[meteorite-list] Iran "Meteorite" Update

From: Vishnu Reddy <moonyguy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:56 2004
Message-ID: <20040103080816.32671.qmail_at_web41305.mail.yahoo.com>

Hello Guys,

Just some fresh information of the suspected fall in Northern Iran. After 4 hours of phone calls
and broken persian here is what I have found.

I spoke to Babak A.Tafreshi, the Editor of Nojum (a persian astronomy magazine) in Tehran at 2 am
Central time. He said 2 of his reporters are on the site which is an urban town with high
population. A large house has been "completely destroyed". When asked how large was this house he
said 10 meters. But he said NO evidence of a crater or any fragments of meteorites were found as
of now and they are still on the lookout. He also ruled out any missile or bomb going off. I will
be speaking to him again in 3 hours to get more information and if possible an image of the site.
Will keep you posted.

clear skies
Vishnu

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Vishnu Vardhan Reddy
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University of North Dakota, Grand Forks
ND 58203, USA.
Phone-701-777-9641
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Received on Sat 03 Jan 2004 03:08:16 AM PST