  In 2019 a claim was made that the CNEOS 2014-01-08 meteor is interstellar.
However, apparent interstellar meteors have been detected for decades.
Moreover, they are expected from any meteor observation survey, as a natural
consequence of measurement error propagation. Here we examine if enough
scientific data were published to identify the orbital and physical nature of
CNEOS 2014-01-08. Given the lack of proof regarding the accuracy of the
observation, the derivation of the trajectory, velocity and tensile strength,
and given the current state of meteor observations and reduction tools, we find
no scientific ground to conclude about the interstellar orbit nor the physical
properties of CNEOS 2014-01-08. Moreover, given the current data release of
this object, to find any piece at the bottom of the ocean seems extremely
unlikely.
