[meteorite-list] Ice Meteorites From Jesus

From: Mike Hankey <mike.hankey_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:20:33 -0500
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=tF5Bw5M6sMjNx2PfxrH6QxRyOCcdVbKGgjxzj_at_mail.gmail.com>

Not to ask a stupid question, but, isn't it safe to assume that ice
originating in outer space would never be able to make it down to
earth's surface due to the heat and pressure of the ablation process?

So even if there were blocks of alien filled ice floating around in
space, wouldn't these be melted/vaporized/destroyed by the time they
hit the surface? Is there any exception to this (like maybe a really
slow moving piece of ice, or a really really big piece of ice or a
really really small piece of ice)?

Also, I think someone should refer this guy to the experts at unco
meteorites, I've heard they have a lot of experience with this sort of
thing.

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 12:20 PM, JoshuaTreeMuseum
<joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com> 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.'"
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