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Corguinho, Brazil: Only One Bed Sheet
Part 4 – Geologists Run X-Ray Diffractometer on Corguinho, Brazil Stones
“You have presented us with objects that are well outside the things we have encountered before, outside our experience.”
- Art Johnson, Ph.D., Prof. of Geology, Univ. of Pennsylvania
June 6, 2003 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Biophysicists W. C. Levengood's observations about the titanium and magnetic quality of the Corguinho, Brazil stones were reinforced by the x-ray diffractometry (XRD) work done May 22-23 at the University of Pennsylvania. Prof. Johnson, whose field is soil analysis, had selected nine objects from my rock trays and collection bags. I also gave him two halves of Stone 2 that Phyllis Budinger had split open. During the first XRD run, he was joined by Prof. Gomaa Omar, an eminent rock expert, and another geologist who specializes in rare earth isotopes. First up was one half of Stone 2, which they called the “button” on the XRD analysis shown below.
Second was a piece of the melted rock that local Corguinho eyewitnesses found in October 2000 after a light came down to the top of a hill and took off again. That rock was arbitrarily labeled “lightening strike” because Dr. Omar said very high temperature had to have been involved.
Part 2 – Textiles Expert Examines the Corguinho, Brazil Bed Sheet and Pillowcase
Part 3 – Infrared and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy on the Corguinho, Brazil Round Stones
Part 1 – Scientists Examine Samples from the Corguinho, Brazil Bed Sheet and Pillowcase
Mars Express Radar Will “See” 3 Miles Into Red Planet’s Crust
June 2, 2003 Baikonur, Kazakhstan - Today the European Space Agency (ESA) launched its first mission to Mars called "Mars Express" aboard a Russian rocket from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Attached to the orbiter was Britain's Beagle 2 lander which will land on the surface and look specifically for signs of Martian life. The "robotic geologist" will dig into Mars soil and sample the atmosphere hunting for organic material or methane gas produced by living organisms.
Scientists Surprised by Common House Fly Fossils in Antarctica
Cat and Dog Mutilations in Salt Lake City; $6,500 Reward
May 27, 2003 Salt Lake City, Utah - Since May 14, 2002, the Salt Lake County Animal Services in Utah has received nine reports of mutilated cats and one report of a mutilated dog. The May 14th case was a domestic male cat with black short hair. The officer who picked it up thought it might have been attacked by another animal, but the resident who found it thought its throat had been slit.