I/ATLAS is just the third recorded interstellar object to enter the solar system. However, the scientific consensus is that it's likely a comet.

Professor Avi Loeb said there are clear signs that the comet known as "3I/ATLAS" could be an alien craft. "We should put all possibilities on the table that it's a rock, a comet, or something else until we get the evidence, the data that will tell us what it is," Loeb said in an interview with WBZ-TV's Courtney Cole.