An Alien Probe in Disguise?

This brings us to the most unsettling theory, the Trojan horse scenario.

What if 3I/Atlas isn't pretending to be a comet by accident, but by design?

Imagine a probe crafted to look ordinary, drifting silently through space for

millennia, only revealing its presence to civilizations advanced enough to notice.

If you were an ancient civilization observing distant stars, you wouldn't send flashy spacecraft.

Instead, you'd send something that appears natural, a comet-like object capable of silently

observing, gathering data, and transmitting it only when near planets worth studying.

Gas jets, dust clouds, even faint outgassing could be camouflage, masking propulsion