[meteorite-list] Ice Meteorites From Jesus
From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:50:55 -0800 Message-ID: <4CF42E4F.4090902_at_meteoritesusa.com> What worries me about things like this is that when/if scientists actually do find proof of extraterrestrial life in meteorites, stories like this will dilute the fantastic nature of such a discovery...! Eric On 11/29/2010 9:20 AM, JoshuaTreeMuseum 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.'" > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > Received on Mon 29 Nov 2010 05:50:55 PM PST |
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