Editing Panspermia (section)

=== Orgueil meteorite ===
On May 14, 1864, twenty fragments from a meteorite crashed into the French city of Orgueil. A separate fragment of the [[Orgueil (meteorite)|Orgueil meteorite]] (kept in a sealed glass jar since its discovery) was found in 1965 to have a seed capsule embedded in it, while the original glassy layer on the outside remained undisturbed. Despite great initial excitement, the seed was found to be that of a European [[Juncaceae]] or rush plant that had been glued into the fragment and camouflaged using [[coal dust]].<ref name=":14"/> The outer "fusion layer" was in fact glue. While the perpetrator of this hoax is unknown, it is thought that they sought to influence the 19th-century debate on [[spontaneous generation]]—rather than panspermia—by demonstrating the transformation of inorganic to biological matter.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Anders |first1=Edward |last2=DuFresne |first2=Eugene R. |last3=Hayatsu |first3=Ryoichi |last4=Cavaillé |first4=Albert |last5=DuFresne |first5=Ann |last6=Fitch |first6=Frank W. |date=1964-11-27 |title=Contaminated Meteorite |url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.146.3648.1157 |journal=Science |language=en |volume=146 |issue=3648 |pages=1157–1161 |doi=10.1126/science.146.3648.1157 |pmid=17832241 |bibcode=1964Sci...146.1157A |s2cid=38428960 |issn=0036-8075}}</ref>