CODA 1: "Aliens" from Right Here?

The time has finally come for NASA's heavily anticipated press conference, which has generated quite the Internet buzz since the space agency released an enticingly ambiguous press briefing previewing the announcement of an "astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life."


However, according to more sober minded, but still panting-with-anticipation, chomping at the bit web observers, the truth may be a bit closer to home:
According to Steven Hoffer at the AOL News Surge Desk:
"Rumors hold that NASA researchers have discovered an arsenic-based bacteria living in California's Lake Mono, a finding that radically expands the number of potential habitats for extraterrestrial life to places previously considered unsuitable..."

The NASA News Conference is scheduled for 2 PM here.