Have we been visited by aliens and we don’t know it? A draft paper recently released by the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) and Harvard astronomy department chair Avi Loeb suggests that aliens may have already arrived on the planet us.

The report describes the possibility that extraterrestrial life may have traveled to Earth using artificial intelligence probes. The report suggests that an artificial interstellar object, such as Oumuamua, could be a mothership, releasing many small probes during its close pass by Earth.

These small probes – known as UFOs – could be used to infiltrate our civilization for research purposes.

According to the report, these probes could be designed to withstand the harsh conditions of interstellar space (space within a galaxy that is not occupied by stars and their planetary systems) and even have artificial intelligence. They could be programmed to repair themselves or even reproduce.

The researchers suggest that by using machine learning, these detectors could adapt to new conditions, without any guidance from their original creators.

The Pentagon report is still under review, but if its findings are accurate, it could mean aliens are already studying us. The possibility of intelligent alien life watching us and learning about our culture is not something we should dismiss lightly.

As Avi Loeb notes: “Maybe it’s worth believing that the strange object was an alien mothership whether it’s confirmed or not, because either way, it opens our minds to the idea that something is out there.”