--- title: "Professor Receives Insane Email Claiming “Biological” Green Comet Is Giving Off “Meat Smoke”" description: "Timothy Schmidt, a professor of chemistry at the University of New South Wales, called the green comet theory \"the craziest email I have ever received.\"" date: "2023-02-04" modified: "2023-02-04" authors: - name: "Frank Landymore" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/flandymore" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/green-comet-meat-smoke" categories: - "Off-World" - "Space" tags: - "comet" - "green comet" - "the digest" --- # Professor Receives Insane Email Claiming “Biological” Green Comet Is Giving Off “Meat Smoke” ![Timothy Schmidt, a professor of chemistry at the University of New South Wales, called the green comet theory "the craziest email I have ever received."]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* ## Smoking Gun A resplendent green comet is [streaking across the night sky]() — but not for much longer. C/2022 E3, or ZTF, as it's called, will only be in view for a few more days before vanishing into the distant cosmos for around 50,000 years. Not everyone is convinced that ZTF is just a gassy bit of space ice, though. Have a look at this insane email sent to Timothy Schmidt, a professor of chemistry at the University of New South Wales, that proposes the comet is actually some sort of cursed biological meatball. And you thought flat Earthers were nuts. "Comets are not dusty snowballs as you clearly see in \[the\] Comet 67P study where \[the European Space Agency\] landed and sampled… it is 100 percent organic…" the email reads, which Schmidt shared in a [tweet](). "The gasing off is meat smoke that did not combust \[and\] simply vaporizes in sunlight… that's why they shot out at different angles. Metals \[are\] from the blood vessels and the big one is from the artery." "I have ones here that have LOTS OF BLOOD and are iron meteorites," they claimed. "Can we discuss this?" ## Meathead Theory Poor professor Schmidt was at a loss for words. "I think this is the craziest email I have ever received, which says a lot," he wrote. "Honestly, this is beautiful," another chemistry professor [tweeted]() in response to Schmidt. "ChatGPT could never hallucinate such an original message. This email is pure, terrifying humanity." From what Schmidst can tell, the sender appears to be a man who runs a YouTube channel with over 170,000 subscribers, where you can "learn about the true nature" of space rocks that are actually — yes — "mudfossils" which contain flesh and blood body parts. Huh. In the YouTuber's latest video on the green comet, he opines this whole academic consensus thing on meteorites is a giant sham. "You know what's stunning is the incompetence of our scientists in academia!" he scolded. "They're destroying the minds of all the people. They are the destroyers of the human mind." **More on the green comet:** *[Behold! Dazzling Green Comet Approaches]()* ## Author At Futurism, my work has often centered on bringing a sense of clarity and insight to complex topics ranging from the regulation of emerging technologies to the esoteric ideologies of Silicon Valley executives, while striving not to lose the poetic sense of awe inspired by often-obscure fields like astrophysics and quantum computing. I broke the story of CNET using AI to produce articles that turned out to be riddled with factual errors and plagiarism — a dam-breaking inflection point, as I've reported, that's inspired copycats and endless discourse while beguiling stakeholders ranging from tech giants to purveyors of spam around the web. My work at Futurism has been cited by publications including CBS News, the Los Angeles Times, Vice, Gizmodo, Engadget, the Verge, and Vanity Fair. I grew up in locales ranging from India to China, and now live in the exotic suburbs of Virginia. In my free time, I'm an avid reader of weird sci-fi literature, an aficionado of East Asian cinema, and, regrettably, a relapsed gamer. Allegedly, I’m working on a debut novel, currently untitled. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()