From: sjohns19@facstaff.wisc.edu (Steven Johnson) Subject: 500,000 year old object discovered in geode, request info? Date: Tue, 26 Jul 1994 21:28:26 Organization: Division of Information Technology Summary: Ancient Alien Artifacts Keywords: Ancient Alien Artifacts I recently watched one of the "In Search of" programs on cable TV titled "UFO Australia." There was the brief segment at the end of this show that presented a very strange artificial object that apparently had been found by some "rock hounds" who were in a desert in the western United States looking for geodes. The geode, when cut open, revealed strange object within. X-Rays showed an artificial-like object that looked like an electronic device similar to a capacitor. The program went on to say that a geologist "unofficially" dated the age of the geode which had the embedded artificial object to be approximately 500,000 years old. The "In Search of" program went on to say that the strange object had been extensively written up in several papers - but then apparently forgotten. Just another strange unexplained anomaly it would seem. Does anyone have any further information and/or leads on this particular object. Where might one locate copies of the actual research papers that were performed on this object. Does this object still officially exist in someone's collection, or has it "mysteriously" vanished like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? Any information would be greatly appreciated? Email to me if you wish. ...and may all your networking wishes come true! Steve --------------------------------------------------- Respectfully, Steven Vincent Johnson INTERNET (work): steven.johnson@ccmail.adp.wisc.edu INTERNET (home): sjohns19@facstaff.wisc.edu From: brian@lvld.hp.com (Brian Wood) Newsgroups: alt.paranet.ufo Subject: Re: 500,000 year old object discovered in geode, request info? Date: 28 Jul 1994 20:05:23 GMT Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co. In article , sjohns19@facstaff.wisc.edu (Steven Johnson) says: > > >Does anyone have any further information and/or leads on this >particular object. Where might one locate copies of the actual >research papers that were performed on this object. Does this >object still officially exist in someone's collection, or has it >"mysteriously" vanished like the pot of gold at the end of the >rainbow? > Here is the info I promised: The object is known as the Coso artifact. It was reported in Brad Steiger's book _Mysteries of Space and Time_, and also in _Secrets of the Lost Races_, by Rene Noorbergen (p. 43). The latter book mentioned that the object was reported on in detail by the Charles Ford Society. Turns out that was a misprint (which took a bit of Internet help to discover!) and the author meant the Charles Fort Society, now known as the International Fortean Organization. I found their address in a large reference book on organizations and called them. I found out that the object was reported on in their INFO Journal, Vol. 1, issue 4, (Spring, 1969). Copies can be ordered from INFO, Box 367, Arlington, VA 22210 for a small amount of money ($6, I think). They do not have any issues left in original condition - just xerox copies, which do not reproduce the photos of the X-rays very well. The report says that the names of the people who found the artifact were Mike Mikesell, Wallace lane and Virginia Maxey, and that they found the item February 13, 1961 on a mountain peak 4300 feet high, about 340 feet above the dry Owens Lake six miles northeast of Olancha, CA. Geologists think that about 1000 years ago, Owens Lake was as high as the top of that peak. The INFO article states that a member of INFO visited Maxey and Lane. Maxey stated that the object isn't magnetic "now" (article printed in 1969, remember), but she apparently said it WAS magnetic in a Feb, 1961 article in Desert Magazine. The INFO article concludes with the statement that no professional scientist has ever investigated the artifact, and that the owners are asking an "exorbitant payment" before they'll let anyone examine it. And so it goes. If we assume that it is an 'alien' artifact and not just a fossil encrusted spark plug, what might it be? My guess would be some sort of antenna. The construction reminds me of modern attempts at superconductors. Wonder if anyone's tried replicating the thing using ceramic superconductors and then cooling the thing off with liquid nitrogen to see what happens? --- Brian Wood W0DZ Co-Producer, ParaNet UFO Continuum International Director, MICAP [Multinational Investigations Cooperative on Aerial Phenomena] e-mail: brian.wood@paranet.org, brian@lvld.hp.com, paranet@aol.com CompuServe: 74003,754 (74003.754@compuserve.com) ParaNet BBS: (303) 429-2713 Amateur BBS: W0DZ@N0KTC