Astrophysicists Just Discovered a Strange Interstellar Meteor Candidate With Amir Siraj

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Avi Loeb and Amir Siraj have discovered a second interstellar meteor candidate and it is weirder than the first. In this exclusive interview with Amir Siraj, he explains how this second candidate was found and why it is so strange.

A interstellar object landed on earth in 2014. The earliest confirmed interstellar object was Oumuamua. However, US Space command declassified data that shows another interstellar object landed on earth.

https://avi-loeb.medium.com/discovery-of-a-second-interstellar-meteor-meter-size-interstellar-objects-are-much-tougher-than-5b280fabaa6d

https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/SL_IM2.pdf

The 2019 Discovery of a Meteor of Interstellar Origin

https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.07224

New Constraints on the Composition and Initial Speed of CNEOS 2014-01-08 https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.08482

An Interstellar Meteor Crashed to Earth. This Astronomer Wants to See If It’s Aliens. https://www.vice.com/en/article/88gpv3/an-interstellar-meteor-crashed-to-earth-this-astronomer-wants-to-see-if-its-aliens

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