Sightings2001

Red rain in Kerala

When: 25 Jul 2001
Where: Kottayam, India
Sources: 3 public sources

Red and other coloured rain fell over parts of Kerala for weeks from late July 2001, and the state's Centre for Earth Science Studies investigated. Physicist Godfrey Louis later argued the red particles were cells from a comet, a claim most researchers rejected.

Sources

PressColoured rain falls on Kerala (opens in a new tab)BBC News / 2001-07-30
PressRed rain could prove that aliens have landed (opens in a new tab)The Guardian (The Observer) / 2006-03-05
OtherCometary panspermia explains the red rain of Kerala (Louis and Kumar) (opens in a new tab)arXiv / 2003-10

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