Are There Aliens Already on Earth?

Are There Aliens Already on Earth?
Astrobiology Magazine ^ | 02/20/06

Posted on 02/20/2006 5:28:16 PM PST by KevinDavis

Conspiracy theorists will readily tell you that the U.S. military is hiding alien corpses in a secret facility in the Nevada desert. But paleontologist and University of Washington geology professor Peter Ward thinks that scientists should be looking for a different type of alien life on earth: alien microbes. Ward is the author of several popular books about astrobiology, including the controversial Rare Earth, co-authored with Donald Brownlee. In his latest book, Life as We Do Not Know It, Ward addresses an issue often avoided by astrobiologists. Although all known life on Earth has a similar DNA-based chemistry, life found on other worlds may not. In chapter 6 of Life as We Do Not Know It, reprinted below, Ward takes this argument one step further. There may, he says, be unfamiliar life forms on Earth, as well. And scientists would be wise to search for them.

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1 posted on 02/20/2006 5:28:18 PM PST by KevinDavis

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2 posted on 02/20/2006 5:28:44 PM PST by KevinDavis (http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)

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Of course

3 posted on 02/20/2006 5:30:10 PM PST by NeoCaveman (If it's (Sherrod) Brown, flush it)

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To: KevinDavis

Of course there are: the Clintons, Lard Ass and John F'n Kerry for starters!

4 posted on 02/20/2006 5:30:33 PM PST by Aussie Dasher (The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)

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To: KevinDavis

How would you know an alien microbe from a nonalien microbe?

5 posted on 02/20/2006 5:31:21 PM PST by Brilliant

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To: KevinDavis

Who, us?

6 posted on 02/20/2006 5:31:27 PM PST by captain_dave

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To: KevinDavis

I always thought my ex-mother in law was an alien, and her daughter too.

7 posted on 02/20/2006 5:32:29 PM PST by stumpy

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Yes, Hillary, Teddy, Horse Face, Durbin the Turban, Rockefeller, Conyers, McNinny, Cindy Shiite, Dim Paine, Dr. Demento amongst many others.

8 posted on 02/20/2006 5:32:44 PM PST by DarthVader (Conservatives aren't always right , but Liberals are almost always wrong.)

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How would you know an alien microbe from a nonalien microbe?

The alien microbe would have a tiny spaceship, of course.

9 posted on 02/20/2006 5:33:30 PM PST by SIDENET ("IT'S A COOKBOOK!!!")

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To: Aussie Dasher

You beat me to it. I was also thinking Rick Springsteen, Mick Jagger, Simon (American Idol), and the Dixie Chicks.

...would explain a lot.

10 posted on 02/20/2006 5:33:39 PM PST by Zarro (We Support Governor Rossi)

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11 posted on 02/20/2006 5:33:56 PM PST by Sam Cree (absolute reality) - ("Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Albert Einstein)