Not sure what this is all about but it seems appropriate to post considering the "ET" talk here today.
patrick NASA Sets News Conference on Astrobiology Discovery http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/nov/HQ_M10-167_Astrobiology.html On 29 Nov 2010, at 15:50, Meteorites USA wrote: > What worries me about things like this is that when/if scientists actually do > find proof of extraterrestrial life in meteorites, stories like this will > dilute the fantastic nature of such a discovery...! > > Eric > > > On 11/29/2010 9:20 AM, JoshuaTreeMuseum wrote: >> The press conference is tomorrow. This could be as big as Roswell! I can't >> wait: >> >> >> >> http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/article/will-proof-of-extraterrestrial-life-be-revealed-at-a-michigan-ramada-inn/19735919 >> >> >> Will Proof of Extraterrestrial Life Be Revealed at a Ramada Inn? >> Larry Knowles >> AOL News >> (Nov. 29) -- A Michigan man claiming to possess an ice meteorite rich in >> extraterrestrial organisms will announce in a news conference Tuesday that >> alien life, at long last, has been found. The announcement will take place >> at a Ramada Inn in South Haven, Mich. >> >> "I prayed for Jesus to send me an ice meteorite, because I knew it would be >> quite valuable," Duane P. Snyder, 65, said of the chunk of ice he found on a >> South Haven roadway in 2000. >> >> Valuable indeed. For centuries, humankind has sought confirmation that it >> isn't alone in the universe. If Snyder's claim is accurate, the South Haven >> resident will be catapulted to worldwide fame, and the Ramada Inn, 50 miles >> west of Kalamazoo, will likely become an iconic landmark for the human race. >> >> >> >> Duane P. Snyder >> E.T. may phone home -- from a Ramada Inn in South Haven, Mich. The red >> object above was found embedded in a chunk of ice in 2000. The owner of the >> chunk, Duane P. Snyder, believes the squiggle is an alien life form and will >> discuss his finding at the Ramada Inn this week. >> In March 2000, Snyder noticed several chunks of ice on the road near his >> home. Since it hadn't snowed for weeks, he deduced that the ice must have >> been an ice meteorite. After gathering up a few pieces and stashing them in >> his freezer, he spent the next 10 years trying to convince scientists to >> analyze the frozen mass. >> >> However, Snyder received little interest from the scientific community, and >> in September, he paid to have chemical analyses performed by two commercial >> laboratories. What the labs found -- that samples contained particles with >> unique molecular structures -- convinced Snyder that he indeed had in his >> possession alien life forms. >> >> He has set up a website, snydericyrite.com, where people can purchase the >> lab reports and photos of the particles. He's given the particles >> descriptive names, such as "Red Watani Worm," "Six Legged Life Form" and >> "Clear Snakelike Life Form." >> >> In a phone interview with AOL News, Snyder emphasized that more rigorous >> analysis is needed to determine just what sort of alien life form he has, >> adding that the prohibitive cost has so far prevented him from getting tests >> done. >> >> "I'm hoping some scientist calls and says, 'Hey, Duane, I'll do it for >> you,'" Snyder said. >> >> Last week, Snyder took strides toward getting that call. He issued a press >> release, under the headline "Ice Meteorite Found With Extraterrestrial >> Life-Forms," in which he announced Tuesday's news conference. >> >> The release received worldwide distribution and, according to Snyder, media >> outlets from Germany, Mexico and Sweden plan to cover the story. >> >> All the attention means that, for a brief moment, the Ramada Inn in South >> Haven will be at the center of the world -- or, in this case, universe. And >> that has the staff at the Ramada Inn slightly anxious. >> >> "We haven't had a chance to speak with Mr. Snyder," Saima Farrukh, director >> of operations for the Ramada Inn in South Haven, told AOL News. "And we're >> all kind of curious to know what kind of life form he has." >> Farrukh added that the press release only piqued her curiosity. >> >> "It didn't give a lot of info," she said, "so I was going through my >> chemistry book to find out what the terms mean." >> >> Snyder, a former Air Force mechanic and self-described inventor, spent a >> good portion of his life looking for meteorites before stumbling on his >> momentous block of ice. >> >> "I'd been hunting meteorites for a long time," he said, "and I kept finding >> 'meteor-wrongs.'" >> ______________________________________________ >> Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
