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Old 03-06-2011, 08:48 AM   #1
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The Aliens Have Landed!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrend...nceofalienlife

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Aliens exist, and we have proof.
That astonishingly awesome claim comes from Dr. Richard B. Hoover, an astrobiologist at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, who says he has found conclusive evidence of alien life — fossils of bacteria found in an extremely rare class of meteorite called CI1 carbonaceous chondrites. (There are only nine such meteorites on planet Earth.) Hoover’s findings were published late Friday night in the Journal of Cosmology, a peer-reviewed scientific journal.
“I interpret it as indicating that life is more broadly distributed than restricted strictly to the planet earth,” Hoover, who has spent more than 10 years studying meteorites around the world, told FoxNews.com in an interview. “This field of study has just barely been touched — because quite frankly, a great many scientist would say that this is impossible.”
Hoover discovered the fossils by breaking apart the CI1 meteorite, and analyzing the exposed rock with a scanning-electron microscope and a field emission electron-scanning microscope, which allowed him to detect any fossil remains. What he found were fossils of micro-organisms, many of which he says are strikingly similar to those found on our own planet.
“The exciting thing is that they are in many cases recognizable and can be associated very closely with the generic species here on earth,” said Hoover. Some of the fossils, however, are quite odd. “There are some that are just very strange and don’t look like anything that I’ve been able to identify, and I’ve shown them to many other experts that have also come up stump.”
In order to satisfy the inevitable hoard of buzz-killing skeptics, Hoover’s study and evidence were made available to his peers in the scientific community in advance of the study’s publications, giving them a chance to thoroughly dissect his findings. Comments from those who decided to sift through the evidence will be published online, alongside the study.
“Given the controversial nature of his discovery, we have invited 100 experts and have issued a general invitation to over 5,000 scientists from the scientific community to review the paper and to offer their critical analysis,” writes [COLOR=#366388 ! important][COLOR=#366388 ! important]Harvard-Smithsonian [COLOR=#366388 ! important]Center [/color][COLOR=#366388 ! important]for [/color][COLOR=#366388 ! important]Astrophysics[/color][/color][/color] scientist Dr. Rudy Schild, who serves as the Journal of Cosmology’s editor-in-chief. “No other paper in the history of science has undergone such a thorough vetting, and never before in the history of science has the scientific community been given the opportunity to critically analyze an important research paper before it is published.”
Needless to say, if Hoover’s conclusions are found to be accurate, the implications for human life will be staggering. Here’s to hoping that he’s right.
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Old 03-06-2011, 09:43 AM   #2
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Pretty cool.
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Old 03-06-2011, 11:18 AM   #3
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Re: The Aliens Have Landed!

Now that its published we will see if other scientists agree with his findings.
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Old 03-08-2011, 10:10 AM   #4
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Re: The Aliens Have Landed!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110308/...sci_alien_life

Not this time.
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Old 03-08-2011, 01:02 PM   #5
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Re: The Aliens Have Landed!

Guess it's time to sell my stock in Reynolds wrap
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Old 03-08-2011, 01:40 PM   #6
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its not like they found intelligent life its alien bacteria. if its even real . bummer i was hoping the artical was about ET . dam missleading thead title
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