The Strange Interstellar Object Oumuamua Was a Comet and Not The Space Probe Some Had Proposed

In 2017, an  unusual small object flew into our solar system from afar,  approached the inner solar system and the Sun and then sped back out to interstellar space.  In all, it was detected and followed for 11 days. The object was puzzling because such interstellar visitors had not been observed before, and most mysterious …