Living Through the Cosmic Unknown: Asteroid or Alien Probe?

Every so often, something streaks into our solar system that shakes the experts. 3I/Atlas, the object currently racing through space, is one of those things.

Some scientists insist it’s “just another wandering comet.” Others whisper it doesn’t behave like a normal rock — that it could even be an artifact of intelligent design. (We’ll cover that scenario tomorrow.)

Whatever it is, the chatter has forced an uncomfortable question:

“what if this isn’t just another rock? What if it hits us, breaks apart, or proves to be something else entirely?”

The answer isn’t to sit around speculating. It’s to prepare. Not next year. Not when CNN says “it’s close.” But now.

Let’s be blunt. If something the size of the Chicxulub impactor — the one believed to have wiped out the dinosaurs — slammed into Earth again, civilization as we know it would be over. The firestorm would be global. The dust would blot out the sun for years. Crops would fail. Supply chains would collapse in weeks.

Yet here’s what most people forget: life didn’t end after Chicxulub.

Something survived. Crocodiles. Birds. Burrowing mammals. Even some plant life. They survived because they were shielded — underground, underwater, or simply better adapted to endure famine and darkness.

That’s the model for us today: shield yourself, and prepare to outlast the famine that follows.

Preparation isn’t just buying buckets of beans or duct taping windows. It’s a mindset and a layered defense, built long before the first piece of sky falls. Let’s expand on the key pillars.

In every real-world collapse — from Venezuela’s hyperinflation to Cuba’s “Special Period” — the same things vanish first: food, medicine, clean water. Don’t think you’ll be able to rush out and “grab a few things.” You’ll be too late.

Start with the basics: freeze-dried meals, canned goods, bulk grains, water storage, purification systems, and a medical kit that covers more than just band-aids. Layer your supplies into daily-use (pantry rotation), medium-term (3–12 months), and deep storage (years).

If you’ve got the budget, diversify into barter items — coffee, alcohol, batteries, even toilet paper. Because if a rock darkens the skies, those will buy you things money can’t.

👉 Get freeze-dried survival food here while it’s available.

If an asteroid fragment strikes, the blast wave and firestorm may not kill you — but the fallout will. The dust cloud, the poisoned air, the endless winter. Surviving means having a place where you can outlast it.

That’s why governments build bunkers - DEEP bunkers. Why billionaires quietly buy up old missile silos in Kansas or carve retreats into New Zealand hillsides. They understand that surface living won’t cut it when the skies dim.

You may not have billionaire resources, but you can still take cues:

The goal isn’t luxury. It’s to create a shielded environment where food can be stored, filtered air can be circulated, and you can buy the one thing you’ll need most: time.

Here’s where most preppers fall short — they don’t pay attention to what the elite are doing. Yet history proves it:

…those with access to the best intelligence prepare quietly, long before the rest of the population gets the memo.

Want to know if something’s brewing?

The point isn’t paranoia. It’s intelligence gathering. If they’re preparing, you should be too.

If 3I/Atlas turns out to be more than a rock — say, an alien probe, or even just a freak asteroid that brushes by — the disruption may and likely will shatter the systems we rely on.

Supply chains, power grids, satellites, the internet — even if we’re not physically struck, these can fail. If you’re so rigid you can only function with your exact preps, you’ll crack.

Learn skills that transfer: gardening, foraging, first aid, bartering, basic mechanics, radio comms. Because survival isn’t about waiting in a bunker until it’s safe. It’s about adapting faster than everyone else.

According to NASA and multiple astronomers:

An interstellar object doesn’t care about your politics or your plans. If it hits, if it fragments, if it even just shakes the fragile global economy, the weak will scramble. The strong will endure.

Stock deep. Dig deep. Think deep.
And above all: watch those who know more than they say. Because the billionaires and the bureaucrats already have a continuity plan. The question is — do you?

Stay alert. Stay alive.
—George Shepherd

P.S. In the next issue, we’ll touch on the possibility that this isn’t an asteroid at all… but an interstellar spacecraft. Friendly or hostile, it will force us to rethink survival itself.