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A NASA scientist claims to have identified signs of extraterrestrial bacteria in meteorites, and if he's right, it means a strong boost to the theory that such entities are common and that life on Earth may have originated in outer space.
In his paper published on Friday in the Journal of Cosmology, Richard B Hoover of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center says: "Environmental (ESEM) and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) investigations of the internal surfaces of the CI1 Carbonaceous Meteorites have yielded images of large complex objects."
The theory that earthly creatures may be related to extraterrestrial life is called "Panspermia", a theory which is named after Captain James T. Kirks preferred method of engaging with other species. The meteorite evidence of life include several fossilised prophylactics plus indications of a hastily written note which, when read beneath a scanning electron microscope, appeared to read "I'll call you, Jim."
Dr Hoover went on to say "Whatever colour the alien women in outer spce - be they green, blue or even a rich cherry red, the evidence we have is overwhelming that Captain Kirk bedded at least one of them on one of the Starship Enterprises' jaunts through time.
"Either that, or he did something unmentionable to a rock out of sheer desperation, anyway."
Dr Hoover has hit the headlines in the past with his theories of life on earth having been spawned from outer space, perhapos most famously with his "Thirteenth colony" theory, which states that Life here began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man who even now fight to survive somewhere beyond the heavens.
When asked about that theory yesterday, Dr hoover looked a bit sheepish and muttered that "There are those who believe it, anyway."
In his paper published on Friday in the Journal of Cosmology, Richard B Hoover of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center says: "Environmental (ESEM) and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) investigations of the internal surfaces of the CI1 Carbonaceous Meteorites have yielded images of large complex objects."
The theory that earthly creatures may be related to extraterrestrial life is called "Panspermia", a theory which is named after Captain James T. Kirks preferred method of engaging with other species. The meteorite evidence of life include several fossilised prophylactics plus indications of a hastily written note which, when read beneath a scanning electron microscope, appeared to read "I'll call you, Jim."
Dr Hoover went on to say "Whatever colour the alien women in outer spce - be they green, blue or even a rich cherry red, the evidence we have is overwhelming that Captain Kirk bedded at least one of them on one of the Starship Enterprises' jaunts through time.
"Either that, or he did something unmentionable to a rock out of sheer desperation, anyway."
Dr Hoover has hit the headlines in the past with his theories of life on earth having been spawned from outer space, perhapos most famously with his "Thirteenth colony" theory, which states that Life here began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man who even now fight to survive somewhere beyond the heavens.
When asked about that theory yesterday, Dr hoover looked a bit sheepish and muttered that "There are those who believe it, anyway."
