I find the alignment with the ecliptic plane puzzling.
The fact that it's within 5 degrees tolerance, apparently, the chance of that is ~0.2% according to Dr.Loeb. It makes me wonder whether it's possible the object is not interstellar after all but rather some very far out solar system body flung inwards at high speed by something massive (e.g. passing star) thousands of years ago...
A lot of arguments are based on the supposed 'strange' orbit and not so much on any physical evidence. Feels very speculative to me.
I find the alignment with the ecliptic plane puzzling. The fact that it's within 5 degrees tolerance, apparently, the chance of that is ~0.2% according to Dr.Loeb. It makes me wonder whether it's possible the object is not interstellar after all but rather some very far out solar system body flung inwards at high speed by something massive (e.g. passing star) thousands of years ago...