Researchers have discovered the presence of significant numbers of living microorganisms–mostly bacteria–in the middle and upper troposphere, the part of the atmosphere four to six miles above the Earth’s surface. In other words, the clouds are filled with germs! Do they fall to Earth when it rains? (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this incredible show).

They haven’t yet figured out whether these microorganisms routinely inhabit this portion of the atmosphere or whether they were simply lofted there from the Earth’s surface.
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This is a genuine unknown. The object appears very briefly, traveling at high speed. It is NOT the jet producing the contrail, but an object that flies from right to left across the window of the jet, between 14 and 15 seconds.
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Originally, your Out There editor wrote: "At first, this appears to be a flock of birds, but it isn’t a flock of birds. First, each object is independently lit by a light powerful enough to produce significant illumination in a sunlit sky. Second, there are no wing flapping motions. However, the objects do appear to be gliding on thermals, or they are being maneuvered to present this appearance. These are genuine unknowns, and very strange ones."
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This photographer has done a fine job of creating a photographic analysis of an anomaly over Washington DC. There is no question of hoax here, or of a misidentification. This material is unidentified. Whether or not it could be identified as some sort of airborne pollutant or extremely lightweight floating debris is another question. However, some of the transformations that take place are very fast, which only adds to the high strangeness.
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