Harvard physicist Avi Loeb is once again pushing back against how the government handles space mysteries. He argues that when it comes to things like the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, intelligence agencies are getting in the way rather than helping. During a chat on The Chris Cuomo Projecton 9 December 2025, Loeb did not hold back. He critiqued the way Washington keeps a tight lid on information about Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs), suggesting that secrecy is hurting actual science.
The core of Loeb's frustration is simple: he thinks the government is trying to handle scientific work that they are not equipped to do. While he acknowledges the necessity of classified operations for terrestrial threats, he insists that objects originating from outside the solar system should not fall under the purview of intelligence agencies. According to Loeb, the silence from these agencies is less about protection and more about an inability to explain the unknown.
