Let´s welcome our brothers from outer space...or at least their light-sail

I´m surprised there isn´t more hysteria (or exultation) around ´Oumuamua, the mysterious object which recently entered the solar system from outside, only to leave it shortly thereafter. Two Harvard scholars recently claimed that ´Oumuamua may be an alien space probe. You know, a UFO…? Wow! The clip above is an interview with one of the Harvard scientists. He manages to explain the issue eminently well.

Personally, I would argue, on purely philosophical grounds, that it´s probably a very exotic comet – not because I don´t believe in “aliens” but mostly because the number of bizarre natural objects out there must be truly staggering. That being said, it would be fascinating if The Scout was really built by an advanced alien civilization somewhere in the constellation of Lyra (as seen from Earth). 

Note especially that the probe doesn´t seem to be manned. Also, why sent it here in particular? And how do “they” look like? Like highly evolved crows or raccoons? (My favorite proposals, LOL) Note also that the probe might have been on its way for so long that the Lyran builders, for all we know, have all disappeared…

Perhaps we´ll never get the answer. But then, so what? The cosmos, for all we know, is simply infinite.