A meteor or alien tech: Harvard professor plans UFO expedition

Re:A meteor or alien tech: Harvard professor plans UFO exped... by elcritch on Friday August 12, 2022 @06:16PM (#32444616)

And here I didn't even consider the chance that it was an elaborate ruse to grab a punch of rare-earth metals. Apparently my heavy diet of sci-fi and techno thrillers hasn't trained me well enough yet. ;)

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Re:A meteor or alien tech: Harvard professor plans UFO exped... by ajnin on Friday August 12, 2022 @07:40PM (#32445274)

These are not rare earths, rare earths are a family of chemically similar elements close together in the periodic table that are not actually that rare geologically. Platinum and iridium are just rare elements.

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Re:A meteor or alien tech: Harvard professor plans UFO exped... by jonathankoren on Friday August 12, 2022 @10:59PM (#32446507)

I love how this would be the exact inverse of the Project Azorian.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomar_Explorer

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Re:A meteor or alien tech: Harvard professor plans UFO exped... by SavageBeast on Saturday August 13, 2022 @01:50AM (#32447270)

Theres a great documentary about that by the name 'Azorian - The Raising of The K129 on Amazon' - I think I bought it for $1 - you should give it a watch if you haven't yet.

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