_Likely_ is not up to bearing its load in this title; the actual paper makes no such hyperbolic claim.

Hobby horse:

Hyperbole and false confidence in popular reporting is a blight on any SETI. Coverage of Beatrice Villarroel's paper (and the boosterism of her own collaborators) is an egregious example at the moment.

Avi Loeb has his detractors, but he at least is constant and clear in his intentions, what the data does and does not suggest, and why.