[80992] in Cypherpunks
Australian explosion explained...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hettinga)
Mon Jun 2 10:57:31 1997
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 10:17:29 -0400
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
Reply-To: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
>
> S P A C E V I E W S
> Volume Year 1997, Issue 6
> June 1997
> http://www.seds.org/spaceviews/9706/
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> Things That Go Boom in the Night: Scientists working for the National
> Science Foundation have concluded that a peculiar, loud explosion heard
> in the Australian outback in September 1993 was just a meteorite, and
> not evidence of terrorist activity. The explosion seemed to be located
> near a ranch owned by Aum Shinrikyo, a Japanese cult linked to the
> gassing of the Tokyo subway system in 1995 that injured thousands of
> morning commuters. The cult was reported interested in developing
> nuclear weapons and was mining uranium in the area. However, seismic
> data recorded during the event are better explained by a small iron
> meteorite crashing to Earth. The meteorite explanation also fits well
> with reports of a bright streak seen in the sky at the time of the
> explosion.
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