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January 20, 2012

Invader from Mars

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A meteorite that fell to Earth last July in Morocco has proven to be a rare chunk of Mars. Only a handful of Martian meteorites are known, and only five (counting the new find) come from meteorites that were seen falling. --Nature News Blog: Morocco fireball yields rare Mars meteorites

Entry event:
At about 2 am local time on July 18, 2011, a bright fireball was observed by several people in the region of the Oued Draa valley, east of Tata, Morocco. One eyewitness, Mr Aznid Lhou, reported that it was at first yellow in color, and then turned green illuminating all the area before it appeared to split into two parts. Two sonic booms were heard over the valley. -- Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Tissint

Posted by gerardvanderleun at January 20, 2012 8:52 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

Your Say

First, I'm skeptical of the certainty that this object came from Mars. It's a nice statement that gets the publicity, but I ain't buy the universal absolute statement: "“All Martian meteorites are offset in the composition of oxygen isotopes from rocks on the Earth and other places,” Herd explains." Perhaps, even probably there is more in depth support for the statement. That brings us to:

Second, what does any of this matter? How much taxpayer money does it take to pay the salaries, the support costs, etc. of these people who took the post enlightenment clergy position of "scientist," to come up with an inane and irrelevant "fact" to be used as the basis for some article?

I read too much, and need to get away from this computer to accomplish something. You, dear reader, might consider doing the same.

Posted by: Guaman at January 21, 2012 12:23 PM

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