[meteorite-list] Meteorite Fall In Finland?

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:13:10 2004
Message-ID: <200304251844.LAA28691_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://ww2.yle.fi/pls/show/page?id=221951

Experts Look for Meteorite in Finnish Lapland
YLE Radio News Finnish News Agency
April 25, 2003

A meteorite is believed to have come down in the far north-western "arm' of
Finnish Lapland. A large hole appeared sometime between Monday and
Wednesday in the ice of Lake Pitsusjärvi. On Tuesday a bright light was
seen in the sky.
                                                                    
According to Johannes Kultima, an expert at the Geophysical Observatory of
Sodankylä, the flash and the hole may have been the result of a meteorite.

Another possible cause of such a hole could be flood water that got stuck
between layers of ice.

The hole in the ice is about three metres wide and seven metres long, and
there is no radiation coming from it.

Researchers from the Sodankylä Observatory went to Pitsusjärvi to
examine the site on Friday.

A total of 13 meteorites have been found in Finland so far.
Received on Fri 25 Apr 2003 02:44:44 PM PDT