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Volume 15: Number 1: Article 5
Composition Analysis of the Brazil Magnesium
Peter A. Sturrock, Center for Space Science and Astrophysics, Stanford
University, Stanford, CA 94305
Some of the surviving fragments of the Brazil magnesium that purportedly
had their origin in the explosion of a UFO have been subjected to surface,
internal and isotopic analyses. The surface composition of four of the
specimens has been determined to better than 1 part per million (ppm).
There are some similarities, but also significant differences, so it
is clear that the specimens were subjected to different influences.
Some of the impurities (such as sodium and calcium) may be due to seawater
or sand, but many of the impurities are incompatible with such contamination.
Some of the impurities (titanium, chromium, iron, cobalt, selenium,
strontium, yttrium, niobium, palladium and barium) may point toward
an origin in a technological device or devices.
Two specimens of Brazil magnesium, together with four comparison specimens,
have been subjected to internal analysis by a laser ablation inductively
coupled plasma mass spectrograph (ICP-MS) instrument. This analysis
shows that the Brazil specimens contain calcium at a few thousand ppm
and (as found by the Colorado Project) both strontium and barium at
a few hundred ppm. One specimen also contains titanium at a few hundred
ppm. This analysis indicates that the existing Brazil samples are not
as pure as magnesium specimens readily available in the 1950s.
Some of the specimens have been subjected to isotopic analysis. The
only departures from normal isotopic ratios are small differences that
may be attributed to fractionation as a result of heat treatment. The
origin of these fragments remains a mystery. There is no evidence that
the specimens are of extraterrestrial origin.
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Composition Analysis of the Brazil Magnesium
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