Skepticism greets claim of possible alien microbes

[worldsci]

A paper to appear in a scientific journal is raising eyebrows, claiming a strange red rain may have recently brought cells from space to Earth.

http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/060104_specksfrm.htm

[Jamie]

And i thought that i had enough to think about already.

Cheers for the link.

[col]

i find it a bit hard to believe that a microbe can make it through the atmosphere, and larger things burn up, :?

[Jamie]

Maybe its the remnants of a burnt up object.

[col]

mm yeah , but then at what temp can things survive? how hot did it get inside a remnant?

[Jamie]

Pretty hot i would say. :clouds2:

[col]

:clouds2: quite possibly

[Jamie]

Maybe they were wearing high factor sun cream that day

probably factor 5,000 000 :clouds2:

[col]

so these microbes look like white maltesers then?

[Jamie]

So you HAVE seen them.

[col]

:clouds2: no, just a wild stab in the dark

[The Warthog]

A paper to appear in a scientific journal claims a strange red rain might have dumped microbes from space onto Earth four years ago.

But the report is meeting with a shower of skepticism from scientists who say extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof—and this one hasn’t got it.

Journalists! They think they're so clever!

Hey, why does stuff like this happen in places like India? What's wrong with Broadway in New York? At least there are scientists there who could run out and gather samples, and kiosk vendors who could gather bathtubs full and sell it as "miracle water."

[stargeeza]

errr... coz India's a place that loves fantasizing? You'd only have to watch bollywood films to realise.