The "alien starship wrecked on an asteroid" version of this is my preferred explanation for UFOshttps://twitter.com/the_twitr_acc/status/1404179029679280130 …
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We are very close to having the technological level to send out interstellar self-replicating probes, so knowing that the universe is old and having recently discovered that planets are ubiquitous, we should be more open to the idea that odd derelict stuff is all over the place.
There are two high-probablity hypotheses that I think we really underestimate because of the crackpot factor—panspermia (that life spreads between planets) and that space might be full of rusty old Voyagers
Like there's bacteria that live in deep rock under the seafloor, whose sex life improves when you centrifuge them at 400,000g (!), ones that are highly radiation resistant, some that can stay dormant for ages; there's bacteria that live in clouds. Seems worth a closer look to me.
Roadside Picnic by the Strugatsky brothers - aliens stopped by earth briefly for some reason, barely even notice humanity, and their discarded litter ("picnic trash") is so high tech incomprehensible it warps human society totally
Yeah, it's my favorite scifi book. But I like all their stuff.
The Roadside Picnic hypothesis is additionally more entertaining
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