[meteorite-list] Alien contact predicted

[Dave Gheesling]

It was Thomas Jefferson, but it wasn't.  That's how the story evolved over
time, but apparently he said something more like:

"A cautious mind will weigh well the opposition of the phenomenon to
everything hitherto observed, the strength of the testimony by which it is
supported and the errors and misconceptions to which even our senses are
liable.  It may be very difficult to explain how the stone you possess came
into the position in which it was found, but is it easier to explain how it
got into the clouds from whence it is supposed to have fallen?"

I can't remember the source for this quote, though I have it on file
somewhere from back when I put together a framing of my collection piece
with the Jefferson/Benjamin Silliman tale.  Fun story...

Best,

Dave
www.fallingrocks.com

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Kirk
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I think it was George Wallace.....:-)
Kirk.......
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>>>"I'd rather believe that a Yankee  professor would lie than that rocks 
> fall from the sky."<<
> 
> Wasn't it  former president Andrew Jackson that said this? 
> GeoZay  
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