# Ancient Statue of Extra-Terrestrial Material ... Stolen by Nazis

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 27, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-statue-of-extra-terrestrial-material-stolen-by-nazis/636063 "2012-09-27T21:19:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-statue-of-extra-terrestrial-material-stolen-by-nazis/636063/1 "2012-09-27T21:19:55Z")

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You couldn’t make this shit up. 😃 Indiana Jones, eat your heart out - reality is wierder!

> **[Ancient statue discovered by Nazis is made from meteorite](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19735959)**
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> An ancient statue, recovered by a Nazi expedition in the 1930s, was originally carved from a highly valuable meteorite, say researchers.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-statue-of-extra-terrestrial-material-stolen-by-nazis/636063/2 "2012-09-27T21:47:41Z")

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[We done this one.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=666798)

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**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-statue-of-extra-terrestrial-material-stolen-by-nazis/636063/3 "2012-09-27T21:50:51Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> [We done this one.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=666798)

Ah, rats.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-statue-of-extra-terrestrial-material-stolen-by-nazis/636063/4 "2012-09-27T22:15:30Z")

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Oddest looking Hitler statue ever!

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-statue-of-extra-terrestrial-material-stolen-by-nazis/636063/5 "2012-09-27T22:30:59Z")

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Closed duplicate thread.