FabSwingers.com forum: Meteors.. Do not touch

By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

A meteor landed in England last night and the scientists are advising anyone finding it not to touch it.. why is it so dangerous.. are there virus and bacteria from outta space?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It might be too hot.

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

Let me guess . There's more to this than meets the eye ??

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By *otsossieMan
over a year ago

local, but not too local

Heat aside, it may be toxic, radioactive, or worth money on eBay.

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By *hrista BellendWoman
over a year ago

surrounded by twinkly lights

I wouldn't touch it, but I'd love a piece in a bulletproof clear box, so nothing could get out

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

Whats that film where the pensioners all go swimming with a bit of meteor and all go younger?

Might be like that

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Whats that film where the pensioners all go swimming with a bit of meteor and all go younger?

Might be like that

Cocoon

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By *teveanddebsCouple
over a year ago

Norwich

"It might be too hot.

They are also worth a lot of money.

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

"Whats that film where the pensioners all go swimming with a bit of meteor and all go younger?

Might be like that

Cocoon?

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

"A meteor landed in England last night and the scientists are advising anyone finding it not to touch it.. why is it so dangerous.. are there virus and bacteria from outta space?"

It's most likely radioactive because it had been exposed to the sun's rays outside our atmosphere.

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By *hampagne_Supernova_91Man
over a year ago

Manchester

Probably traces of radiation or something along those lines. Telling me not to touch it though would make me want to do it all the more though haha

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

"A meteor landed in England last night and the scientists are advising anyone finding it not to touch it.. why is it so dangerous.. are there virus and bacteria from outta space?

It's most likely radioactive because it had been exposed to the sun's rays outside our atmosphere. "

Are you serious ?

Are they dangerous

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By *rder66Man
over a year ago

Tatooine

Of course I'm going to touch it, I've watched way too many comic book movies not to.

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

"Whats that film where the pensioners all go swimming with a bit of meteor and all go younger?

Might be like that

Cocoon

That's the one

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By *ovebjsMan
over a year ago

Bristol

"It might be too hot.

They are also worth a lot of money."

yes just make sure you lay claim to it before calling it in

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Could you cover it in soil until it cools down or would that be too dangerous

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

Things you learn growing up in a dangerous country

If you don't know what it is, mitts off

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

"Whats that film where the pensioners all go swimming with a bit of meteor and all go younger?

Might be like that

Cocoon? "

Yes that's the one. They all went old again at the end tho and one died.

Tom I think you should take one for the team and go touch it for us

Don't forget to report back.

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

"Could you cover it in soil until it cools down or would that be too dangerous "

Maybe wear an oven glove

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

If you’ve ever watched The Blob, you’ll know exactly why never to poke around at fallen meteorites....

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

"If you’ve ever watched The Blob, you’ll know exactly why never to poke around at fallen meteorites....

Yes another film based on actual fact, Tom

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

I prefer to throw some soil over it, let it cool for a few weeks until the fuss dies down and then dig it up and cover with aluminium foil. My only worry is what it might do to the earthworms in this period...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Are there sharks in the bits?

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By *an4funMan
over a year ago

london

"Of course I'm going to touch it, I've watched way too many comic book movies not to."

You would also go down the rickety old wooden stairs into a basement with no lights

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By *alldarksurreyMan
over a year ago

surrey

Under uk law 20 percent or 20gms which ever is smaller must be donated to institutes for scientific purposes,the rest is yours to keep or sell to the highest bidder

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By *an4funMan
over a year ago

london

"Under uk law 20 percent or 20gms which ever is smaller must be donated to institutes for scientific purposes,the rest is yours to keep or sell to the highest bidder "

I'd use it as a paperweight

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By *irtydevil666Man
over a year ago

bristol

Wondered what that great big crater in the garden was

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By *dam1971Man
over a year ago

Bedford

I’d put a spider on it, then let the spider bite me

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By *lan157Man
over a year ago

a village near Haywards Heath in East Sussex

I have found it and I am keeping it a secret so don't tell anyone.

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Radioactive space monkey shark's.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

We have a chunk of a meteor* on our mantelpiece. We seem to have survived thus far...

*Not the one that recently landed.

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

"I prefer to throw some soil over it, let it cool for a few weeks until the fuss dies down and then dig it up and cover with aluminium foil. My only worry is what it might do to the earthworms in this period..."

Tremors

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I wouldn't touch it, but I'd love a piece in a bulletproof clear box, so nothing could get out

Do meteors carry guns?

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Just to confirm. I have not found a meteor. I was merely posing the question...

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By *hrista BellendWoman
over a year ago

surrounded by twinkly lights

"If you’ve ever watched The Blob, you’ll know exactly why never to poke around at fallen meteorites....

I bet the moss man from creepshow never saw the blob...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have watched enough superhero films to want to touch it. And enough horror films to stay away

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By *annia440Man
over a year ago

greater London

"It might be too hot.

They are also worth a lot of money."

Seen a few go for a few thousand at auction

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Maybe a ripped Clark kent would bust out of it.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"Maybe a ripped Clark kent would bust out of it.

I'll take two

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

"Just to confirm. I have not found a meteor. I was merely posing the question... "

Tell it to the cops , Tom.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

"Just to confirm. I have not found a meteor. I was merely posing the question...

Tell it to the cops , Tom."

No seriously. It's all over the news. There was a big fireball in the sky last night over the uk. I don't make this nonsense up..

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By *annia440Man
over a year ago

greater London

I'll have to look that up I haven't heard about it

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

https://youtu.be/uLpknfbhv7Y

Here it is; quite a beautiful sight

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By *annia440Man
over a year ago

greater London

"https://youtu.be/uLpknfbhv7Y

Here it is; quite a beautiful sight

Cheers

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

These meteors have been tracked down. Landed on somebody's front drive? What's the chances of that.. ?

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

its an alien shark egg

very worrying

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By *ictoria_1976TV/TS
over a year ago

Lanson

"We have a chunk of a meteor* on our mantelpiece. We seem to have survived thus far...

*Not the one that recently landed."

I hate to be a pedant but meteors burn up as they enter the atmosphere & don't make it to the ground

It's meteorites make it to the ground - every days a school day!

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

Has anyone found this yet?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"These meteors have been tracked down. Landed on somebody's front drive? What's the chances of that.. ?

I emptied my barbie over the neighbours fence and now I feel bad...

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

"Has anyone found this yet? "

Landed in Gloucestershire, now safely in the hands of the scientific community..

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By *uper SaiyanMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

"A meteor landed in England last night and the scientists are advising anyone finding it not to touch it.. why is it so dangerous.. are there virus and bacteria from outta space?"

Its cold, thats all. Millenia in space versus minutes in the atmosphere doesn't make a hot rock. The fireball you see is compression of the air in front of the meteorite due to the speed it is moving at. They are probably also hoping to collect it and use it for research so they would like it to be as uncontaminated as possible.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Because Its actually an alien like Colour out of Space and you will go mad then crumble to ash

I must be right

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"We have a chunk of a meteor* on our mantelpiece. We seem to have survived thus far...

*Not the one that recently landed.

I hate to be a pedant but meteors burn up as they enter the atmosphere & don't make it to the ground

It's meteorites make it to the ground - every days a school day!

Yep and it's a meteoroid if it's still in space

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

One word ... Evolution.

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

And the risk to health...?

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By *olgateMan
over a year ago

on the road to nowhere in particular

Intergalactic space fleas

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

These buggers have landed..

Did I see pictures of them wrapped in foil?

What's happening here ?

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By *damantMan
over a year ago

High Crompton

OTMAPP.

Hoped this was a Paul Fenech thread.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Why are the authorities involved..

More to this story

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By *icentiousCouple
over a year ago

Up on them there hills

They don’t want to have to buy it?

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

I have seen them wrapped in foil on tv

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By *layfullsamMan
over a year ago

Solihull

Isn't it because they don't want it to be contaminated so they can examine it further ?

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By *layfullsamMan
over a year ago

Solihull

It's Mork, Nanu Nanu

Shazbots

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

they don't want you to touch it because they are valuable and they don't want to have to pay for them

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

"Isn't it because they don't want it to be contaminated so they can examine it further ?

We dont know but is there a government department here ..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It is simply because they don't want it contaminated. If you read the reports about the parts that have been found one of the things mentioned that the scientific community is pleased about its that they were collected properly.

To give an idea of how special it is, of 65000 or so known meteorite samples, only 50 something are of this particular type. We have spent billions sending spacecraft to meet with and return samples from asteroids and then a chunk of exactly that type of rock literally falls out the sky and smashes on someone's drive.

The samples have gone to the Natural History Museum - not the men in black.

Only you could conjour up a conspiracy theory out of that Tom.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Is there more to this than meets the eye ?

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

"Is there more to this than meets the eye ?"

I'm sure sharks are involved somehow

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

I saw photos of them wrapped in foil then an hour later in a plastic bag...weird a

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By *uper SaiyanMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

"Is there more to this than meets the eye ?"

Yes. Optimus will be coming next.

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By *ablo minibar123Woman
over a year ago

I blame the sharks, it's part of their evil plan to take over the world

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A meteor landed in England last night and the scientists are advising anyone finding it not to touch it.. why is it so dangerous.. are there virus and bacteria from outta space?"

Because you might contaminate it with human bacteria, it's very unlikely to have any thing from outerspace on it because of the heat of entering the atmosphere

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