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

[Mike Hankey]

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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

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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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