results of one of his Freedom-of-Information Act requests. This time he is not seeking one of his classic leads on UFO's, he has asked the Central Intelligence Agency what it knows about 3I/Atlas. I expect John did this merely as a routine, or in response to a demand from some of his supporters, rather than something he is curious about as a priority. However, what he uncovered as a result is breathtaking and totally upends our perception of the interstellar object, this supposed "just a comet". The Agency replied on New Year's Eve: "We completed a thorough review of your request and determined that... the CIA can neither confirm nor deny the existence or non-existence of such records responsive to your request. The fact of the existence or non-existence of such records is itself currently and properly classified, and its intelligence and methods information protected from disclosure... Therefore your request is denied." John is of course appealing. The CIA cite a number of statutes and an executive order leading to the conclusion that this is what is known as a "Glomar response". It is the most extreme FOIA exemption of all. It refers to a 1974 operation codenamed "Project Azorian" in which the CIA raised the wreck of a sunken Soviet nuclear missile submarine. It is one of the most secret operations ever carried out by US intelligence. That means that the CIA's position on 3I/Atlas is equally restricted. This is astounding! Totally different to what John and other FOIA experts were expecting. Normally the agency would reply that it had no records on the subject, after all 3I is just an astronomical curiosity, is it not? Back in 1996 John filed a FOIA on the comet Hale-Bopp to the Defence Intelligence Agency and received a redacted document and a statement that some records within the remit of the request did not exist; but the DIA did acknowledge that it had an ongoing study. The redactions were actually simply due to the concern about releasing information that could reveal the capabilities of its reconnaissance satellites. Why did the CIA simply not reply in the same way about 3I/Atlas? Source: https://x.com/theblackvault/status/2008267999535571027. What is so sensitive about a comet? What's more, according to NASA it definitely is just a comet remember? See: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2025/11/nasa-on-3iatlas.html. I think this proves that the government knows more than it is telling us about 3I/Atlas; or it at least shares the concerns we have about it, that it might be a spaceship. To have issued a Glomar response it is clear they are treating it as a major national security threat. Avi Loeb believes they are taking precautions just in case. The skeptics, from NASA to the Facebook groups, keep insisting we're dealing with nothing more than a lump of rock, but that line is starting to sound more and more dubious. What will happen when it reaches Jupiter in March? It is on the perfect course to enter the planet's orbit, or maybe drop off some kind of cargo. The big question will be what if it does just that? It seems the CIA are asking that question too.
See here for background: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2025/07/interstellar-object-portal.html.