In March 2006 Wainwright said the particles were similar in appearance to spores of a rust fungus, later saying that he had confirmed the presence of DNA, and reported their similarity to algal spores, and found no evidence to suggest that the rain contained dust, sand, fat globules, or blood.
I marts 2006 sagde han at partiklerne i fremtoning lignede rust fungus-sporer, senere sagde han at han havde bekræftet deres ligheder med sporer og alger, og fandt ingen bevis på at regnen indeholdt støv, sand, fedtkugler eller blod.