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Originally posted by Odessy
reply to post by Solarskye
or maybe because it came from a UFO
[edit on 12-12-2007 by Odessy]
Originally posted by Ironclad
reply to post by mikesingh
Firstly, it just looks like a chunk of solid metal.
There dosen't seem to be any complexity to the object and could'nt possibly have any practical use.
Originally posted by Hal9000
Finally, I found the test results I recalled comparing BW's object and 360 aluminum alloy. It was a test done by Los Alamos Laboratories and I only found a scanned image.
I also recall that there was a rare strontium isotope ratio that was similar to meteorites from Mars if you are interested in looking that up. They were supposed to do a test to confirm that, and that was the last I heard of it.
Originally posted by tayga
But this doesn't say anything about the sampling technique. XRF won't work with a large bulk of material, only with polished thin sections or powders.
Originally posted by tayga
Did they drill right through the object? Did they even know at that time that it wasn't homogeneous?
Originally posted by tayga
Strontium isotope ratios typical of material from Mars are not that rare in Earth materials. I think the additional test required was a chromium isotope ratio and I don't know if that's been done.
Originally posted by Hal9000
reply to post by mikesingh
Bob won't use a computer so e-mail is out of the question. You could try Dr. Gibbons e-mail and ask questions through him or I think they have a phone number that you can talk to him or one of his associates.
Good luck.
Originally posted by tayga
It’s interesting that many people have theories about this object that relate to their background. It’s no different to the explanations I hear in my day job. Chemists put forward chemical explanations, engineers engineering ones and physicists physical ones. No surprise.