Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
On May 24, 2003 The Lancet published a letter from Wickramasinghe, jointly signed by Milton Wainwright and Jayant Narlikar, which suggested that the virus that causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) could be extraterrestrial in origin. The letter includes this claim:
With respect to the SARS outbreak, a prima facie case for a possible space incidence can already be made...
A small amount of the culprit virus introduced into the stratosphere could make a first tentative fall out East of the great mountain range of the Himalayas, where the stratosphere is thinnest, followed by sporadic deposits in neighbouring areas.
Wickramasinghe was also involved in coordinating analyses of the Red rain in Kerala in collaborations with Professor Godfrey Louis.
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