[meteorite-list] Meteorite fall in Latvia, 20 meter crater

From: Mike Hankey <mike.hankey_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:36:11 -0400
Message-ID: <f0a794130910251936p78e7a196l6d2c2685ff656ce5_at_mail.gmail.com>

Possible explanations:

1) Publicity stunt to increase tourism perpetrated by Borat
2) Russian weapons test gone bad
3) Underground weapons cache spontaneously exploded
4) Latest experiment from balloon boy's dad

Wouldn't a meteor big enough to cause this type of crater be buried
under the ground? Wouldn't there be more than 1 meteorite?

Cool video and crater.

On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com> wrote:
> Ok,
>
> Flaming meteorite "after" impact? Really? Waiting for Superman to come
> crawling out of the hole.
>
> Didn't I ready somewhere just recently that a man picked up a piece of space
> debris (England I think) a few seconds after it impacted his house and it
> was hot to the touch? And that was a piece the size of a football.
>
> Any thoughts on whether this Latvia "meteorite impact" is real or not?
>
> Real or Fake? What's your take?
>
> Regards,
> Eric
>
>
>
>
>
> Joe Kerchner wrote:
>>
>> what do you think about this?
>> Is it real?
>> dont seem possible but there in a crater, about the same size. Could it
>> have been space junk?
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD5MUSBOBK0
>>
>> Best,
>> Joe K
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>>
>> A meteorite that was big enough and fast enough to create a 02 meter
>> crater fell in Latvia, one of the smallest country in the world. Here
>> are a few links, I think we will be hearing a lot about this one.
>>
>> http://readrussia.com/blog/News/00264/
>>
>> http://en.rian.ru/world/20091026/156588612.html
>>
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