13 April 2012

Unknown Siberia Event Occurred, Bolide or ??? 06APR2012

Unknown Siberia Event Occurred, Bolide or ??? 06APR2012
An image from Russia's "Vesti" Channel via RT News
NOTE: The photo HAS NOT been verified; I suspect that the photo is unrelated. Photo appears to be of a fuel dump from a rocket.-LunarMeteorite*Hunter
An unidentified glowing object is said to have crashed down from the skies in Russia’s Siberia, causing a powerful explosion. A search for the mysterious item is underway amid speculations of what on Earth it could be.
Witnesses describe seeing a bright glow covering the sky, followed by a shining object falling with a strange clanging sound and disappearing in the distance with a blast.
The unidentified object supposedly fell in the taiga forest of the Irkutsk region, 15 kilometers from the nearest village of Vitim, on Friday night. (more)
http://rt.com/news/siberia-ufo-fall-meteorite-958/

Vesti.RU story(Russian):
http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=769132 


Another large event in the same area Wikipedia entry:
Vitim Event 25SEP2002
The Vitim event or Bodaybo event is believed to be an impact by a bolide or comet nucleus in the Vitim River basin. It occurred near the town of Bodaybo in the Mamsko-Chuisky district of Irkutsk Oblast, Siberia, Russia on September 25, 2002 at approximately 10:00 p.m. (local time). The event was also detected by a US military missile-defense satellite.
Some attempts were made to define the magnitude of the explosion. U.S. military analysts calculated it was between 0.2–0.5 kilotons, while Russian physicist Andrey Olkhovatov estimates it at 4–5 kilotons.
Information about the event appeared in the mass media and among scientists after only a week. Initially no one was able to understand the magnitude of the explosion. A small expedition, sent by the Institute of Sun–Earth Physics (Irkutsk), tried to find a meteorite within about 10 km from Bodaybo town (people told them– "it has fallen beyond the nearest mountain!").
Some people suggest that this phenomenon is similar to the Tunguska event of 1908.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitim_event

2012 THE Year of Meteors!