Paper on the titanium globe with biological ooze found in the stratosphere

[axj]

As a follow-up to this intriguing article on sott.net:
http://www.sott.net/article/292791-British-scientists-say-metal-ball-containing-bio-matter-could-be-alien-seed

There is now a paper on this titanium capsule that the scientists think contains a biological liquid from space:
_http://journalofcosmology.com/JOC23/MiltPaper34.pdf

The abstract:

Biology Associated With A Titanium Sphere Isolated From The Stratosphere
Milton Wainwright, Christopher E. Rose, Alexander J. Baker, Raisa Karollavand N.vChandra Wickramasinghe

A sphere of diameter 30 microns was isolated from the stratosphere at a height of between 22–27 kilometres. It was found to be mainly composed of titanium (with smaller amounts of vanadium). Nanomanipulation and EDX analysis showed that the titanium sphere contains a carbonaceous non-granular material which we suggest is a biological protoplast. Damage to the surface of the sphere revealed a carbonaceous, filamentous material, having a “knitted” appearance”, which we also suggest is biological in nature. The titanium sphere produced a distinct impact crater when it impacted the carbon sampling stub. We conclude by suggesting that this largely titanium sphere contains biological elements which impacted the sampling stub at speed as it made the journey from space to the stratosphere.

 

[Iron]

Thanks for that axj. I gave it a speed read, and one of the proposal of the paper is very interesting: that the ball and the microorganisms found associated with it are one. That the titanium ball is actually a shell for the organism. Very interesting.

 

[MusicMan]

I don't suppose anyone has considered that this artifact may well be debris from our own spacecraft which have exploded in space and gradually worked their way out of orbit, the re-entry doing the charring.
It could be material from one of the space shuttles that met a fiery end.

 

[axj]

I don't suppose anyone has considered that this artifact may well be debris from our own spacecraft which have exploded in space and gradually worked their way out of orbit, the re-entry doing the charring.
It could be material from one of the space shuttles that met a fiery end.

They discuss this in the paper and think that this is an "extremely low probablity".