[meteorite-list] Meteorite kills two nomads in India

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 14:18:07 -0600
Message-ID: <008901c74bbe$3f4f9cc0$32e68c46_at_ATARIENGINE>

Hi, List,

    I think Svend has hit on the most likely explanation
for this incident.

Sterling K. Webb
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr. Svend Buhl" <info at niger-meteorite-recon.de>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Cc: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite kills two nomads in India


Hi Sterling, others,

you are correct. I had in mind other similar incidents where people took
apart ordnance in order to sell the metal for scrap.

Please view this article for a similar report from the Bathinda District
further north.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/38603093.cms

Most of these accidents have in common that there is no one left to report
about the chain of actions that lead to the blast.

Best regards

Svend

www.niger-meteorite-recon.de



----- Original Message -----
From: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>
To: <info at niger-meteorite-recon.de>; <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite kills two nomads in India


> Hi,
>
> The Bundi District is is the SE portion of
> Rajasthan State, more than 200 miles from the
> Pakistani border. It is more than 200 miles south
> of New Dehli, and far, far from Jammu and
> Kashmir, so the stray artillery shell is unlikely,
> at least in the context of any military conflict.
> Doesn't mean it's a meteorite, though...
> Unlikely, but not impossible, I suppose. To
> check the location just go to Google Maps
> and enter "Bundi Rajasthan India" and you're
> there.
>
>
> Sterling K. Webb
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <info at niger-meteorite-recon.de>
> To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 7:39 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite kills two nomads in India
>
>
> Dear listees,
>
> please find attached a recent press release from THE HINDU news press.
> The report of the incident mentiones a crater but no sound and light
> phenomena before the blast. To me it rather seems that a mislead Pakistani
> (or Indian) artillery shell is the culprit but I'am open to other
> opinions.
>
>
> Suspected meteorite kills two nomads
> Hindu - Chennai,India
> 8 (PTI): A suspected meteorite claimed the lives of two nomads and injured
> five others today at Banchola village in Rajasthan's Bundi district,
> police
> said. ...
>
> http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200702081568.htm
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Svend Buhl
>
> www.niger-meteorite-recon.de
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