[meteorite-list] Geologic Team Finds Fragments of Meteorite In India

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:30:01 2004
Message-ID: <200309291537.IAA11070_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_395366,000900030010.htm

GSI team finds fragments of meteorite in coastal Orissa
Press Trust of India
September 29, 2003

A team of the Geologicial Survey of India (GSI) has stumbled upon certain
fragments of the meteorite that dazzled the sky in coastal Orissa on
Saturday night, official sources said.

The team, which visited the Sudusudia village in Mayurbhanj district, had
reported about the findings which resembled metallic flakes.

Villagers had witnessed the fireball landing on a thatched house which was
completely burnt.

District authorities had earlier said that though the house had been gutted,
no remnants of the meteorite had been found.

The GSI team was also scheduled to visit some places of Balasore and
Bhadrak districts in search of the debris.

Officials had reported finding of two unusual-looking rocks in different
villages of Mahakalapada block on Sunday. A GSI team had also gone there
to examine the rocks, the sources said.

In a rare occurrence, the meteorite streaked across the night sky dispelling
the darkness for a few seconds. People in 11 Orissa districts and two districts
of West Bengal had reported to have seen the spectacle.
Received on Mon 29 Sep 2003 11:37:11 AM PDT


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