NASA to Release 3I/ATLAS Data After Shutdown, Rep. Luna Says

NASA to Release 3I/ATLAS Data After Shutdown, Rep. Luna Says
Above: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) on Sept. 21, 2025. Image copyright: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

3I/Atlas is clearly just a comet doing normal comet things — it has a coma, glittering tail, and follows predictable icy projectile physics. NASA experts confirm it poses zero threat and behaves exactly like expected interstellar comets. The metals and unusual features are completely normal for comet cores, making alien spacecraft theories absolutely ridiculous. The images of this natural interstellar comet will be released as soon as the government reopens.

Establishment-critical narrative

NASA's suspicious silence on 3I/Atlas images during the government shutdown raises serious questions about what they're hiding. This interstellar object shows impossible characteristics — perfect planetary alignment, industrial nickel composition, and rocket-like acceleration without visible gas clouds. The blurry images released look deliberately obscured for an object that could rewrite cosmic history. Despite the shutdown, NASA’s secrecy around 3I/ATLAS casts legitimate skepticism.

Narrative C

Regardless of what 3I/ATLAS ultimately is, we need to be curious. Its unusual trajectory, anti-tail, retrograde orbit, industrial metals and extreme brightness all challenge conventional models and defy simple explanations. Dismissing anomalies as coincidences risks repeating the mistakes of the past — like ignoring Galileo’s evidence. Science advances by questioning, observing and exploring, not by claiming certainty too soon.

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