[meteorite-list] Argentine explosion ("they are hiding something")

From: Richard Montgomery <rickmont_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 19:28:36 -0700
Message-ID: <56B35374F9A44C6EBEAED592896C8135_at_bosoheadPC>

Doug,
Your colorful insight is, well, always worth-a-read and imminently
anticipated in all stories meteoritic...I urge you to write a book...I'd be
the first in line to have it. I'm serious!

Richard M




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From: "MexicoDoug" <mexicodoug at aim.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 7:10 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Argentine explosion ("they are hiding something")


> http://www.perfil.com/contenidos/2011/10/02/noticia_0007.html
>
> Oct 2 article: The Argentine explosion on September 26 which was alleged
> to be meteorite-related caused a tremendous scandal for this young dude.
> 19-year old Emilio Veron single-handedly seeded the rumor which spread via
> internet like wildfire with a picture he claimed was of the falling meteor
> that caused the fireball. The image he claimed was found not to be of the
> explosion. But the quick thinking naughty muchacho had an explanation: My
> 6-year old little sister took the picture two weeks earlier of this red
> fireball and I am sure this time it was something that fell from the sky
> this time so I errrr...showed the press our image, but it was just
> errrr...like an example I was showing them. It's not my fault. Besides
> it's all a big cover-up, I still believe something fell from the sky.
>
> Well, in Argentina they know how to deal with fibbing muchachos. He was
> thrown in jail overnight and complained of getting his human rights
> trampled since he was not given any explanation of why. After his family
> got his release, it was said he was locked up for providing "false
> witness" (comment: as contrasted with pseudometeorite this would be
> pseudowitnessed fall!)
>
> The kid felt bad though since he lived three blocks away and was on the
> patio when he heard (Note: did not SEE, although he says it came from the
> sky!) the explosion with his brother and they ran to help the survivors,
> including the 8 serious besides the one death. Some treatment for being a
> Good Samaritan, huh ;-)
>
> Expert investigators certified that it was a gas leak coming from a pizza
> oven which filled the place to an explosive mixture which then ignited.
>
> Kindest wishes
> Doug
>
>
>
>
> MONTE GRANDE
>
> "Est?n tapando algo", afirma el joven que tom? la foto del meteorito
>
> Se llama Emilio Ver?n, tiene 19 a?os y estuvo preso por mostrar la foto
> del supuesto meteorito que caus? la explosi?n en donde muri? una mujer.
> Fotos.
>
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>
> 02.10.2011 | 12:05
>
>
> El celular que captur? la imagen de la pol?mica. | Foto: DyN
>
> Ampliar Fotogaler?a
>
>
>
> Emilio Ver?n tiene 19 a?os y gan? popularidad esta semana por haber
> mostrado una foto de un meteorito que, seg?n se dijo en un primer momento,
> provoc? en la madrugada del lunes en Monte Grande la tremenda explosi?n
> que caus? el derrumbe de un almac?n y dos viviendas. All? muri? una mujer
> de 43 a?os y otros ocho vecinos sufrieron heridas.
>
> El hecho es oficialmente atribuido a una fuga de gas de un horno pizzero
> del comercio que funcionaba en el lugar. Por esa raz?n, una foto mostrada
> en un mal momento, Ver?n estuvo preso 12 horas durante el martes, junto a
> su hermano Jonathan de 18 a?os. ?Falso testimonio?, dijeron los medios,
> pero los polic?as nunca le dijeron el motivo de su detenci?n.
>
> La foto, en realidad y seg?n cuenta ?l, hab?a sido tomada por su hermana
> menor (Mar?a Soledad, de seis a?os) dos semanas antes de la tragedia y
> mostraba un objeto rojo que ca?a del cielo. Ver?n les mostr? esa imagen a
> los medios solamente con la intenci?n de graficar qu? pudo haber ca?do. El
> dato se propag? con la velocidad de la luz y as? fue que termin? detenido.
>
> En entrevista con PERFIL, Emilio cont? su historia, a?n convencido de que
> ?algo? cay? del cielo. ?Esa madrugada estaba en el patio de mi casa, con
> mi hermano Jonathan. Escuchamos la explosi?n y salimos corriendo a ver lo
> que hab?a pasado?, recuerda.
>
> Emilio vive en una casa humilde a tres cuadras de donde sucedi? todo. ?Lo
> primero que hicimos al llegar fue ayudar a sacar gente de los escombros,
> era un desastre?, agreg?. El estallido fue a las dos de la ma?ana y Ver?n,
> junto con su hermano, pasaron la madrugada ayudando a los sobrevivientes.
>
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