[meteorite-list] Kerala Red Rain Was From A Comet, Study Suggests

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Jun 2 00:07:11 2006
Message-ID: <200606012018.NAA16404_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

>
> How do you get a comet raining down material for three months over one city?
> It would have to be geosynchronous (revolving once around the Earth in 24
> hours so that is always over the same spot). For some reason, I doubt this.
>


Excellent question!

Also, shortly after it was collected, the samples in the water
were identified as fungus spores by Centre for Earth Science Studies in
Trivandrum. It also found in other colors besides red,
including green, black and yellow, and was referred to at the
time as Rainbow Rain. Somehow that later changed to Red Rain.
Also, finding no DNA five years after the fact indicates to me
the cells have deteriorated while in storage since 2001.

Ron Baalke
Received on Thu 01 Jun 2006 04:18:29 PM PDT