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Maybe. I think it's more likely that an alien probe - assuming there are aliens and they fly probes - would be the size of a cubesat, and we wouldn't even notice it.

Perhaps Oumuamua was the mothership and the solar system is now swarming with cubesats we're not noticing.

>I think it's more likely that an alien probe - assuming there are aliens and they fly probes - would be the size of a cubesat

Or maybe the size of a sub-atomic particle, as in the sci-fi Novel 'The 3 body problem'.

https://three-body-problem.fandom.com/wiki/Sophons

Does anyone else see a timer ticking down in their vision or is it just me?

Time to quit my job at the LHC and be a baker.

The Ramans do everything in threes.

Thank you! Finally a good Rama reference in the wild.

I really hope someone sends a probe to catch Omaumau. When Starship is flying regularly it should be doable, just barely.

It’s news to me that Starship flying is doable.

Can we get Musk to pilot it?

The chances that it's a rare type of interstellar object are incredibly small.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Lyra