I suspect more than one wire of <i>terrestrial</i> origin has wound up in the Pacific Ocean.<p>This guy has a history of motivated thinking in this realm. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/harvards-top-astronomer-says-an-alien-ship-may-be-among-us--and-he-doesnt-care-what-his-colleagues-think/2019/02/04/a5d70bb0-24d5-11e9-90cd-dedb0c92dc17_story.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/harvards-top-...</a>
Question to chemists here: why does article call it Manganese-Platinum alloy whereas composition numbers say that it contains much more Nickel, Strontium, and Cerium than Platinum?