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    Why do Aliens Hate Radivoje Lajic?

    By Posted on 4.11.2008 8 Comments

    Radivoje Lajic thinks aliens don't like him. The Bosnian man says his home has been hit by meteorites no less than five times. He took the rocks to experts at Belgrade University, who confirmed that they are the real thing. But they haven't been able to verify that Lajic did anything to anger the extraterrestrials, or that he's the target of some extra-planetary prank. Still, Lajic seems sure this isn't just a coincidence.

    4.12.2008 at 12:56pm - Comment by pwolschen

    Sorry my math was a bit off. it should be 1 meteorite over 10 grams strikes 3000 km2 per year. thats a probability of .033% that a km2 will be hit in a year. the chance that this occurs 5 times in 10 years then becomes .00034%. now thats per km2 but as you can see its not impossible

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    Why do Aliens Hate Radivoje Lajic?

    By Posted on 4.11.2008 8 Comments

    Radivoje Lajic thinks aliens don't like him. The Bosnian man says his home has been hit by meteorites no less than five times. He took the rocks to experts at Belgrade University, who confirmed that they are the real thing. But they haven't been able to verify that Lajic did anything to anger the extraterrestrials, or that he's the target of some extra-planetary prank. Still, Lajic seems sure this isn't just a coincidence.

    4.12.2008 at 09:28am - Comment by pwolschen

    Around 50,000 meteorites over 10 grams hit the earth every year. The earth has an area around 150,000,000 km2. so that means that on average 1 meteorite over 10 grams strikes 30,000,000 km2. Thats a large area. well the article does not mention the time span so if we assume a time span of 10 years. then on average that means 10 meteorites per 30,000,000 per 10 years. that leaves a probability of .0000003 of being struck once. while this may not be very high, there will always be events that are very improbable and eventually someone's house will be hit by 5 meteorites.



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