Harvard professor Avi Loeb has made countless headlines over the last year for his claims that a mysterious interstellar object spotted passing through our solar system could be an alien spacecraft. An artist's impression of 'Oumuamua is shownWHY DOES AVI LOEB THINK OUMUAMUA IS AN ALIEN PROBE? According to Loeb, solar radiation pressure could be to blame for its acceleration - if it's an alien probe. Rather than a passively floating space rock, the researcher proposes the possibility that it may be an alien probe driven by a paper-thin light sail. Harvard Professor Avi Loeb (pictured) has doubled down on his claims that Oumuamua could be an alien spacecraftThe paper and the researcher’s subsequent claims have been met with harsh criticism.

Source: Daily Mail February 05, 2019 19:20 UTC