Alien Life Discovered

[Antrikshaadmi]

Aliens composed of algae similar to seaweed have landed on Earth inside a meteorite that fell in Sri Lanka, a top scientist has said.

Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe, from the University of Buckingham, says the tiny algae fossils found inside a meteorite prove that aliens exist and that extra-terrestrials are responsible for life on earth.

In his paper, Fossil Diatoms In A New Carbonaceous Meteorite, published in the Journal of Cosmology, Wickramasinghe claims a two-inch meteorite found in Sri Lanka at the end of 2012 holds the secrets to life on Earth.

It is covered in seaweed fossils similar to those found on our planet around 55 million years ago.

"These finds are crushing evidence that human life started outside Earth," he said.

"The algae organisms are similar to ones found in Earth fossils, but the rock also has other organisms we have not identified.

"We are all aliens - we share a cosmic ancestry. Each time a new planetary system forms, a few surviving microbes find their way into comets. These then multiply and seed other planets.

"These latest finds are just more evidence to point to the overwhelming fact that life on Earth began on other worlds."

Wickramasinghe is well-known for his theory Panspermia, which he developed with late British astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle - who famously rejected the Big Bang theory.
The meteorite is thought to contain seaweed fossils that existed on earth 55 million years ago (Wiki Commons)
The meteorite is thought to contain seaweed fossils that existed on earth 55 million years ago (Wiki Commons)

Their theory claims that life on Earth was seeded from space and that evolution depends on genetic programmes from space.

He told the Huffington Post: "We came to the conclusion that material similar to biomaterial fitted all the available data in astronomy ... We considered the possibility that biology (microbiology) had a universal character, and no observations in astronomy or new information from biology has provided contrary evidence."

Wickramsasinghe's claims have been met with criticism from the scientific community.

Phil Platt, an astronomer writing in Slate magazine, said: "There is not a single shred of evidence to back up this claim. Nothing. It could simply be a bit of black rock they found somewhere.

"They do present a chemical analysis and claim it's a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite, a specific type of space rock with clear structures and composition. However, the analysis they present doesn't prove it's a carbonaceous chondrite, let alone a meteorite."

Other scientists also pointed out that the rock has not yet been proved to be a meteorite.

Despite this, Wickramsasinghe concludes: "The identification of fossilised diatoms (algae) in the Polonnaruwa meteorite is firmly established and unimpeachable.

"Since this meteorite is considered to be an extinct cometary fragment, the idea of microbial life carried within comets and the theory of cometary panspermia is thus vindicated.

"The universe, not humans, must have the final say to declare what the world is really like."

Source: Seaweed Aliens Invade Earth Inside Sri Lankan Meteorite, Scientist Claims - IBTimes UK

[Carol Nistri]

scratches head,um huh?

Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe, from the University of Buckingham, says the tiny algae fossils found inside a meteorite prove that aliens exist and that extra-terrestrials are responsible for life on earth.

[Antrikshaadmi]

Originally Posted by Carol Nistri

scratches head,um huh?

Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe, from the University of Buckingham, says the tiny algae fossils found inside a meteorite prove that aliens exist and that extra-terrestrials are responsible for life on earth.

He means that life on earth is extraterrestrial in origin.

Panspermia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[dr wu23]

Panspermia ...again. I was wondering how long before some one would bring that up again. Like all the ufo tales it gets recycled on the boards every so often.
At least it's a scientific idea of sorts.

[ChrisPerridas]

Wasn't that Hoyle's theory at one time?

Real science still uses peer review, so we'll have to see how this goes.

On a different note, the Sutter's MIll meteorite has interesting data too.

Stardust and Sunbreath in the Sutter's Mill Meteorite | KQED QUEST

About 71 scientists and 44 institutions cooperated and interacted to come to a concensus on this set of rocks. The amount of complex chemistry is amazing. It could very well have - under the right circumstances - created life. They confirmed amino acids, too.

[dr wu23]

Originally Posted by ChrisPerridas

Wasn't that Hoyle's theory at one time?

Real science still uses peer review, so we'll have to see how this goes.

On a different note, the Sutter's MIll meteorite has interesting data too.

Stardust and Sunbreath in the Sutter's Mill Meteorite | KQED QUEST

About 71 scientists and 44 institutions cooperated and interacted to come to a concensus on this set of rocks. The amount of complex chemistry is amazing. It could very well have - under the right circumstances - created life. They confirmed amino acids, too.

It could have been the way the basic building blocks got here...who knows ?
We are all Martians.

[starman2003]

"There is not a single shred of evidence to back up this claim." Forget panspermia.

[NonSmokingman]

Originally Posted by Antrikshaadmi

Source: Seaweed Aliens Invade Earth Inside Sri Lankan Meteorite, Scientist Claims - IBTimes UK

i eagerly wait how much this case gets wind under wings, could be something big, could be nothing

[ChrisPerridas]

It would be exciting if this turns out to be true. However, in science, the rule is peer review. You have to convince your colleagues before you convince the public.

There are some disturbing things being said about Chandra Wickramasinghe.

He has a bias towards panspermia.
Meteorite Holds Proof of Extraterrestrial Life Or Not | Chandra Wickramasinghe Journal of Cosmology | LiveScience

He was a protoge of Fred Hoyle.
Chandra Wickramasinghe says billions of Alien Planets discovered imply life everywhere | SINHALAYA news for sri lankan news.!

He is primarily a mathematician and believes in Neo-Darwinisism.
Chandra Wickramasinghe's Testimony in Arkansas, 1981

None of these need cause worry, but it shows he is looking for the evidence he found, and often we find what we look for, not what is really there.

I don't personally believe that life can spontaneously form in outer space, I think it needs energy sources and an environment that only exist beneath the surface of planetary bodies. But the gentleman seems to have been correct in other predictions he has made.