Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin jokingly talked about interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS during his annual question-and-answer session at Gostiny Dvor in Moscow on Friday. He jokingly described the comet, which passed near the Earth, as Russia’s secret weapon.
The Kremlin chief was asked by a journalist about his opinion about conspiracy theories which claimed that this interstellar thing is actually a spacecraft or something made by humans.
The journalist asked, “I have a question about the unusual thing 3I/ATLAS, which is coming to us right now. If the predictions are to be believed, today, on December 19, either a spacecraft with an engine or just a comet will approach the Earth. My question is this: What do the intelligence agencies and Roscosmos report to you? Are there really any signs of it being created by humans? It may sound strange, but in reality many There are theories and speculations. We are ready to welcome any guest, if they are from space. Second, is the date of our meeting related to this prediction, because this is the first time we are telling everything?”
Putin replied, “Is your name Christina? I would tell you, but it should remain only between us. This is classified information. This is our secret weapon, but we will use it only in the most difficult situations, because we are against deploying weapons in space.”
He continued, “What kind of question are you asking? It’s a comet. Our scientists know what’s going on. Plus, it’s a comet from another galaxy, so it behaves differently from comets in our galaxy. Its shell is different, and as it gets closer to the sun, slightly different processes occur on its surface, including the field tail of this rocket. Things look different there, but it’s big enough, I think it’s It is between 2 to 6 km.”
Putin further said, “Look, the Moon is 400,000 km away from us, and this thing you are talking about is hundreds of millions of km away. I don’t think it poses any threat to us. We will send it to Jupiter, and early next year, this comet will exit the solar system.”