{"dataset":{"slug":"interstellar-candidates","title":"Interstellar Candidates","description":"Debated and unconfirmed interstellar claims, kept separate from the confirmed objects.","version":"1.0.0","lastGenerated":"2026-06-29","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","entityCount":1,"sources":["nasa","jpl"]},"entities":[{"id":"interstellar_candidate:cneos-2014-01-08","name":"CNEOS 2014-01-08","type":"interstellar_candidate","domain":"science","description":"A bright meteor (bolide) that entered Earth's atmosphere near Papua New Guinea on 8 January 2014, recorded in NASA CNEOS's fireball database. From the reported high velocity it was proposed in 2019 to have originated outside the Solar System, which would make it a candidate interstellar meteor. The claim is disputed: the underlying velocity data come from US Government sensors whose uncertainties are not public, and the interstellar interpretation is not accepted by the wider community. It is not a confirmed interstellar object.","entryPath":"/interstellar-objects/cneos-2014-01-08"}]}