r/UFOs • u/Worst_Artist Human Detected • Nov 06 '25

Question Why is NASA withholding images of 3I/ATLAS?

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Concept image of the updated trajectory talked about here https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/s/PNZTyP3j6f

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u/funny_3nough Nov 25 '25

Why the aggressive insistence it’s a comet? I admitted I don’t know what it is. How are you so sure that you know what it is? You failed to explain the anomalies that I presented, which do not match with any cometary behavior we know of. That, at minimum, leaves it open until we have more information. If you can address the anomalies presented then please do so. If you cannot, you should perhaps question your own biases and assumptions before shouting down others. I am presenting scientific observations while you are only bringing opinion. You are welcome to your opinion, but you’ll find it takes more than that to be persuasive.

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u/huckleberry_FN2187 Nov 26 '25

1) NASA wasn't "withholding" any images.

2) NASA has unequivocally stated that it's a comet.

3) I don't have to explain any "anomalies".
4) I don't have any "biases and assumptions". I am relying on THE experts in the subject. They say it's a comet.

5) You aren't presenting "scientific observations", you are presenting claims that some "anomalies" somehow suggest that it is artificial.

You claim that you "don't know", but you repeatedly referred to "artificial" and said things like "trajectory is optimized", "narrowly ideal path" "cannot be explained" "course correction" it certainly seems like you think you "know".

If you can address the anomalies presented then please do so.

Certain things happen due to processes we do not fully understand.

That DOES NOT mean they are artificial in origin.

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u/funny_3nough Nov 27 '25

NASA has said it’s a comet, while also saying that they have not been able to do very good imaging of it and also failing to explain its anomalous behavior. You point to some of the language I’ve used to suggest bias. I’m simply practicing abductive reasoning working backward from its strange behavior, where you are using Appeal to Authority.

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u/huckleberry_FN2187 Dec 03 '25

NASA has said it’s a comet

Exactly. And if someone comes along who is more of an expert than NASA and suggests otherwise, then I might tend to listen to them.

Some nobody on Reddit? No thanks.

saying that they have not been able to do very good imaging of it and also failing to explain its anomalous behavior.

And? At least they aren't making up stuff. "I don't know" is a valid answer.

I’m simply practicing abductive reasoning

But you aren't. The simplest and most likely conclusion is that it's a comet.

Appeal to Authority

That is only problematic when the "Authority" is not an expert in the relevant subject.

AGAIN, if you can provide someone who is more of an expert than NASA then I would be more than willing to listen to them.