Meteorite Explodes Over Russia Injures Hundreds

[Aeneas]

It appears that another meteor just was spotted over Cuba. That is at least the story from RT:

Meteorite-like object reportedly spotted in Cuba

An object reportedly fell from the sky and exploded loudly over the province of Cienfuegos in southern Cuba, the local TV service Rodas cites eyewitnesses as saying. Residents described the object as being comparable in size to a bus, adding that their houses shook following the explosion. Cuban specialists are examining the scene for potential remains of the object. No damages or injuries have been reported.

I have not yet seen other sources for this sighting.

Related to the other meteor over Russia or to the asteroid flyby today?

 

[Laura]

It appears that another meteor just was spotted over Cuba. That is at least the story from RT:

Meteorite-like object reportedly spotted in Cuba

An object reportedly fell from the sky and exploded loudly over the province of Cienfuegos in southern Cuba, the local TV service Rodas cites eyewitnesses as saying. Residents described the object as being comparable in size to a bus, adding that their houses shook following the explosion. Cuban specialists are examining the scene for potential remains of the object. No damages or injuries have been reported.

I have not yet seen other sources for this sighting.

Related to the other meteor over Russia or to the asteroid flyby today?

Ummm... could you post a link, please?

 

[OpenHeartMonk]

amazing dashcam footage of meteor incoming..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZxXYscmgRg

 

[Aeneas]

It appears that another meteor just was spotted over Cuba. That is at least the story from RT:

Meteorite-like object reportedly spotted in Cuba

An object reportedly fell from the sky and exploded loudly over the province of Cienfuegos in southern Cuba, the local TV service Rodas cites eyewitnesses as saying. Residents described the object as being comparable in size to a bus, adding that their houses shook following the explosion. Cuban specialists are examining the scene for potential remains of the object. No damages or injuries have been reported.

I have not yet seen other sources for this sighting.

Related to the other meteor over Russia or to the asteroid flyby today?

Ummm... could you post a link, please?

Here is the link from another source but I am unable to copy and paste http://investmentwatchblog.com/breaking-meteor-crash-this-time-in-cuba/

The link from RT is here http://rt.com/news/line/2013-02-15/#id45233

 

[Vulcan59]

Google translated article on the Cuba meteor.

Added later - Another one here.

 

[Aeneas]

The Cuban meteor story is a bit puzzling as search engines come up with one Italian site, an investment site and two known shady sites: godlikeproductions and abovetopsecret. The story and images are mixed a bit with the Russian meteor story, so it is not clear if it is for real. Strange that no Spanish sites carry the story or perhaps I just haven't stumbled on them yet.

 

[Aeneas]

Here is a story from a Spanish newspaper about the meteor in Cuba http://www.elcomercio.com/tecnologia/ciencia/meteorito-Cuba-lluvia_de_meteoros-astronomia_0_866313517.html

ANSA 13:23 Viernes 15/02/2013 La caída de un cuerpo celeste, que terminó con una gran explosión en el cielo que estremeció las viviendas en una zona del centro de Cuba, se sumó hoy la lluvia de fragmentos de meteorito que causó un millar de heridos en los Urales rusos. Testigos en una localidad del centro de la isla reportaron la caída esta semana de un cuerpo celeste, fenómeno que terminó con una gran explosión en el cielo que estremeció las casas del lugar, dijo hoy un telediario. Según el reporte del espacio informativo matutino de la televisión cubana desde Rodas, Cienfuegos, región central del país, hubo una luz muy intensa que alcanzó, a simple vista, el tamaño de un autobús en la bóveda celeste y explotó. Uno de los testigos, un pescador, dijo al telediario que“sobre las 8 PM (horario local) del miércoles vio una luz que se movió en el cielo hasta convertirse en una llama “muy grande, mas grande que el sol” y a los tres o cuatro minutos “oímos la explosión” . “Todo parece indicar que se trató de un bólido, que son fragmentos de piedras y metales que ingresan en la atmósfera a gran velocidad” , expuso Marcos Rodríguez, residente de la región que fue presentado como experto. Una mujer dijo que el techo de su casa tembló a causa de la explosión. De acuerdo con el reporte, especialistas buscan “restos” que hayan caído a la tierra. Hoy, alrededor de 500 personas sufrieron heridas al caer fragmentos de un meteorito sobre la región de los Urales, Rusia. La mayoría de las heridas fueron causadas por cristales al estallar ventanas por la onda expansiva, según el Ministerio del Interior ruso.

Este contenido ha sido publicado originalmente por Diario EL COMERCIO en la siguiente dirección: http://www.elcomercio.com/tecnologia/ciencia/meteorito-Cuba-lluvia_de_meteoros-astronomia_0_866313517.html. Si está pensando en hacer uso del mismo, por favor, cite la fuente y haga un enlace hacia la nota original de donde usted ha tomado este contenido. ElComercio.com

Here is the google translation

ANSA 13:23 Friday 15/02/2013

The fall of a celestial body, which ended with a huge explosion in the sky that shook homes in an area of ​​central Cuba, today joined the fragment of meteorite that caused a thousand injured in the Russian Urals. Witnesses in a town in the center of the island this week reported the fall of a celestial phenomenon that ended with a huge explosion in the sky that shook the houses of the place, said a news.

According to the report of the morning news program on Cuban television from Rhodes, Cienfuegos, Midwest, there was a very bright light that reached the naked eye, the size of a bus in the sky and exploded. One witness, a fisherman, told the television news that "about 8 pm (local time) on Wednesday saw a light in the sky moved into a flame" big, bigger than the sun "and the three or four minutes, "we heard the explosion."

"It seems that it was a meteor, which are fragments of stones and metals that enter the atmosphere at high speed," explained Marcos Rodriguez, a resident of the region which was presented as an expert. One woman said that the roof of his house shook because of the explosion.

According to the report, experts seek "remains" that have fallen to earth. Today, about 500 people were injured by falling fragments of a meteorite on the Urals region, Russia. Most injuries were caused by the exploding glass windows by the blast, according to the Russian Interior Ministry.This content was originally published by newspaper El Comercio at the following address: If you plan to use it, please credit the source and link to the original note of where you have taken this content. ElComercio.com

 

[irjO]

this is getting interesting... i think the government will try to hide all the possible evidence of these events while they can!

 

[Buddy]

Perhaps you can point the book out to the many Russians looking for answers to this phenomenon.

Related to the same "looking for answers" which prompted me to get the book, is another question that occurs to me: is the Cass site ready to handle a big increase of visitors who may soon start looking for answers?

 

[Cosmos]

Just now here where I live in germany I heard several small firework like explosions. I just looked outside and one of those small explosions lid up the sky behind the clouds quite a bit, I think it was bluish.

It wasn't a big noise, just a handful firework like explosions.
It could have been fireworks, but the timing surely makes me wonder.

Anyone else hearing seeing something?

 

[Scottie]

Related to the same "looking for answers" which prompted me to get the book, is another question that occurs to me: is the Cass site ready to handle a big increase of visitors who may soon start looking for answers?

;D
(that means yes)

 

[Buddy]

Related to the same "looking for answers" which prompted me to get the book, is another question that occurs to me: is the Cass site ready to handle a big increase of visitors who may soon start looking for answers?

;D
(that means yes)

Awesomeness. Scotty was known for doubling his time estimates for repairs so that he could fix a problem in "half the time".

 

[dant]

I wanna get the book NOW but waiting for RPP release! Grr. :)

 

[Gawan]

Just now here where I live in germany I heard several small firework like explosions. I just looked outside and one of those small explosions lid up the sky behind the clouds quite a bit, I think it was bluish.

It wasn't a big noise, just a handful firework like explosions.
It could have been fireworks, but the timing surely makes me wonder.

Anyone else hearing seeing something?

Today, or yesterday? If yesterday it could have been this:

http://www.sott.net/article/258395-Enormous-fireball-seen-from-Belgium-The-Netherlands-and-Germany-13-February-2013

 

[Cosmos]

Just now here where I live in germany I heard several small firework like explosions. I just looked outside and one of those small explosions lid up the sky behind the clouds quite a bit, I think it was bluish.

It wasn't a big noise, just a handful firework like explosions.
It could have been fireworks, but the timing surely makes me wonder.

Anyone else hearing seeing something?

Today, or yesterday? If yesterday it could have been this:

http://www.sott.net/article/258395-Enormous-fireball-seen-from-Belgium-The-Netherlands-and-Germany-13-February-2013

Today. Just a few minutes ago before I wrote that post in Reply 69