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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/24/alien-rain-unexplained-files_n_3982523.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news
'Alien Rain': Extraterrestrial Theories Explored On 'Unexplained Files'
The Huffington Post | By David Moye Posted: 09/25/2013 10:29 am EDT | Updated: 09/25/2013 10:29 am EDT
A two-month rain storm in southern India may be the most compelling evidence yet that extraterrestrial lifeforms have visited Earth.
Between July 25 and Sept. 23, 2001, the Indian state of Kerala was drenched by bizarre red-colored rain unlike any seen previously, according to the latest episode of "The Unexplained Files," airing Sept. 25 on the Science Channel.
Godfrey Louis, a physicist based in Kerala, analyzed drops of the rain expecting the strange color would be a result of dust particles. But that didn't turn out to be the case.
"Dust particles do not have this irregular shape," Louis said in the program. "They are not transparent like this."
Louis noticed something else when he analyzed the crimson-colored water droplets under the microscope. In his opinion, the particles appeared to be alive, with some superficial similarities to blood cells -- although closer inspection revealed they were not blood cells.
At first, the official report from the Center for Earth Science Studies attributed the red rain to an exploding meteor that fell to Earth in the area a week before the first red rainstorm.
After working with the Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, the official explanation was changed to spores, according to the Indian Express.
Researchers at Stintec, a lab in Sri Lanka, found something more shocking. Even though the so-called "spore cells" were replicating, not one trace of DNA could be found.
Louis believes that the spores were on the meteor that exploded over Kerala prior to the rainstorm.
He said research showed that the supposed space cells managed to continue replicating even under temperatures exceeding 572 degrees Fahrenheit.
"It was growing at temperatures that would kill other lifeforms," Louis said on the show.
British-based astrobiologist Chandra Wickramasinghe believes that the "alien rain" theory is not only plausible, but likely, especially since 100 tons of space rock hits Earth daily.
"The existence of life outside the Earth is amazingly regarded as an extraordinary hypothesis, but I would argue that the extraordinary hypothesis is that this tiny minute piece of dust we call the Earth is the center of life in the universe and that no life exists even next door to it," Wickramasinghe told the program.
Earlier this year, Wickramasinghe also announced he had discovered tiny fossils inside a meteorite found in Sri Lanka in December. He used this finding to promote "panspermia," a theory that life exists throughout the universe and is distributed by meteoroids and asteroids.
Louis and Wickramasinghe's red rain theories are inspiring a storm of controversy, but the possibility of actual proof that life on other planets is clouded with some chilling realizations.
Earlier this year, researcher Anil Samaranayake released a paper in the Journal of Cosmology suggesting that the cells found in red rain pose a possible risk to Earth.
"A high concentratrion of uranium was found in the outer crust of the unicellular organisms," Samaranayake said.
If these things are replicating, how long will it take for them to consume us?
Sounds like the movie monsters in Mexico. I will look out for red rain here. I need some new pets.
Deuem,
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Well, isn't this just the interesting topic? ???
Sometime ago, when I was doing substantial posting with in the YG! of our Peggy affiliate's, I rendered an article and some find's showing that there may be strong possibility that life as we understand it today is nothing more than a misinterpretation of the Cosmic 'Cause and Effect' when it came to us being even existent as humans.
If they continue researching this, I am sure they are going to find that Uranium as a heated liquid has some very strange properties, just as some of our researcher's here are finding strangeness with in the Mercury Vapor or other lvl 6 types of metals, but one thing that was stated with in the article was my basis for creating the YG! discussion thread:
QuoteHe used this finding to promote "panspermia," a theory that life exists throughout the universe and is distributed by meteoroids and asteroids.
We need Pimander to chime in on this, he is our Bio-engineer guy here, maybe he can shed more light on to the whole possibility of this being the fact. I would have discussed this topic long ago, but there are some that find it too offensive to even consider, after the the religious implication's anyway.
Thanks for sharing Sky Otter, very interesting research there, wish I would have found it!! :P
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first the pdf report on this years red rain is below
Discovery of Uranium in Outer Coat of Sri Lankan Red Rain Cells
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Apr 15, 2013 ... Kerala Red Rain. The most publicized red rain event of recent times is one that took place in. Kerala, India during May to August 2001. The first ...
journalofcosmology.com
journalofcosmology.com/JOC22/Polonnaruwa9B.pdf
clipped from Google - 9/2013
http://www.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&id=3918&Itemid=3104
wow.. some interesting reading here on all kinds of stuff
http://journalofcosmology.com/
yes.. well obviously this is not an isolated or new occurance..here's more info
but it's looking very much like a type of red algea..so far
http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie20010806/nat10.html
NATIONAL NETWORK Monday, August 6, 2001
'Red rain was fungus, not meteor'
KAMAL GOPINATH NAIR
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUGUST 5: The red rain that lashed parts of Kerala last month is eluding explanations as the days go by.
The Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS) here on Saturday retracted its hypothesis that a streaking meteor triggered the rain.
Everybody had taken that explanation with a pinch of salt because other researchers had spoken of biological contents in the water samples. Yet, the retraction has raised eyebrows about a premier research body's prudence in making a hurried announcement.
CESS has not only retracted, but tagged a confession: ''This leaves several questions unanswered.'' The CESS press release was triggered by the chemical analysis of the water samples that showed these were largely biological. Biological studies have identified organic material such as fungal spores in them.
CESS director M. Baba said: ''The exact species is yet to be identified. But how such a large quantity of spores could appear over a small region is as yet unknown.''
On July 25, Changanacherry town had received the coloured showers overnight that continued into the morning and on till sunset. Some residents collected samples of the rain. They said the shower was accompanied by thunder and lightning.
CESS then collected the samples and tested them. The water was found to be neutral and contained some amount of dissolved salts.
The filtered precipitate was fine and powdery, and this, said Baba, was chemically and biologically analysed.
The chemical analysis showed various elements — including carbon, silicon, calcium, magnesium, aluminum, iron, sodium and potassium. It contained significant traces (in parts per million) of phosphorus, titanium, chromium, manganese, copper and nickel.
The biological study — partly conducted at CESS and at the Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (TBGRI), Pacha Palode — revealed a red coloured cell structure.
This has been tentatively identified as spores of some fungus species and are now being cultured by the TBGRI. ''The red colour of the rain appears to be mainly because of the spores,'' Baba said.
These findings, say CESS, raise doubts on whether the explosive sound reported by residents and the red rain were independent events. There are other posers too which remain unanswered:
What produced the huge quantity of spores ? Is the source local or distant?
How were the spores injected into the clouds?
If the source is not local, how was the mass transported without getting distributed over a large area?
By way of an answer, CESS has only this to say : ''While the cause of the colour in the rainfall has been identified, finding the answers to these questions is a challenge.''
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Published on Jun 27, 2013
WOW- RED Rain Drops In India
A mysterious rain in India has left the scientists and researchers baffled for over a decade. In July 2001, rain drops resembling blood were reported from a village and the rain lasted for all most 2 months.
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On June 28,2012 The dreaded RED RAINS returned to India and fell for about 15 minutes, causing much panic again. This began as early as 2001 and has been researched scientifically from India to the USA. They claimed evidence of microscopic life forms but saw a general absence of dna. Hence, some have attributed it to alien microbiology. Respected government scientist have dismissed the alien leaning and attributed it to swarms of bats being hit by a meteorite. Others have attributed the dreaded phenomenon to the vaccuming of red pollution from the earth which falls back as rain some time later.
Link: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatim...
TROUBLING!!! WATER TURNING BLOOD
- August 2012: Lake Turn Blood - FRANCE
- July 2012: Sea Turn Blood - RUSSUA / UKRAINE
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAFdgm...
- July 2012: Blood Rain - INDIA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riYgpG...
- Feb. 2012: River Turn Blood - LEBANON
- April 2011: Lake Turn Blood - USA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xccamQ3aQzs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_rain_in_Kerala
In November 2001, commissioned by the Government of India's Department of Science & Technology, the Center for Earth Science Studies (CESS) and the Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute (TBGRI) issued a joint report, which concluded:[5][18]
The color was found to be due to the presence of a large amount of spores of a lichen-forming alga belonging to the genus Trentepohlia. Field verification showed that the region had plenty of such lichens. Samples of lichen taken from Changanacherry area, when cultured in an algal growth medium, also showed the presence of the same species of algae. Both samples (from rainwater and from trees) produced the same kind of algae, indicating that the spores seen in the rainwater most probably came from local sources.
Louis' only reported attempt to stain the spore's DNA was by the use of malachite green, which is generally used to stain bacterial endospores, not algal spores,[55] whose primary function of their cell wall and their impermeability is to ensure its own survival through periods of environmental stress. They are therefore resistant to ultraviolet and gamma radiation, desiccation, lysozyme, temperature, starvation and chemical disinfectants. Visualizing algal spore DNA under a light microscope can be difficult due to the impermeability of the highly resistant spore wall to dyes and stains used in normal staining procedures. To stain the spores' DNA, which is tightly packed, encapsulated and desiccated, spores must first be cultured in suitable growth medium and temperature to first induce germination, then cell growth followed by reproduction.[49]
Other researchers have noted recurring instances of red rainfalls in 1818, 1846, 1872, 1880, 1896, and 1950, including one described by Charles Darwin,[49] and several times since then.[56] Most recently, coloured rainfall occurred over Kerala during the summers of 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008,[57] and 2012; since 2001, the botanists have found the same Trentepohlia spores every time.[49] This supports the notion that the red rain is a seasonal local environmental feature caused by lichen spores.[49][58][59][60][61]