Red Rain related.

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The Inevitability of Life

http://www.jrmooneyham.com/ctctlif.html

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Red rain

http://www.strangemag.com/massive.red.rainshow.html

Ehrenberg estimated that 720,000 lbs. of matter fell during a single shower, on October 17, 1846, near Lyons, France;

and that 1/8th of the fall--90,000 lbs.--was composed of microscopic diatoms (Passat-staub und Blut-regen, 1847; and

Amer. Journal of Science, II. xi. 372).

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Red rain

http://www.strangemag.com/redrain.html

A list of articles regarding red rain.

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High altitude lifeforms and bacteria

http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue299/labnotes.html

Wickramasinghe claims that the patterns of their occurrence—denser at higher altitudes—indicate that they are falling

from above, rather than rising from beneath. He hopes to do an isotopic analysis, which is difficult because the

samples are so small. But the isotope ratios for each element—slight variations in the mass and composition of an

atom's nucleus—form a "planetary fingerprint" which will determine conclusively whether the bacteria originated on

Earth or, as Wickramasinghe suspects, on a comet traveling through interplanetary space

An even more controversial claim came from Naples University's D'Argenio, who claimed in mid-2001 to have isolated

and revived bacteria he found in a 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite. "Their genetic code is unlike any known on Earth,"

he told reporters. Then, in September 2002, astrobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch from the University of Texas at El

Paso announced that some of the chemicals in the hot, dry, acidic atmosphere of Venus looked a little suspicious.

There was not enough carbon monoxide (something Earthly bacteria eat), and much too much hydrogen sulphide, sulphur

dioxide, and carbonyl sulphide—short-lived gases which don't normally stick around unless replenished by bacteria.

It's not quite a smoking gun, but it's ... hard to explain.


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The Negative Hydrogen Ion, aka Hydride Ion or Active Hydrogen
http://www.h-minus-ion.org/

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Weather Almanac for September 1998 Living On the Air

http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/almanac/arc_1998/98sep02.htm

In the 1960s, research by Malcolm Brown discovered living algae and other microbes in the orographic clouds (clouds

forming when air moves over mountain summits) but none in the air above the clouds. Since then, many other studies

have found lifeforms living high in the sky. Russian scientists, for example, have collected microbes (bacteria and

fungi) between 58 and 75 km (36 - 47 miles) above the deserts of Kazakhstan.

Observations show that air masses over land contain approximately 500 bacteria per cubic metre of air; the

concentration falls over the ocean to about 50 out at 160 km (100 miles) out from shore and to one per cubic metre in

the open ocean atmosphere. The census of aeroplankton species includes viruses, approximately 1000 species of

bacteria, 40,000 varieties of fungi and hundreds of species of protozoa, algae, mosses and liverworts that live some

part of their life cycle as aeroplankton.

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Venus Atmosphere Temperature and Pressure Profiles
Temperatures for Influenza Habitability

http://www.datasync.com/~rsf1/vel/1918vpt.htm

(A speculative discussion about the possibility mamalian cell enzymes from earth existing in the upper venusian

atmosphere is given at the end of this article.)

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Microbes from Space
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ss/stories/s219202.htm

Broadcast Saturday 2/12/00

Summary:
Did life on Earth begin on Earth?

Transcript:
Fred Hoyle: I don’t myself think that it’s very profitable to think in terms of life having started you know, here on

the earth, and then together with my colleague in Cardiff, Professor Wickramasinghe, we looked at alternative places

and we found to our astonishment that comets look as though they are very suitable places to produce life.

Other evidence comes from a recent Indian high-altitude balloon flight. Wickramasinghe says that samples taken at 16

kilometres altitude, way up in the stratosphere, reveal a micro-organism that is not of this Earth. It seems to be a

novel strain of a bacteria genus that is common on Earth.
Scientists at NASA’s Astrobiology Institute have reacted cautiously, pointing out that a large portion of Earth’s

microscopic species remain to be discovered. Indeed, many species ‘unlike any other’ have been uncovered right here

on Earth in recent years. Also, in the eyes of aerobiologists, 16 kilometres up may not be considered all that high.

After all, living fungal spores have been reported at altitudes of around 11 kilometres. Other evidence comes from a recent Indian high-altitude balloon flight. Wickramasinghe says that samples taken at 16

kilometres altitude, way up in the stratosphere, reveal a micro-organism that is not of this Earth. It seems to be a

novel strain of a bacteria genus that is common on Earth.
Scientists at NASA’s Astrobiology Institute have reacted cautiously, pointing out that a large portion of Earth’s

microscopic species remain to be discovered. Indeed, many species ‘unlike any other’ have been uncovered right here

on Earth in recent years. Also, in the eyes of aerobiologists, 16 kilometres up may not be considered all that high.

After all, living fungal spores have been reported at altitudes of around 11 kilometres.

And when you consider the sort of harsh conditions in which microbes have been found to live - around deep ocean

volcanic vents, in the Antarctic ice and even inside nuclear reactors, is it too far-fetched to believe that they

might survive inside rocks in space? It’ll be interesting to see what the wider scientific community makes of

Wickramasinghe’s new claims.

Guests on this program:
Jonathan Nally
Editor, Sky and Space
80 Ebley Street
Bondi Junction NSW 2022
PO Box 1233
Bondi Junction NSW 2022
Tel: +61 (0)2 9369 3344
Fax: +61 (0)2 9369 3366

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Further information:
Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe
http://www.coseti.org/wickrama.htm

NASA Astrobiology Institute
http://nai.arc.nasa.gov/

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Limits of Life on Earth:  Are They the Key to Life on Other Planets?

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1997/pr9761/pr9761.txt

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Ground Zero Genesis

http://www.clydelewis.com/dis/genesis/genesis.shtml


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Hi,

   Many interesting items about the red rain.
Mark Ford mentioned that the article in the
New Scientist magazine suggested bat blood,
presumably from large flights of bats being struck
by planes or otherwise aerially injured. So, I 've
been researching bat's blood. (These things take
you odd places, don't they?)

   The red blood cells of mammals are without
DNA, since they are not intended to reproduce.
Red blood cells are generated in the bones,
released to the blood stream, live a short life,
and die. Hence, no DNA nor cell nucleus.
The appearance of the "alien cells" in the
SEM microphotographs greatly resemble
mammalian red blood cells.

   Bat blood red cells are somewhat unique
among mammalian red cells. Human red cells
have a life span measured in weeks, not months
or years. Bat red cells are very long-lived, long
enough, in fact, that we are not sure how long
they live.

The blood of bats has the highest known concentration of red cells of any mammal; their
blood is wall-to-wall red cells. Moreover, the
chemical composition of the bat red cell is very
high in lipids, far more fatty than any other
mammal's.

   This facts explain many of the characteristics
of the "alien cells." The high lipid content and
long lived cells explain how they can remain
undecayed and stably preserved for a long period
since they were collected. Several papers on bat
blood remarked on how "self-preservative" it was.

   The high density of red blood cells in bat blood
explains how a "red rain" would seem to consist of
nothing but these cells, with little or no other organic
debris being present. I would expect that animal
and insect scavengers would have eliminated any
little bat scraps before the "red rain" was collected.

   As far as their appearance, the following paper:
http://www.genomesize.com/rgregory/reprints/MammalRBC.pdf
has microphotos of bat eryhtrocytes (and cat and
human). The resemblance to the microphotographs
of the "alien cells" is striking.  The "thick walls," for
example, are an artifact of squashing the thick rims
of the red cells flat while making the slides.  You see
the same "thick walls" in all the red cells shown.

   The bat cells are more irregular in shape than
the cat and human cells, like the "aliens." Their size
corresponds to the size of bat erythrocytes. I don't
find anything that doesn't fit. Personally, I'm pretty well
convinced that's what the "aliens" are: murdered bats.
Helicopters? Jet intakes?

   Spores of any kind are pretty much out of the
question since the spores of all sporulating life are a
DNA delivery system, and these "aliens" have no
DNA. I'm afraid the only aliens we could work into
this picture would be aliens who slaughter bats in
large numbers for sport.


Sterling K. Webb

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