METEORITES MAY HAVE CAUSED 'MYSTERIOUS CRATERS' NEAR KURSK

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: UFO SPECIAL COLLECTION
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005517765
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2011
• Case Number: F-2010-00651
• Publication Date: May 28, 1994

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COUN COUNTRY: RUSSIA
SUBJ SUBJ: METEORITES MAY HAVE CAUSED 'MYSTERIOUS CRATERS' NEAR KURSK
SOUR SOURCE: MOSCOW KOMSOMOLSKAYA PRAVDA IN RUSSIAN 28..MAY 94 P 2
TEXT TEXT:
//((NIKOLAY YEFIMOVICH REPORT: "ATOMIC ANOMALY NEAR KURSK?))
((TEXT)) KURSK -- TWO MYSTERIOUS CRATERS 7-8 METERS IN DIAMETER
HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED IN THE SIDE OF A RAVINE NEAR THE KURSK NUCLEAR'
POWER STATION. IN THE OPINION OF SPECIALISTS, HOLLOWS OF THIS KIND
CAN ONLY BE THE. RESULT OF A 500-KG BOMB EXPLODING. HOWEVER, NO
EXPLOSIONS HAVE BEEN HEARD THROUGHOUT THE.DISTRICT. THERE ARE NO
SIGNS OF THE EARTH?THAT HAS BEEN DISCHARGED FROM THE CRATERS. NOR
HAVE ANY. FRAGMENTS 'OF METAL AND*TRACES OF FIRE BEEN RECORDED.
SPECIALISTS' INITIAL STUDIES FAILED TO PROVIDE THE SOLUTION.
THE LEVEL OF RADIATION FELL WITHIN NATURAL BACKGROUND LIMITS.
SAMPLES OF THE SOIL AND WATER IN ONE OF THE CRATERS REVEALED
NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. NO SEISMOLOGICAL FLUCTUATIONS HAVE
BEEN RECORDED IN KURSK OBLAST.
THE PERSONNEL OF.THE CIVIL DEFENSE AND EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
STAFF IN CONJUNCTION WITH SPECIALISTS ARE WORKING ON SEVERAL
IDEAS. THE FIRST AND MAIN ONE BEING THAT A LARGE METEORITE HAS
FALLEN HERE. SEVERAL DAYS AGO MANY PEOPLE SAW A FIERY BODY IN THE
HEAVENS. AND PILLARS OF FIRE IN THE VICINITY OF THE MYSTERIOUS
CRATERS. THE SECOND IDEA IS THAT THIS MAY QUITE WELL HAVE BEEN A
*UFO.
(ENDALL) 28 MAY 01/10312 JUN WC 199
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