Interstellar signal linked to aliens was actually just a truck

3 years ago by ZeroCool to c/nottheonion

Sound waves thought to be from a 2014 meteor fireball north of Papua New Guinea were almost certainly vibrations from a truck rumbling along a nearby road, new research shows. The findings raise doubts that materials pulled last year from the ocean are alien materials from that meteor, as was widely reported.

flamingo_pinyata 28 points 3 years ago

Was it an alien truck?

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Zachariah 34 points 3 years ago

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dual_sport_dork 7 points 3 years ago

Maybe it was this truck.

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Beldarofremulak 33 points 3 years ago

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andrew_bidlaw 5 points 3 years ago

Star Truck if you will.

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jaybone 5 points 3 years ago

Star Truck: The Next Transportation

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_sideffect 24 points 3 years ago

Optimus?

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unreachable 6 points 3 years ago

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nutbutter 6 points 3 years ago

"Calling all Autobots. We have been compromised."

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EpsilonVonVehron 16 points 3 years ago

How embarrassing for Avi Loeb who’s been arguing with Astrophysicists, claiming he has the remains of the interstellar meteor and he’s right while they are all wrong. I’m sure he’s hoping it won’t hurt his book sales too much.

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Mastengwe 9 points 3 years ago

It’d be cool if we only linked a thing to aliens when we have empirical evidence that we can link a thing to aliens.

All this nonsense does is rile up the tinfoil hats.

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Ioughttamow 3 points 3 years ago

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