Talk:ALH84001

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The annoucement of the ALH84001 was first made by a NASA Press Release August, 7th 1996 with later statements of President Bill Clinton. The article in Science published August, 16th.

See Press Release from NASA at ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1996/96-160.txt See Press Release from White House at http://clinton6.nara.gov/1996/08/1996-08-07-remarks-by-president-upon-departure.html See McKay, D. S. & Gibson Jr., E. K. (1996). Search for past life on Mars: Possible relic biogenic activity in Martian meteorite ALH84001. Science 273(5277): 924-931.

All of the facts included in this page are true, with the exception that it could not be confirmed to any reliable degree using radio-carbon 14 dating, since it is far too old. I would propose removing the reference to this test, since it doesn't apply to any object whose supposed arrival on earth was far past the acceptable threshhold of RC-14 dating.