CIA have attention-grabbing response after being requested about ‘doubtlessly hostile alien risk’ 3I/ATLAS

The CIA has now weighed in on the potential of comet 3I/ATLAS being a ‘doubtlessly hostile alien risk’.

First sighted in July final 12 months, comet 3I/ATLAS turned a scorching subject throughout the again finish of 2025 due to hypothesis that the flying chunk of area rock may very well be an alien reconnaissance craft hear to assemble data forward of an invasion of Earth.

Such claims had been swiftly debunked by NASA, nevertheless this did not cease scientists akin to Avi Loeb arguing his case, with the Harvard physicist beforehand telling LADbible the reality in regards to the interstellar object can be revealed by Christmas.

A date which has since handed and no signal of little inexperienced males or their spaceships.

Whereas the remainder of the world has largely moved on from the subject, Loeb and several other different 3I/ATLAS-truthers have maintained the argument that we won’t rule out aliens.

Which is technically appropriate, but in addition not possible.

In his newest Medium post on the subject, Loeb touched on a response acquired from the CIA by UFO researcher/conspiracy theorist John Greenewald Jr.

In a response to a freedom of data request despatched by Greenewald Jr, the US intelligence company mentioned they might ‘neither deny nor verify the existence or nonexistence of data’ the 3I/ATLAS.

“The actual fact of the existence or non-existence of such data is itself at present and correctly categorised,” the response added.

🚨The CIA will “neither verify nor deny the existence or nonexistence of data” pertaining to interstellar object 3I/ATLAS.
The actual fact of paperwork present or not present is assessed. pic.twitter.com/UNWXUL2Av0

— John Greenewald, Jr. (@theblackvault) January 5, 2026

Weighing in on the response, Loeb mentioned it was ‘stunning’ to see that the CIA had given akin to obscure reply to the request, given the truth that NASA had mentioned the comet was positively pure in origin.

What does ‘neither verify nor deny’ imply?

The phrase ‘neither verify nor deny’ is named the Glomar response, which is utilized by US officers to offer a intentionally obscure response to questions.

Named after the CIA’s clandestine Glomar Explorer challenge, the phrase was created to guard data which can present a nationwide safety risk if launched to the general public.

Loeb takes the above definition into consideration when sharing his response to the CIA’s determination to provide a ‘neither verify nor deny’ reply, saying it was one which made sense in his thoughts.

He acknowledged that authorities officers would’ve probably wished to confirm that 3I/ATLAS was not an alien risk, nevertheless unlikely, however the affirmation that information existed could lead on individuals to panic a couple of potential authorities cowl up.

“This can be a sensible coverage for mitigating societal unrest or instability of economic markets at a time when the fact of a black swan occasion remains to be considered extremely unlikely,” he added.

Which once you put it that manner, makes full sense.