[meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Being Sent for Test in Bangladesh

[Ron Baalke]

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/01/content_4127461.htm

Suspected meteor being sent for test in Bangladesh
www.chinaview.cn 
February 1, 2006

DHAKA, Feb. 1 (Xinhuanet) -- A suspected meteor from the outer space 
that fell with big bang in northwestern Bangladesh Tuesday is being 
sent to the Atomic Energy Commission for test, private news agency 
UNB reported Wednesday.

The lead like black material was found 3 feet (90 cm) below the
earth in the field of Singpara village in northwestern Thakurgaon 
district Tuesday afternoon.

Weighing 2.5 kg the triangular shape material looked like a mortar 
shell. But goldsmiths said it seemed to be a costly live touchstone.

Zarina Begum, an eyewitness to the fall of the suspected meteor, said 
she heard sound like that of a fighter plane. Soon something fell 
about 100 yards (91 meters) away on the onion field with a big bang. 
She raised an alarming cry. People from around rushed tothe spot and 
found smoke oozing out from a hole.