[meteorite-list] Astromyxin - Star Jelley

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <*meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com*> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:46:04 -0500 Message-ID: <CAKBPJW_NANwnBAt15_nj5n0opYcDy7yOwsUSPNVaOUxmNgttXQ_at_mail.gmail.com> · meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com

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On 12/13/11, Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Dear Doug, List,
>
> The original discovery of this recent mess of star
> jelly can be found at this blog:
> http://helvellyn.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/star-jelly-by-ullswater/
> and a followup here:
> http://helvellyn.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/star-jelly-solve-the-mystery/
>
> This is where the British press got onto the story
> and there are links to the BBC and other coverage
> of the story in the UK. There are finds in the same
> district in 2009.
>
> That great chronicler of mysteries, Charles Fort,
> reports jelly masses going back centuries but
> almost always reports them as being identified
> with egg-masses or the like:
> http://www.resologist.net/damn04.htm
>
> "Star Jelly has been reported falling from the
> sky as early as the 13th century; the name
> actually being found in a dictionary from 1440.
> Historical archives in Pennsylvania include
> reports that go back as far as the 1600s..."
> http://www.dystopiantimes.com/content/star-jelly
> And please, let's not forget angel hair, rains
> of frogs (and toads), fish, shrimp, and of course,
> the Red Rain of India.
>
> It's a frequent event; it wasn't hard to find TV News
> reports:
> http://www.wtae.com/r-video/29122861/detail.html
> and even a "witnessed fall":
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QVXLEnNTJQ
>
> Despite what the Wikipedia says in its entry on
> "Star Jelly," the National Geographic has never
> "commissioned scientists" to identify it; the reference
> is to one of NatGeo's fake science shows:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oet-TDJWTo
>
> Since samples are collected from exposed environments,
> they are expectedly contaminated with a variety of
> DNA's. Fungal growth is found in them but is not
> the source. Here are some expert comments from
> the North-of-England 2009 reports:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/outdoors/articles/jelly/
>
> Star Jelly?
>
>
> Sterling K. Webb
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "MexicoDoug" <mexicodoug at aim.com>
> To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 3:57 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Astromyxin - Star Jelley
>
>
>> Hi List,
>>
>> http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3886427/Lake-District-is-hit-by-The-Blob.html
>>
>> While trying to remember the name of the "National Enquirer" type
>> tabloid newspaper of London which I though was called "The Globe", I
>> found this article ... Actually the Brits' tabloid is "The Sun" how
>> could I forget .... the Globe was an 1800's tabloid in London oops ...
>>
>> Anyone have any experience with with this mysterious substance called
>> Star Jelley which is reputed to result from meteor showers, though may
>> actually be a set of different unrelated natural phenomena?
>>
>>
>>
>> Kindest wishes
>> Doug
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