I don't know. I sometimes believe and sometimes don't depending on every new discovery they find.
Check out the story of "Red Rain"
Some respected scientists think it's our first -proof- of alien life.
simple cell life.. but still life !
red rain came down it was examined and found to replicate on it's own.
it does not contain DNA and excretes uranium as a waste product.
when the rain happened a meteor had hit the atmosphere in that are and exploded in the sky..
fragments were scanned and contained deep inside it where the same shaped micro organisms.
professional labs and pro scientists tried to get NASA involved but they refused.
It's simple.. if it lives ?
It has DNA.
this red rain contained self replicating living cell's that have no trace of DNA at all !
What do you call that then ?
Watch the show, The Unexplained Files - S01E06 - Alien Rain, Beach Boom & Voynich Manuscript
I just read about that on Wikipedia and apparently two independent groups confirmed that there was in fact DNA in the cells.
Which is disappointing.
hmm weird were they funded by NASA LOL
how does a previous group check for phosphorous fail at finding any with pro equipment then ?
no phosphorous ? then no DNA.
weird development though last i checked like a year go there was no new info coming out.
and the TV show i seen doing testing was by an expensive professional based lab using experts.
rather odd that veterans in the field with a life time of experience doing infinite amounts of tests could not find DNA
then some other guys come along and say oh no problem we found it.
I'd say the first lab that made the claims has lost 100% credibility forever now then.
If a pro lab can not detect DNA.. well it's inept beyond comprehension LOL
I bet the guys later on just used tainted samples and proclaimed it was all bullshit to sweep it under the rug.
I also would have to wonder about the rest of the story..
Since blood cell's were debunked because they have a very different structure then what were they ?
And what about the claims that the replicating left a byproduct of uranium ?
EDIT:
I just seen wikipedia..
They claim it was alga.
That was the first thing the lab's checked for.. watch the show LOL
It didn't even vaguely resemble alga in structure etc
and many variants from around the world were tested.
Wikipedia claimed it was a local strain ? LOL i think they checked that FIRST
EDIT:
Another claim was the lab tested for extreme heat and unlike alga that would die these things kept on replicating just fine.
every single point leads us to believe it was in fact some simple cell life from a meteor.. add it up !