NASA's big reveal of the mysterious interstellar object has been slammed as a joke, with many claiming the space agency is covering up what they really know.
The newest images of the visitor, known as 3I/ATLAS, were released by the space agency on Wednesday.
However, the pictures, taken on a rather sophisticated camera on Mars, were largely blurry and showed only a distant dot.
Moreover, NASA refuted any claims that the object, which had made unexpected maneuvers that dumbfounded experts, is anything other than a large space rock.
The agency's associate administrator Amit Kshatriya declared at a press conference on YouTube: '3I/ATLAS is a comet.'
Social media went into a frenzy, with many alleging the space agency was hiding what they actually knew and was withholding clearer images.
'What a waste of time! NASA is lying so bad. They are all so scripted. The gaslighting is off the charts,' one person posted on X.
'You have lost all credibility with this blurry hogwash photo. Anyone over there who cares about Earth should dump the entire unedited image archive to Wikileaks,' another social media user wrote.
They deserve every bit of the criticism.
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