[meteorite-list] A Managua, Nicaragua meteorite?

[Michael Farmer]

0% chance this is a meteorite. Not one report of fireball in any Spanish language news report I've read. Someone in the Air Force screwed up and they want to save face by blaming a meteorite fall.


Michael Farmer

> On Sep 9, 2014, at 11:50 AM, Michael Mulgrew via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> 
> Rob and Marco, I agree, sounds very plausible.  However, if you read
> what CNN has to say, they've already determined it's from a meteorite
> (sheesh!): http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/08/tech/innovation/nicaragua-meteorite/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
> 
> Michael in so. Cal.
> 
> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 10:40 AM, Matson, Rob D. via Meteorite-list
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>> Hi Marco:  your hypothesis is far more reasonable than a meteorite-caused impact pit.  --Rob
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Meteorite-list [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Marco Langbroek via Meteorite-list
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 12:01 AM
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] A Managua, Nicaragua meteorite?
>> 
>> 
>> It is well known that arms caches were hidden in Nicaragua during the fight between Sandinista's and Contra's in the 80-ies. In 1993, one of these exploded in Managua. Maybe something like that happened again.
>> 
>> Marco
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