E.T.? More like U-Haul.
A mysterious signal that for a decade was widely believed to be an indication of alien life probably got here from a loud truck, researchers from Johns Hopkins University have revealed.
Initially believed to be from a meteor fireball that shot out just north of Papua Recent Guinea within the southern hemisphere in 2014, the disappointing revelation also throws water on speculation by a noteworthy Harvard physicist that ocean-recovered materials were of extraterrestrial origin.
Upon the meteor’s atmospheric entry, a seismic station on the nation’s Manus Island also recorded several ground vibrations — apparently from ground transportation.
“The signal modified directions over time, exactly matching a road that runs past the seismometer,” said seismologist Benjamin Fernando, leader of the Hopkins team.
“It’s really difficult to take a signal and ensure it just isn’t from something. But what we can do is show that there are numerous signals like this, and show they’ve all of the characteristics we’d expect from a truck and not one of the characteristics we’d expect from a meteor,” he explained.
Fernando said that data had been misread, and that the meteor entered Earth’s sky at a unique point. He and his team weren’t capable of find seismic wave evidence from the space rock.
“The fireball location was actually very far-off from where the oceanographic expedition went to retrieve these meteor fragments,” he said.
“Not only did they use the incorrect signal, they were looking within the incorrect place.”
Analyzed data suggests the true splash site is no less than 100 miles away from where experts investigated. What had been recovered was actually just normal meteorites that accrued terrestrial substances.
“Whatever was found on the ocean floor is completely unrelated to this meteor, no matter whether it was a natural space rock or a bit of alien spacecraft — despite the fact that we strongly suspect that it wasn’t aliens,” said Fernando.
In tandem with the bummer news for alien enthusiasts, the Pentagon recently released a latest report of government knowledge of UFO existence.
It found no evidence that “represented extraterrestrial technology” recovered by government agencies.
The report added, “most sightings were strange objects and phenomena and the results of misidentification.”
E.T.? More like U-Haul.
A mysterious signal that for a decade was widely believed to be an indication of alien life probably got here from a loud truck, researchers from Johns Hopkins University have revealed.
Initially believed to be from a meteor fireball that shot out just north of Papua Recent Guinea within the southern hemisphere in 2014, the disappointing revelation also throws water on speculation by a noteworthy Harvard physicist that ocean-recovered materials were of extraterrestrial origin.
Upon the meteor’s atmospheric entry, a seismic station on the nation’s Manus Island also recorded several ground vibrations — apparently from ground transportation.
“The signal modified directions over time, exactly matching a road that runs past the seismometer,” said seismologist Benjamin Fernando, leader of the Hopkins team.
“It’s really difficult to take a signal and ensure it just isn’t from something. But what we can do is show that there are numerous signals like this, and show they’ve all of the characteristics we’d expect from a truck and not one of the characteristics we’d expect from a meteor,” he explained.
Fernando said that data had been misread, and that the meteor entered Earth’s sky at a unique point. He and his team weren’t capable of find seismic wave evidence from the space rock.
“The fireball location was actually very far-off from where the oceanographic expedition went to retrieve these meteor fragments,” he said.
“Not only did they use the incorrect signal, they were looking within the incorrect place.”
Analyzed data suggests the true splash site is no less than 100 miles away from where experts investigated. What had been recovered was actually just normal meteorites that accrued terrestrial substances.
“Whatever was found on the ocean floor is completely unrelated to this meteor, no matter whether it was a natural space rock or a bit of alien spacecraft — despite the fact that we strongly suspect that it wasn’t aliens,” said Fernando.
In tandem with the bummer news for alien enthusiasts, the Pentagon recently released a latest report of government knowledge of UFO existence.
It found no evidence that “represented extraterrestrial technology” recovered by government agencies.
The report added, “most sightings were strange objects and phenomena and the results of misidentification.”
