IM1 'the seismometer was a truck' critique (Fernando et al. 2024).
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A peer-reviewed critique (Geophysical Journal International, 2024) showing the seismic signal used to locate the IM1 interstellar-meteor impact site was consistent with a truck driving past the Manus Island seismometer.
Undermines the localization used to pick the Pacific search box for Loeb's spherule expedition; the signal 'changed directions over time, exactly matching a road.' Loeb disputes it (says the expedition used the satellite/CNEOS box). A key honesty node: it makes the spherules' meteoritic provenance unestablished.