Meteor over Russia

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A series of explosions in the skies of Russia’s Urals region, reportedly caused by a meteor shower, has sparked panic in three major cities. Witnesses said that houses shuddered, windows were blown out and cellphones stopped working.

According to unconfirmed reports, the meteorite was intercepted by an air defense unit at the Urzhumka settlement near Chelyabinsk. A missile salvo reportedly blew the meteorite into pieces at an altitude of 20 kilometers.

A bright flash was seen in the Chelyabinsk, Tyumen and Sverdlovsk regions, Russia’s Republic of Bashkiria and in northern Kazakhstan.

Lifenews tabloid reported that at least one piece of the fallen object caused damage on the ground in Chelyabinsk. According to preliminary reports, it crashed into a wall near a zinc factory, disrupting the fiber-optic connections of internet providers and mobile operators.

Witnesses said the explosion was so loud that it resembled an earthquake and thunder at the same time, and that there were huge trails of smoke across the sky. Others reported seeing burning objects fall to earth.

http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/
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The article seems a bit full of speculation, but I'm sure more accurate details will become available later.

[video=youtube;1W90i4nZZAQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W90i4nZZAQ[/video]
 
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Damage due to shock wave/sonic boom,

[video=youtube;b7mLUIDGqmw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7mLUIDGqmw[/video]
 
How come this doesn't make the news? Sigh.. Much more interesting than Zumatello
 
they mentioned it on 702 in the 08:00 bulletin

@OP the video in your first post is dated 31/12/2012 so from a different incident?
 
GhostSixFour said:
How come this doesn't make the news? Sigh.. Much more interesting than Zumatello
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It only happened a little more than an hour ago. I'm sure you'll see it on the evening news or hear mention of it on radio throughout the day. At least we can hope.
 
Ol' Mean Bastid said:
@OP the video in your first post is dated 31/12/2012 so from a different incident?
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I don't think so. The trajectory seems the same as in the other vids, I think the camera date might just not have been set right (and it's only been uploaded an hour ago). Of course I could be mistaken.

Here's one where you can see the actual shock wave around the 19-20s mark if you look closely.

[video=youtube;7c-0iwBEswE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c-0iwBEswE[/video]
 
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Flash caught on traffic camera (at around 45s mark)

[video=youtube;L4jhGF_B56Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4jhGF_B56Q[/video]
 
wrathex said:
Awesome meteor (and Russians) lol
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I think you can learn quite a few Russian swear words from the videos. :P

Here's another one with a close view of the contrail and quite a series of bangs when the sound catches up.

[video=youtube;0ozSq3yEm3g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ozSq3yEm3g[/video]
 
One with the moment of the explosion (might want to turn sound down if you are watching)

[video=youtube_share;b0cRHsApzt8]http://youtu.be/b0cRHsApzt8[/video]
 
Russians always get the cool stuff.

Has this got anything to do with Asteroid 2012 DA14?
 
So that's the sound of a couple of hundred Russians simultaneously crapping their pants... interesting.
 
imagine if something like this ever happened in the cold war days, we'd all be speaking russian now
 
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I reckon it does. I recall when i was researching the 2012 BS story i read something about the earth moving towards or into the galactic plain/plane(don't know haha) which opens us up to attacks from meteors/asteroids and so on, . Very interesting. There is a documentary on the galactic plain on youtube. I will try find the link later if you cannot find it.
 
killadoob said:
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/

I reckon it does. I recall when i was researching the 2012 BS story i read something about the earth moving towards or into the galactic plain/plane(don't know haha) which opens us up to attacks from meteors/asteroids and so on, . Very interesting. There is a documentary on the galactic plain on youtube. I will try find the link later if you cannot find it.
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Don't bother; it's bull****.
 
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