[meteorite-list] An embarrassment to us all (but mostly me)!Hi

From: Starsinthedirt at aol.com <Starsinthedirt_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 13:46:16 EDT
Message-ID: <c05c2.6a8ce3bd.38eb7be8_at_aol.com>

Thanks Chris, That makes me feel better!

I must say you have a GREAT site http://www.cloudbait.com I
encourage other list members to check it out. Thanks!

Tom


In a message dated 4/5/2010 11:36:35 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
clp at alumni.caltech.edu writes:
This nutjob posts on various astronomy forums. He thinks every rock imaged
on Mars is a fossilized liver or brain, and that meteorites are full of
fossilized bacteria. The guy is so extreme that mental illness is the only
likely excuse. There's nothing to be embarrassed about- nobody that
matters
is likely to take him seriously. (I already saw a response in one forum,
pointing out that your image did not show a housefly in a meteorite; where
I
saw this posting I also saw a link to your site, so anybody can go there
and
see that for themselves. In fact, you should think of this as free
advertising- I found the claim so extraordinary that I followed the link
and
say your excellent page, which I might otherwise have missed <g>.)

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message -----
From: <Starsinthedirt at aol.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 11:18 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] An embarrassment to us all (but mostly me)!Hi


> Hi list. Some of you have pointed out the eBay seller claiming to have
> human blood vessels in Martian meteorites. Cute and harmless nut?
>
> I just stumbled onto this!
>
>
> http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-426479
>
> A housefly found in a meteorite
> March 30, 2010 | Taiwan | Vetting explained
>
> This "report" is not he first time this guy has used my images and my
> name
> to make insane claims. But this is the first time he has said that
> microphotographer (Tom Phillips), (Me), said he found a house fly in a
> meteorite
> slice. This is embarrassing to all meteorite collectors.
>
> It is just a photomicrograph of a house fly to demonstrate a
> microphotography technique. This is explained clearly in the
Meteorite
> Times article
> he swiped the image from. Stating otherwise could not be an honest
> error.
> He has made up words and said I was the author of those words.
>
> This guy should be banned from posting, all his posts should be removed,
> and if possible his computer taken away and given to a child who knows
how
> to
> use it.
>
> Any ideas of how to stop this insanity would be appreciated.
>
> My micrographs are already unconventional. I pursue more art than
> science
> and I ignore standard techniques used in meteorite examination. The
most
> obvious difference in my images is magnification levels higher than
what
> is
> even useful in petro grade determinations. As a result, I have come up
> with some unusual looking features in meteorites. When you come up
with
> the
> unusual you have a high standard of accuracy to maintain or every thing
> is
> dismissed.
>
> I did not find a house fly in a meteorite slice!!! The house fly was a
> house fly slide. Part of a child's "Insects under the microscope" set.
>
> Why are his eBay listings claiming human body parts in Martian
meteorites
> (very high priced) still allowed on eBay??? Does the IMCA have no
> influence with eBay?
>
> Thanks, Tom Phillips

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