-Caveat Lector- Researchers analyze seismic waves, find explosions destroyed Kursk American Geophysical Union's news release about study By RICHARD BENKE, Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (January 24, 2001 12:50 p.m. EST http://www.nandotimes.com) - Analysis of seismic waves supports conclusions that two onboard explosions - not a collision - destroyed the Russian submarine Kursk in August, killing all 118 crew members. The first explosion was relatively small, consistent with a misfiring torpedo aboard the Kursk, according to a report by Arizona and New Mexico researchers published Tuesday in the geophysical journal Eos. That blast was followed about two minutes later by an explosion 250 times larger than the first, the researchers said. Most investigators have said they believed an explosion sank the sub in the Barents Sea on Aug. 12, but Russian researchers have left open the possibility of a collision - possibly with a ship shadowing the sub. The Eos authors, led by Keith Koper and Terry Wallace of the University of Arizona, say their data were collected by a network of seismic stations used in part to monitor a Russian nuclear test site 500 miles from the location of the Kursk sinking. Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists Steve Taylor and Hans Hartse participated in the study. "The main shock is consistent with the explosion of approximately five tons equivalent TNT detonated near, or on, the sea floor," they wrote. That second blast was likely caused by fire from the first blast setting off other torpedo warheads or propellant fuel, Wallace said Tuesday by e-mail from Chile, where he and Koper are doing other research. Divers who entered the sub found two notes written by sailors trapped in a rear compartment after the explosions. One note described 23 crew members as suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning from a fire and the other described how its author was writing by feel in the dark. Taylor, reached in Los Alamos, said the research team is not suggesting either blast was a nuclear explosion. The report refers only to conventional explosives. In December, an American diver who worked on the Kursk recovery team said damage he saw convinced him the sub blew up. "From what I saw, it was obvious it exploded," Don Degener, 48, said from his home near Kansas City. ANOMALOUS IMAGES AND UFO FILES http://www.anomalous-images.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
