[meteorite-list] Re: Flying Ice Block May Have Alien Origin

From: Robert Verish <bolidechaser_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:44:40 2004
Message-ID: <20010319192228.52820.qmail_at_web10403.mail.yahoo.com>

For all of you who are interested in this topic, here
is a "must bookmark" web page:

http://tierra.rediris.es/bloquesdehielo/

Although much of this web site is in Spanish, this is
still a great site for REFERENCES on this subject.

Bob V.

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From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 18:24:51 -0800 (PST)

Subject: Flying Ice Block May Have Alien Origin


<http://news.com.au:80/common/story_page/0,4057,1765066%255E421,00.html>

Flying ice block may have alien origin
Daily Telegram (Australia)
March 17, 2001

A NEW theory has emerged in the mystery surrounding a
lump of ice that fell through the roof of a Harbord
home -- it could have come from a comet.

NASA has become involved in the investigation and
yesterday sent a special container to Australia to
transport the ice to the space agency's headquarters
in California.
+++snip!+++
Once the sample reaches NASA, the test will be
straightforward.

Scientists can eliminate the possibility that the ice
came from an extra-terrestrial source if they find
earthly content within it. These could be materials
such as sodium chloride, table salt, or gypsum, chalk.

A similar ice chunk that fell in Meliana, Spain, last
January was discounted
as a comet fragment after scientists detected these
substances in a sample.

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