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Have A Girl In Russia? Find Out If She Can Be Trusted. Put Her to the Test Now - Email Req Ads by Google On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Joe Kerchner <[email protected]> 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 > http://skyrockcafe.com > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Mike Hankey <[email protected]> > To: Meteorites USA <[email protected]> > Cc: Joe Kerchner <[email protected]>; meteorite list > <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> > 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 >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> >>> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> > > > > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
