Humanity's third known interstellar visitor is shrouded in more mystery than light, as an intelligence agency's evasive reply fuels debate over the true nature of object 3I/ATLAS. Public focus has shifted from astronomy to secrecy after the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) issued a standard 'Glomar' response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request concerning records about 3I/ATLAS.
The agency declined to 'neither deny nor confirm the existence or nonexistence of records,' a reply typically used when the existence of documents is classified. This has sparked intense discussion among space enthusiasts and conspiracy theorists, despite mainstream scientific institutions' insistence that the object is a natural comet.
