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Meteorite Strikes Down on Russia *Updates

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Weird timing that a meteorite should strike down on the same day the world will narrowly avert collision with another meteorite.  The crazy part is the unresolved rumor that the meteorite was actually shot down by the Russians!   Unverified, but if true, would be quite a story. Apparently the people were shocked by the strike, while authorities claim to have provided a warning of some type. UPDATE(s): It appears there's been three craters discovered. Interestingly, or not, two were "by a lake," and a third found somewhere else (Zlatoust)... One of the ditches craters is said to be 6m in diameter. Not bad! "The Ministry reported that 297 buildings were damaged, and another 450 buildings were left without gas because facilities in the city had also been damaged, an Emergency Ministry spokesperson said, according to Russia 24 news channel." RT has been indiscreet in spreading information that radiation level is normal, and thus alleviating those conc...

Video of Colombia Meteor

After some deep research, because nobody here in the US media cares, videos are surfacing from individuals who captured this event on their cameras.

Second Meteorite Said To Have Smashed into Colombia Town

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After following this story all day - it is great this story is already kicking. 1st off - on Tues. 08/31 - I was driving home and saw a ridiculously large fireball that went entirely unnoticed here in Los Angeles. The thing was quite low (relatively) due to it's brightness, but still high enough to completely disappear after reaching the night-time horizon. It was 10:20pm. I found nobody who mentioned it, but I will say it sure wasn't blisteringly fast across the sky, taking over 1 second to pass by.. almost 2 seconds entirely. It was bright green in color. My theory is that it orbited for the next few days and this is the same thing that crashed in Colombia. Not proof - just a theory. But the best part was talking to a friend this evening about this report from Colombia. My friend hadn't heard about and we looked it up and the 1st thing this friend said to me was "oh yeah, Colombian news is respected, and why would the media rake this under the...