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jmd2009 
Will there be a major announcement on the first 3 pages of the NYT of the alien origin of life?
Background: http://media-newswire.com/release_1082759.html
"Records show that the underwater life which existed on Earth at this time became a lot more diverse directly after this major event."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALH84001
"It made its way into headlines worldwide in 1996 when scientists announced that it might contain evidence for microscopic fossils of Martian bacteria."
http://www.astrobio.net/news/article1687.html
"But you can find fossil structures in rocks, created from organisms that were in the sediment as it was being lithified - made into a rock."
http://www.panspermia.org/hoover2.htm
Richard B. Hoover of NASA/NSSTC announced today the discovery of evidence for the detection of a fossilized cyanobacterial mat in a freshly fractured, interior surface of the Orgueil carbonaceous meteorite.
Will there be a major announcement that makes the front 3 pages of the new york times that there is a strong possibility that life has alien origins in 2009?
"Records show that the underwater life which existed on Earth at this time became a lot more diverse directly after this major event."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALH84001
"It made its way into headlines worldwide in 1996 when scientists announced that it might contain evidence for microscopic fossils of Martian bacteria."
http://www.astrobio.net/news/article1687.html
"But you can find fossil structures in rocks, created from organisms that were in the sediment as it was being lithified - made into a rock."
http://www.panspermia.org/hoover2.htm
Richard B. Hoover of NASA/NSSTC announced today the discovery of evidence for the detection of a fossilized cyanobacterial mat in a freshly fractured, interior surface of the Orgueil carbonaceous meteorite.
Will there be a major announcement that makes the front 3 pages of the new york times that there is a strong possibility that life has alien origins in 2009?
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.
New York times front page.
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