[meteorite-list] Another Meteorite Fall In India?

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:27:44 2004
Message-ID: <200311031609.IAA16401_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://us.rediff.com/news/2003/nov/03up.htm

Meteorite-like object lands in UP village
rediff.com (India)
November 3, 2003

A huge solid object fell from the sky in Kasoli village of
Muzaffarnagar district on Sunday night and created an
approximately three feet deep crater in the western Uttar
Pradesh hamlet.

The object, and the crater it created, has evoked
considerable curiosity among residents and scientists.

District Magistrate R K Singh told PTI on Monday that
villagers claimed to have seen the object, weighing about
19kg, falling from the sky around 1900 IST with a loud noise.

Later, they found an 8x9 sq inch black-coloured solid object in
the field of a farmer, Kishan.

Following receipt of the information, police rushed to the
village and took the object to Muzaffarnagar, the district
headquarters, which is about 30km away.

Experts from the Roorkee Engineering College have been
asked to examine it.
Received on Mon 03 Nov 2003 11:09:58 AM PST