According to findings published in the Journal of Cosmology, Dr. Richard B. Hoover (NASA) has discovered evidence of alien fossils in a rare type of meteorite. The bacteria is visible only with scanning electron microscope, but Hoover believes his peer-reviewable work will eventually bear out the hypothesis that extraterrestrial life exists.
When an asteroid or comet struck Mars 16 million years ago, it created a crater that allowed the meteorite to escape. The 2-kilogram piece of Martian rock continued to orbit the Sun in an elliptical path until it was captured by the Earth around 13,000 years ago. When it first touched down, it was in glacial Antarctica. It remained there until 1984, when a meteorite-hunting crew found it in the Allan Hills. The sample was assigned the number ALH84001. When scientists looked at ALH84001 more closely around 10 years later, they discovered that it was one of the so-called SNC meteorites, which are believed to have originated from Mars and not an ordinary meteorite.
This type of meteorites all have minute amounts of gas that closely resembles the Martian atmosphere. The other twelve SNC Martian meteorites were all known to have formed within the last 1.3 billion years, after Mars had turned into a frozen desert. However, ALH84001 was nearly 4 billion years old and likely lived when liquid water was frequently present on the surface of Mars. For life to exist as we know it, liquid water is necessary. Because of this, McKay and his colleagues were interested in ALH84001 because they believed it may contain microscopic and molecular proof of past Martian life.
Types of Evidence
The scientists took samples from the solid inner volume of the rock in order to prevent any potential terrestrial contamination that may have been picked up by the meteorite in Antarctica. They discovered orange-tinted carbonate globules in the meteorite’s fissures that mimic limestone cave deposits. Only the presence of liquid water permits the formation of this kind of substance. McKay and his associates discovered three types of proof that they interpreted in terms of the existence of prehistoric microbial life on Mars:
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which may represent bacteria’ breakdown products, were found in trace amounts in the globules.
Unless formed by bacterial metabolism, iron sulphide and magnetite, two chemicals seldom observed together in the presence of carbonates, were present in the globules as minute grains.
When the carbonate globules were studied under an electron microscope, it was discovered that several worm-like creatures that resembled petrified bacteria were present in some areas.
