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@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@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-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On >> Behalf Of Marco Langbroek via Meteorite-list >> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 12:01 AM >> To: meteorite-list@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 >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
