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steve2470

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Fri Aug 21, 2015, 03:20 PM Aug 2015

NASA reminds the world, it's not always wise to believe the Internet

(yes original article title)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/0821/NASA-reminds-the-world-it-s-not-always-wise-to-believe-the-Internet

Old rumors of an asteroid approaching Earth sometime between Sept. 15 and 28, 2015 resurfaced online this week, and again, NASA says: there’s nothing to worry about.

"There is no scientific basis – not one shred of evidence – that an asteroid or any other celestial object will impact Earth on those dates," said Paul Chodas, manager of NASA's Near-Earth Object office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a group of astronomers and scientists monitoring the sky for any space objects.

The rumors seem to trace back to a self-proclaimed prophet, Efrain Rodriguez. He said he sent a letter to NASA on Nov. 12, 2010, titled “Letter to the Space Agency… meteor heading toward Puerto Rico,” according to Veterans Today.

Mr. Rodriguez received a message from God, he claimed, that an asteroid would “soon be seen in the alarm systems of NASA.” It would head towards Puerto Rico and trigger an earthquake and tsunami that would devastate the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the US and Mexico, as well as Central and South America. He urged NASA to act on his claims and issue an alert to evacuate those in vulnerable areas.
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NASA reminds the world, it's not always wise to believe the Internet (Original Post) steve2470 Aug 2015 OP
Starship Troopers all over again... nt haikugal Aug 2015 #1
They are trying not to get us to panic jberryhill Aug 2015 #2
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