Evidence of Extraterrestrial Life found in Earth's Atmosphere --Challenged!

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Evidence of Extraterrestrial Life found in Earth's Atmosphere --Challenged!

the Daily Galaxy

Weekend Feature: Evidence of Extraterrestrial Life found in Earth's Atmosphere --Challenged!

Scientists from the University of Sheffield claim they have discovered proof of extraterrestrial life.

Their evidence? The team launched a balloon 16 miles into the stratosphere, and it came back carrying small biological organisms. Professor Milton Wainwright, who led the team, is "95 percent certain that these biological entities are of extraterrestrial origin."

"If we're right, it means that there's life in space, and it's coming to earth. It means that life on earth probably originated in space. Most people will assume that these biological particles must have just drifted up to the stratosphere from Earth, but it is generally accepted that a particle of the size found cannot be lifted from Earth to heights of, for example, 27 kilometers."
But astronomer Phil Plait say's it's looks like the 'biological material' the scientists found probably didn't come from outer space: "There are a lot of reasons to think this claim is unfounded, but one is right in their very paper. The diatom ... appears clean, even pristine. As they themselves say: It is noticeable that the diatom fragment is remarkably clean and free of soil or other solid material ... which would be incredibly unlikely if it did come from a comet or a meteoroid, he wrote in Slate.
Plait also doubts the idea that a microorganism from Earth couldn't be held aloft by wind and turbulence for a long period of time acccording to the University of Sheffield scientists' theory.

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