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Alien Bacteria May Have Landed in India
coastal984 writes "CNN & Popular Science are reporting that a scientist in India believes he may have discovered alien life in water collected from a unusually colored rainstorm. From the article: 'So how to explain them? Louis speculates that the particles could be extraterrestrial bacteria adapted to the harsh conditions of space and that the microbes hitched a ride on a comet or meteorite that later broke apart in the upper atmosphere and mixed with rain clouds above India.'"
...now even bacteria are being outsourced to India.
"...may have discovered alien life in water collected from a unusually colored rainstorm..."
Last time I checked it was a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, not alien bacteria.
there was actually another report of red rain in russia two weeks ago. No mention of alien bacteria though.
Couldn't come to the US, fearing they might be considered illegal aliens.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
H.G. Wells was wrong! They aren't going to be killed by bacteria--THEY *ARE* BACTERIA!
-- Boycott Shell
I, for one, welcome our new microscopic overlords!
The rain was always Red.
Wildfire Complex
Welcome to the Panopticon. Used to be a prison, now it's your home.
Preliminary tests don't seem to indicate the presence of DNA. This shouldn't be the end of the inquiry. Furthermore, repeated testing for the presence of DNA is only so useful; yes, it's good to independently verify results, but after you're satisfied that something isn't there, it's time to find out what is there.
Absolutely. But this is work for an open-minded biologist, not an agenda-driven astronomer.
"I don't know, therefore Aliens" Wafflebox1
Maybe Indians who drank the water were taken over by the alien parasites and are now infiltrating the U.S. on H1-B Visas. So when Chandresh, the new employee, brings in food for everyone in your department, whatever you do, don't eat the red chutney.
Liberals call everyone Nazis yet they are the closest thing to it.
This isn't just the third time the story's run this year. It's also the second time Zonk ran the story in the Science section this year.