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BootinUp

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19. I saw an article about this a couple days ago, where the author was

Reply to intrepidity (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 9, 2023, 11:43 AM

Jul 2023

very skeptical. Pointing out that metal spherules like this are known to come from meteors entering our atmosphere. I didn't read the whole thing and really the subject does not fascinate me like it did when I was younger. I have since realized how easy it is for people to take pieces of a puzzle and make them fit all kinds of impossible stories.

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Harvard professor Avi Loeb believes he's found fragments of alien technology [View all] usonian Jul 2023 OP

Hang on, they found them by dragging magnets from a boat? intrepidity Jul 2023 #1

I saw an article about this a couple days ago, where the author was BootinUp Jul 2023 #19

So many things in the heavens Inkey Jul 2023 #2

It's not alien technology. It's just a random collection of metals forged in space via natural means LonePirate Jul 2023 #3

to be kind ... -(nt)- stopdiggin Jul 2023 #5

Guy just wants Amazon ... krkaufman Jul 2023 #10

"moving faster than 95% of all stars in the vicinity of the sun" stopdiggin Jul 2023 #4

Some of them resemble Earth. Tetrachloride Jul 2023 #6

i know the Supreme Court thinks corporations are people AND WOMEN AREN'T Warpy Jul 2023 #8

Bullshit. This is not how we do science and this Harvard prof knows it. Demnation Jul 2023 #7

I read this story and I must applaud you for BigmanPigman Jul 2023 #9

I don't really understand the tone of some these replies. ShazzieB Jul 2023 #14

I read the same article that was posted BEFORE BigmanPigman Jul 2023 #16

Sounds like we're on the same page. ShazzieB Jul 2023 #17

Sorry, not impressed. See video. And balls like this are frequently found on meteors Quixote1818 Jul 2023 #18

+1 BootinUp Jul 2023 #20

I usually endorse a post if I agree wildly. Otherwise, it's just a post. usonian Jul 2023 #21

Or...are those perhaps fragments of his reputation after re-entry? He seems to have gone fully... xocetaceans Jul 2023 #11

+1 chowder66 Jul 2023 #12

Harvard professor looses his marbles I mean he is seeing aliens everywhere. airplaneman Jul 2023 #13

And another entry in the series .... CloudWatcher Jul 2023 #15

Interesting video on science versus UFO UAP. I think very highly of Dr Kipping airplaneman Jul 2023 #22