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I would hope that them possibly being from Earth would be one of the first things that the NASA guys would think of. I would bet that the meteorites are quite different geologically than something from Earth, especially since they are saying this is a rare type of meteorite.I'm not saying this study is incorrect, but what if those meteorites were created from earth when an asteroid hit causing large debris to go flying out of the atmosphere, but still not quite fast enough for escape velocity....
Update: While the Journal of Cosmology says that “no other paper in the history of science has undergone such a thorough vetting,” some highly respected names in the scientific community are challenging the validity of Cosmology, and the findings of Dr. Hoover.
“[The Journal of Cosmology] isn’t a real science journal at all,” says PZ Meyers in Science Blogs, “but is the ginned-up website of a small group of crank academics obsessed with the idea of Hoyle and Wickramasinghe that life originated in outer space and simply rained down on Earth.”
So there you have it — this is either reality-altering news, or the work of kooks. Our hearts believe, but our brains are kind of bummed.
Edit: This article has been updated with an additional photograph and altered for clarity.