[meteorite-list] Doom From The Sky

From: Kevin Forbes <vk3ukf_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Jan 7 12:28:58 2006
Message-ID: <BAY113-F26129FE732E279AC53A91A99200_at_phx.gbl>

Hi List, quite a few years ago now, the U.S. suspected and/or accused South
Afica of testing nuclear weapons in it's vicinity. To the Sth East of South
Africa in the Indian Ocean. I believe the Vela satellites had nothing to do
with this, as they detected gamma ray bursts. This event produced shock
waves detectable at a great distance, and some merchant vessels in the area
also reported a disturbance. It was in the megaton range.
It was later proved to meteoric in origin.
Kevin


>I knew about the Tunguska event but what happened in the Atlantic in the
>1930s?
>
>Göran
>
>Ron Baalke wrote:
>
>>http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060104/NEWS/601040303/1039
>>
>>Doom from the sky
>>Rutland Herald (Vermont)
>>January 4, 2006
>>
>>
>snipp...
>
>>Smaller strikes have been recorded frequently. One descended with a
>>fiery streak into the Atlantic in the 1930s. In the early 1900s one hit
>>an uninhabited spot in Siberia, leveling forests for miles around.
>>There's a big crater in Arizona that is the record of a hit in that spot
>>in ancient times.
>>
>>
>>
>
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