Pravda.Ru- text/ video by Life.Ru
The Boguslavka meteorite fell on October 18, 1916 in the Far East, 220 kilometers from Vladivostok. "All the people in the village were watching the meteorite falling. One of the villagers even made a drawing of the remarkable phenomenon with water colors,” says Michael Nazarov, the head of the museum.
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BBC-16JUN09
Calls were made to coastguards across England's south coast, including Cornwall, Devon and Hampshire, reporting white and green flares. Reports were also made to coastguards in Jersey and France for about 30 minutes from about 2130 BST on Monday. ... (more)
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www.ana.gr
Military Hush-Up: Incoming Space Rocks Now Classified
By Leonard David
SPACE.com's Space Insider Columnist
posted: 10 June 2009
For 15 years, scientists have benefited from data gleaned by U.S. classified satellites of natural fireball events in Earth's atmosphere – but no longer.
A recent U.S. military policy decision now explicitly states that observations by hush-hush government spacecraft of incoming bolides and fireballs are classified secret and are not to be released, SPACE.com has learned. ... (more)
*Hoax
Another German Meteorite News Post:
Wenn ein Meteorit die Erde trifft
Derwesten.de - Nordrhein-Westfalen,Germany
Was passiert, wenn ein Meteorit die Erde trifft? Verglüht er in der Atmosphäre, trifft er ein Haus oder einen Menschen? Darum geht es in der aktuellen ... (more)