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

From: Mike Hankey <mike.hankey_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:49:22 -0400
Message-ID: <f0a794130910251949u39a35545j63af918015140211_at_mail.gmail.com>

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On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Joe Kerchner
<skyrockmeteorites at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I was kinda thinking it may have been a rocket or something to that effect. Really dont think the crater looks like a meteorite crater or the video looks anything like a meteorite landing would look like. I also can not find too much info on it, you would think that if it were true there would be a little more info out there.
> Best,
> Joe Kerchner
> http://illinoismeteorites.com
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Mike Hankey <mike.hankey at gmail.com>
> To: Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com>
> Cc: Joe Kerchner <skyrockmeteorites at yahoo.com>; meteorite list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sun, October 25, 2009 8:36:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite fall in Latvia, 20 meter crater
>
> 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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