# Buddhist ‘Iron Man’ found by Nazis is from Space **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 26, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddhist-iron-man-found-by-nazis-is-from-space/635928 "2012-09-26T21:21:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddhist-iron-man-found-by-nazis-is-from-space/635928/1 "2012-09-26T21:21:36Z")
[And the Nobel Prize in Headline Writing goes to _Nature_!](http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/09/buddhist-iron-man-found-by-nazis-is-from-space.html) Oh, the story’s pretty cool, too: > [@](#): > > A Buddhist statue brought to Germany from Tibet by a Nazi-backed expedition has been confirmed as having an extraterrestrial origin. > > Known as the ‘iron man’, the 24-cm high sculpture may represent the god Vaiśravaṇa and was likely created from a piece of the [Chinga meteorite](http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=5353) that was strewn across the border region between Russia and Mongolia between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago, according to Elmar Buchner of the University of Stuttgart, and his colleagues. This unique for another reason as well: > [@](#): > > “The Iron Man statue is the only known illustration of a human figure to be carved into a meteorite.” [said Buchner] But, really, this is mainly about the headline. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddhist-iron-man-found-by-nazis-is-from-space/635928/2 "2012-09-26T21:23:23Z")
The movie script for this practicaly writes itself. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddhist-iron-man-found-by-nazis-is-from-space/635928/3 "2012-09-27T00:16:11Z")
Looks like Burgess Meredith. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddhist-iron-man-found-by-nazis-is-from-space/635928/4 "2012-09-27T02:18:25Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Looks like Burgess Meredith. A genuine Nazi meteorite Iron Man that makes you eat lightning and crap thunder. This gets better and better. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddhist-iron-man-found-by-nazis-is-from-space/635928/5 "2012-09-27T16:05:32Z")
Made me look! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddhist-iron-man-found-by-nazis-is-from-space/635928/6 "2012-09-27T16:19:17Z")
This thread is bound to have a large view to post ratio. ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddhist-iron-man-found-by-nazis-is-from-space/635928/7 "2012-09-27T16:36:50Z")
Interesting that the swastika was really a good luck symbol, that the figure is holding either a lemon or a bag/purse, and that this is a chunk of meteor. Read a thingie on this too. Could this be related to the same black stone that the hajj is? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddhist-iron-man-found-by-nazis-is-from-space/635928/8 "2012-09-27T17:08:43Z")
Rather cheerful looking guy, nonetheless. Heck, I would love to add him to my collection. I could stick notes to him with kitchen magnets =) I wonder how long it will be before you can buy replicas of it? Is it me, or is the face rather caucasian looking? That sort of slender face is more Jesus looking than Buddha looking IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddhist-iron-man-found-by-nazis-is-from-space/635928/9 "2012-09-27T17:15:01Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Rather cheerful looking guy, nonetheless. > > Heck, I would love to add him to my collection. I could stick notes to him with kitchen magnets =) I wonder how long it will be before you can buy replicas of it? > > Is it me, or is the face rather caucasian looking? That sort of slender face is more Jesus looking than Buddha looking IMHO. That makes me want to sing. _Well, I don’t care if it rains or freezes, Long as I have my iron Jesus Riding on the dashboard of my car. Through all trials and tribulations, We will travel every nation, With my iron Jesus I’ll go far._ ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddhist-iron-man-found-by-nazis-is-from-space/635928/10 "2012-09-27T17:24:20Z")
‘chinga meterorite’, hehe. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddhist-iron-man-found-by-nazis-is-from-space/635928/11 "2012-09-28T00:31:57Z")
It depicts a man cheerfully kicking himself in the balls. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddhist-iron-man-found-by-nazis-is-from-space/635928/12 "2012-09-28T01:45:47Z")
The movie has already been [made.](http://www.ironsky.net/site/) ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddhist-iron-man-found-by-nazis-is-from-space/635928/13 "2012-09-28T11:34:26Z")
“basically an inappropriate material for producing sculptures” No kidding. I’m thinking that is a very valuable piece of art. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddhist-iron-man-found-by-nazis-is-from-space/635928/14 "2012-09-28T13:08:11Z")
Any word on whether we have top men working on this? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddhist-iron-man-found-by-nazis-is-from-space/635928/15 "2012-09-29T06:02:28Z")
Has he lost his mind? Can he see or is he blind? Can he walk at all, Or if he moves will he fall? Is he alive or dead? Has he thoughts within his head? We’ll just pass him there Why should we even care?