Velapanti Diaries – 8 EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE & 3I/ATLAS “ There is no force more * powerful or obstinate* than human conviction, that may willingly believe in an omnipresent extraterrestrial entity, God; and yet term as rationale, its dogged refusal to countenance the presence of intelligent life form other than terrestrial .” – Col RS Sidhu The Nomenclature Anything organic or inorganic, animate or inanimate, matter or energy, form or formless, which is not of earth origin maybe termed as * extraterrestrial *. Any object that orbits the sun and is bound by its gravitational pull, maybe termed as * solar system body *. Any location, event, or movement amongst the stars maybe termed as * interstellar *. Any location, event, or movement between two or more galaxies, maybe termed as * intergalactic *. A * comet * maybe defined as a small celestial object that has a nucleus of ice and dust , that produces a ‘tail’ of gas and dust that points away fr...