[meteorite-list] Unexplained Explosion Heard in Romania

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Apr 21 11:52:42 2006
Message-ID: <200604202313.QAA25212_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.daily-news.ro/article_detail.php?idarticle=25453

Unidentified explosion in Bacau
Andreea Pocotila
Bucharest Daily News
April 20, 2006

A strong blow was heard yesterday morning in the area of the
Comanesti city, in Bacau County, but authorities were unable
to explain what caused the sound that was heard from tens of
kilometers around the town.

Comanesti Mayor Viorel Miron said he believed the blow was a
result of the activity of the nearby mining exploitation, but
the checks revealed that was not true, as the mining companies
said the explosion was not caused by them.

The head of the police in the nearby town of Moinesti, Gelu
Margina, also said the mining or the oil exploitation in the
area did not announce any incidents.

"Such situations occurred when a strong plane exceeded a
certain height and is called a sonic boom," said Margina.

However, the air units in the county did not announce any
incident.

"In our base there were no flights starting with Wednesday and
there are no flights on the civil airport, either," said the
public relations officer from the 95 Air Base in Bacau, Gelu
Miron. He added that an army helicopter searched the area but
found nothing to prove there has been an explosion.

Viorel Miron said that locals recounted that a weird noise was
heard before the explosion, like a large object falling from
the sky. "Some even talked about a meteorite having caused the
blow," said Miron.
Received on Thu 20 Apr 2006 07:13:51 PM PDT