Isolation of Biological Entities from the Stratosphere (22-27Km)

Here, we provide images of a variety of biological entities which we have sampled from the stratosphere at heights of between 23-27Km. The biological entities have unusual morphology and are generally not representatives of known terrestrial organisms. Analysis using EDX shows that all of the BEs contain only C and O and are not associated on the sampling stubs with pollen, grass or other terrestrial organisms. Images are provided of some of the biological entities which were sampled from our first and third successful sampling trips, a second trip isolated inorganic micrometeorites, but not biological entities. We conclude that the evidence points to a space origin for these stratosphere-derived biological entities.

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Biological Entities Isolated from Two Stratosphere Launches-Continued Evidence for a Space Origin

Wainwright¹

2015

“…Witness reports of a fireball sighting that preceded the fall, non-terrestrial ratios of the stable oxygen isotopes, high abundances of the element iridium are just a few. Another recent piece of evidence of a similar kind was obtained by Milton Wainwright and his colleagues [17,18] showing biological entities in cometary meteoroids collected from 27 km in the stratosphere. All this shows clearly that it may be unwise to continue ignoring the concept of life being a cosmic phenomenon.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 93%

The Forgotten Remit of Astrobiology

Wickramasinghe¹

2014

Astrobiology as it is currently pursued generally ignores the possibility that life might be a cosmic phenomenon, and that fully-fledged microbial life -bacteria and viruses -are cosmically omnipresent. The exploration of this possibility, which is opposed to the conventional view of an origin of life occurring independently on individual planets like Earth, is urgently needed in the light of new data.

“…The existence of microbiota in meteorites, in particular within cometary micrometeorides that form part of a meteor stream, was recently established by a team led by Milton Wainwright (Wainwright et al, [30][31][32][33]). A balloon-borne device to collect impacting cometary micrometeoroids was flown to a height of 27km in the stratosphere in June 2013 during the Perseid meteor shower.…”

Section: Stratospheric Meteoroidsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Life as a Cosmic Phenomenon: The Socio-Economic Control of a Scientific Paradigm

Wickramasinghe¹

2014

A major paradigm shift with potentially profound implications has been taking place over the past 3 decades at a rapidly accelerating pace. The Copernican revolution of half a millennium ago is now being extended to place humanity on the Earth in its correct cosmic perspective -an assembly of cosmically derived viral genes, no more, no less, pieced together over 4 billion years of geological history against the processes of Darwinian natural selection. The evidence for our cosmic ancestry has now grown to the point that to deny it is a process fraught with imminent danger. We discuss the weight of modern scientific evidence from diverse sources, the history of development of the relevant ideas, and the socio-economic and historical forces that are responsible for dictating the pace of change.