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By "mirror matter", I assume you mean what is more commonly known as "anti-matter"?
No, mirror matter, what you get if parity isn't actually broken: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=mirror+matter&btnG=Search&as_sdt=0%2C5&as_ylo=&as_vis=0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_matter
Huh. Glad I asked.
My initial impression is that the low interaction rate with ordinary matter would make me think this would not be a good explanation for anomalous impacts. But I obviously haven't examined this in anywhere near enough detail.
See elsewhere in the thread. E.g. http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0107132
I did see those replies. Thanks.