They've been dismissed as several different things, but IMHO contamination is the least likely of the possibilities. First, Hoover sliced into the meteorites' interiors, away from any fusion crust or cracks; more importantly, all of the fibers he discovered were mineralized, meaning they were one of two things: naturally occurring minerals, or bacteria that had become mineralized through fossilization. He studied three meteorites, called the Ivuna, Orgueil and Alais meteorites. All were observed to fall and in all cases, the samples were gathered soon after they fell. The Ivuna meteorite fell on Dec. 16, 1938; the Orgueil, on May 14, 1864; the Alis on March 16, 1806. I don't think paleontologists believe that fossilization can happen in a couple of hundred years -- and remember, that's the oldest such meteorite in the world. The others dated from 1864 and 1938. Also, they were not kept in a fossil-inducing environment, such as under the ocean where minerals could percolate through the sample, but in specimen collections. Thanks, Joe --- On Thu, 3/10/11, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] alien fossils? To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Thursday, March 10, 2011, 8:37 AM Already being dismissed as contamination.
On 3/10/11, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi friends, here's my latest blog, about new claims of the discovery of alien bacteria fossils in meteorites. Your comments are much valued. Thanks, Joe
http://www.deseretnews.com/blog/47/10011606/Nightly-news-astronomy-Alien-Fos...
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