Actually, scientists say no such thing.

The article says that "ufologists" are saying this... people who haven't seen or examined the box.

The professor stated that the coffin was made of a material that does not exist on planet Earth. ěHundreds of such coffins have been found in Jerusalem during archeological excavations. The research has showed that they were made in the first century A.D. That is why, the first thought that I had in my head when I saw Jacobís coffin was there is something wrong with it. The stone differed from all other stones that I saw before. It had very small pores that could hardly be seen. At the same time, it was incredibly solid. After the tests that we conducted in the lab, I can assure you that our planet does not know this material,î said the professor.


--Professor says material not from our planet.--

However, the professor did not answer where the stone could have come from.

--Well, when the professor says it's not from our planet, then I think I might be right to say it's from another planet?--

Actually, it's the Canadians who were saying it's limestone. The article you cited ALSO says it's limestone. So does every other source.

If the US scientists said it was limestone... and it wasn't, the Canadians would be delighted to get "one up" on the US scientists and publish the truth. There's plenty of cross-border rivalry and, as the Canadians on the board can tell you they'd LOVE to make the US look silly.

I'm sorry, but you can't excuse the closeness in spelling, because editors really ream reporters out over that. Scientists get mega-offended if you misspell their names. And you look like a fool if you report names wrongly. Nor could it have been a hasty mistake made from a transcript -- "Lemer" isn't pronounced the same as "Lemerie". One has one syllable. The other has two. They sound very different. An editor would have had other news sources available and would have smacked the reporter for such a dumb mistake.

Calling it "Apostle Jacob's Coffin" instead of the correct "Ossuary of James" (it's NOT a coffin, BTW. Ossuaries and coffins are VERY different things) is yet another mistake pointing to your article having been written by a hoaxer.

You can get as mad as you like... but your real anger should be directed toward the hoaxer who's trying to fool you.

lol im gonna get bashed for this but Im no biblical scholar. Who was jesus brother? John or someone? Cant remember my sunday school lessons lol.

Speaking of bible-UFO stuff, I saw a painting once, I think its a painting of the Last Supper where supposedly there is a big, black, eliptical object in the sky over Jesus' right shoulder. "They" were saying that it was too big to be a paint blotch or piece of dirt, and that it was meant to be painted. Ill try to locate the picture.