An unknown body exploded in the sky above the Urals

February 15 2013 498

An unknown body exploded over Yekaterinburg. Eyewitnesses to the event reported that approximately at 9.20 in the morning something very brightly flared in the sky, a trace trace was visible for several minutes. Outbreaks were recorded in the city center, in the South-West of Yekaterinburg and in the sky over the Koltsovo airport. Moreover, a real panic began in the South-West: dogs howled, alarms worked, birds got alarmed.

After the fall of the meteorite in the Chelyabinsk region, numerous messages have been received from local residents related to injuries, cuts and bruises. In particular, four pupils of the Chelyabinsk school number 130 suffered from glasses broken by the shock wave. Now they are provided with the necessary assistance, ITAR-TASS reports.

The meteorite fell in 80 km from the town of Satka, Chelyabinsk region. "In many houses of Satka, as well as in the buildings of Chelyabinsk, the front facing the site of the fall, the windows are broken," the press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said. The celestial body itself has already been found in a remote area.

“The main life support systems on the territory of the regional center are operating normally,” the regional government reports. To eliminate the consequences of emergency created a special working group. The heads of districts and cities are requested information on the nature and amount of destruction. The Ministry of Environmental and Radiation Safety has been instructed to ensure the collection of reliable information on the state of the environment, including radiation background using special equipment of mobile posts, reports Interfax.

Regional police transferred to high alert. Vital objects taken under heavy guard.

The meteorite passed from Kazakhstan through the south of the Tyumen, Kurgan and Sverdlovsk regions. Above the center of Chelyabinsk, residents saw a bright white flash, and then heard a strong bang. In many homes, glass has broken out. Eyewitnesses also observed a "tail" of white smoke in the sky. There were interruptions in cellular communications.

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Hleb

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15 February 2013 18: 56

You really can’t understand Russia with your mind
and meanwhile it is reported that approximately 950 people were injured
Bort radist

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15 February 2013 19: 09

What kills me most is that it’s ti-shi-na. Advertising. Show.
Previously, at least “Swan Lake” was shown.
1. bddrus
  
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  16 February 2013 13: 05
  
  Come on! There's a buzz on all channels - turn on the box.
  Moreover, most of them are only injured from broken windows. I can imagine what it would be like in the city and not only Chelyabinsk - if this crap flew through during the days of hysteria at the end of the world!
  By the way, this morning on the KP website - “a plane crashed into residential areas of Chelyabinsk”!!! - well, why the hell with such efficiency
Andrey58

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15 February 2013 20: 59

Those interested can watch the asteroid flyby online. NASA organized the broadcast. Starts around 23:XNUMX.
Here:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
1. in reserve
  
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  15 February 2013 23: 04
  
  When will Roscosmos begin to conduct such broadcasts, everything we don’t need will be covered in secrecy.
  1. Thunderbolt
    
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    15 February 2013 23: 12
    
    For now, the Earth is mostly guarded by the Americans. Every year, with the help of the world's largest telescopes, in particular the Schmidt telescope of the Mount Palomar Observatory and the Space Watch telescope of the University of Arizona Observatory, thousands of asteroids are discovered, while the only observation system in the CIS, located in Crimea, practically ceased its operation in 1998 work. True, since 1995 our enthusiasts have been making observations at the 1-meter Crimean telescope (Simeiz) and in Zvenigorod (Moscow region).
    1. Andrey58
      
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      15 February 2013 23: 47
      
      Quote: Thunderbolt
      The only surveillance system in the CIS, located in Crimea, practically ceased its operation in 1998. True, since 1995 our enthusiasts have been making observations at the 1-meter Crimean telescope (Simeiz) and in Zvenigorod (Moscow region).
      
      Now that “Krona” is being completed, maybe we’ll see more of it.
      
      Eh, if I were an oligarch, I would cut off a reflector with a mirror 10 meters away and give it to the Russian Academy of Sciences.
    2. bddrus
      
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      16 February 2013 13: 06
      
      which radio astron?
Nuar

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15 February 2013 22: 03

This is disgusting! Americans make disaster films one after another, but meteorites still fall on Russia!
Apollo

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15 February 2013 22: 21

result of a meteorite fall
1. Apollo
  
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  15 February 2013 22: 36
  
  Photos from the meteorite crash site published
  
  CHELYABINSK, February 15. The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Chelyabinsk region published photographs from the site of the meteorite fall. As the department's press service clarified, this morning on Lake Chebarkul local fishermen witnessed the fall of meteorites.
  
  “First, a luminous point appeared in the sky, which quickly increased in size, then an explosion was heard, and about seven fragments flew in different directions. One of them fell on the opposite bank from the city, throwing up a column of ice, water and steam,” the report notes. press service. “As a result, a huge hole was formed, about 8 meters in diameter, round in shape. The fishermen reported the incident to the police and the Ministry of Emergency Situations. An investigative team and police patrol officers went to the scene of the incident.”
  
  To date, the scene of the emergency has been cordoned off. It is noted that small fragments of a black solid substance, reminiscent of rock fragments, measuring 0,5 - 1 cm in size, were collected around the hole. Items seized at the scene will be transferred for examination. At this time, unauthorized access to the scene is limited.
  
  Earlier, we recall, the media published a video showing a huge crater in which an open flame is visible. People are walking around, they are filming what is happening on video. In turn, many Internet users managed to call this video a fake; later this information was confirmed. It turned out that the Ura.Ru agency published a previously known video from Turkmenistan, from the place where underground gases came to the surface of the earth.
  
  Let us add that, according to the latest data, as a result of the fall of debris from a space object in the Chelyabinsk region, 1 thousand 200 people were injured. This information was provided by the press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. More than 980 casualties were previously reported.
  
  Let us remind you that today residents of the Chelyabinsk, Sverdlovsk, Tyumen, Kurgan regions, Kazakhstan and Bashkiria observed a bright flash and explosion in the sky.
  
  According to the Yekaterinburg Observatory, an asteroid passed close to the earth, which led to a meteor shower in the form of fireballs over the territory of the Chelyabinsk region at 07:23 Moscow time. Other scientists report that a fireball exploded in the sky over Chelyabinsk.
  
  In populated areas, fragments of the celestial body did not reach the ground, but the shock wave broke out the windows in the houses. As a result, about 1 thousand people were injured. The largest number of injured are in Chelyabinsk, Kopeisk and Yuzhnouralsk. There were no deaths, but two people are in serious condition in intensive care.
  
  A state of emergency has been introduced in three regions. It is primarily due to the fact that many residential buildings and social facilities lose heat due to broken glass.
  
  The authorities of the Chelyabinsk region assessed material losses from the meteorite fall. Governor Mikhail Yurevich said that overall the damage is estimated at 1 billion rubles.
  
  More details: http://www.rosbalt.ru/federal/2013/02/15/1094880.html
  1. Volkhov
    
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    16 February 2013 00: 56
    
    This is one of the discharges, an even circle was made by electricity, there is nothing there at the bottom except slag from local rocks and radiation from a beam of ions.
  2. opkozak
    
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    16 February 2013 21: 30
    
    "Governor Mikhail Yurevich said that overall the damage is estimated at 1 billion rubles." ... Two tape recorders, two movie cameras, two cigarette cases were stolen... Please!
Bashkaus

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15 February 2013 23: 13

And you know, here’s what else, when I watched the video for the first time today, I honestly felt scared and beautiful. But I caught myself thinking that if I had witnessed all this, then first of all I would have fallen into the nearest hollow and started reading the Lord’s Prayer (apparently at school they drilled into my brain “if I saw a flash, kick”) and then walked around for half a day with an inferiority complex, Everyone is having fun, they are having fun filming and watching, I even started to think that I was the only crazy person who needed treatment. True, now my father came, also a military man, a colonel, they started discussing it, he said that the first thing he would do was stop the car and go into a ditch, and only then figure out whether it was a meteorite or a megaton gift.
So my self-criticism that I would turn out to be a coward disappeared, but a bare statement of fact arose - our population is not ready for a sudden nuclear missile attack, as we have relaxed over the past 20 years (((
1. Hleb
  
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  16 February 2013 07: 03
  
  I honestly felt scared
  and if it had fallen on December 21... many would definitely have panicked
  1. Bashkaus
    
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    16 February 2013 12: 28
    
    I told the Anuak, hand over the reserved seat module with the conductor of the spacecraft, but they “Russian Post, Russian Post”, as always, did not make it on time))
albert

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16 February 2013 00: 32

Actually, speaking seriously and without any hakhanek, this is a historical incident on a planetary scale. There has never been such a case in history of a meteorite falling that caused significant damage. Before this, if anything fell, it was in remote places and without any special consequences, except for the case when the fallen a meteorite pierced the roof of a house and broke a woman’s leg. The latest news reported that the power of the explosion was five kilotons. Imagine what would have happened if such a stone had fallen on a residential area.
Arthurian

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16 February 2013 01: 25

http://topwar.ru/uploads/images/2013/398/zrou587.jpg
Bort radist

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16 February 2013 05: 34

Thoughts from the morning.
1) how defenseless humanity is, they came from nowhere and can leave in an instant. Sounds like a warning. The baby fell and a more serious body immediately flew nearby. Like think.
2) It’s interesting that the “powerful” of the world climbed into their bunkers?
3) How I would like to listen to conversations on government special communications!!!
1. bddrus
  
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  16 February 2013 13: 12
  
  Really, even at the moment of a global catastrophe, will you remember about the “powers that be” and government communications?
  1. Bort radist
    
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    16 February 2013 14: 51
    
    Quote: bddrus
    Is it really possible that even at the moment of a global catastrophe you will remember about the “powers that be” and government communications?
    
    Yes, no, I now want to know:
    1) Some units were alerted,
    2) Aviation and flying headquarters have been raised to the holding area,
    3) ............
    no fragments are found! If there was calm in the troops and the government, did they know what it was?
Tsoi is alive

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16 February 2013 05: 39

Quote: Bort Radist
3) How I would like to listen to conversations on government special communications!!!

There was such a connection at Baikonur, it was called “Popona” (one of the VKS), the signalmen said that they understood it (I think they were lying).
A good show is more expensive than money!
alkach555

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16 February 2013 20: 32

Or maybe it's not a meteorite. Maybe someone knows and is silent?
1. Aleks28
  
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  16 February 2013 20: 38
  
  Quote: alkach555
  Or maybe it's not a meteorite. Maybe someone knows and is silent?
  It was a submarine, but shh....
alkach555

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16 February 2013 20: 41

The speed of a meteorite is too low
1. Aleks28
  
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  16 February 2013 20: 46
  
  Quote: alkach555
  The speed of a meteorite is too low
  He's on muscle power. But that's between us.
alkach555

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16 February 2013 20: 59

Where is our air defense? What, who wants to fly with us? Sanya (Allex) don’t write nonsense. I’m also a comedian.
1. Aleks28
  
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  16 February 2013 21: 15
  
  Quote: alkach555
  Where is our air defense? What, who wants to fly with us? Sanya (Allex) don’t write nonsense. I’m also a comedian.
  Thank you for understanding, but with us it flies only as much as it can.
alkach555

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16 February 2013 21: 22

The sediment remains. Unknown object is the right word, right?
pinachet

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17 February 2013 01: 36

I found a transcript on one site, it shows that it looks like someone shot him down....
1. Asgard
  
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  17 February 2013 08: 59
  
  If a stone meteorite (even with a high content of metals and crystalline hydrogen)) entered the atmosphere, it would burn, evaporating the outer shell, preserving kinetic energy, before colliding with the Earth... (rocks in the air do not explode - no matter how many of them there are) GRAY)))physics......., any idiot of the Russian Academy of Sciences from the commission for the fight against pseudoscience will say))))
  Here we see an explosion at the height of the stratosphere, "ARTIFICIAL BODY" tIt's just starting to warm up...
  Then the stone does not explode like that, even if it is destroyed by a “shell” as in the video, then shouldn't have happened EMP (electromagnetic pulse)) and He was!!!!
  Then what is this? - one explosion and many more!?! individual stones exploded)))
  If a monolithic body is struck (We are mostly military people here), then destruction occurs and a lot of debris occurs - after all This is how it should be according to the logic of things.....
  
  What do we see?, explosion, dematirilization of matter, the energy is such that it destroys the protection at power plants with a high energy content (many small explosions)) EMPulse - that is, energy dissipation is carried out in many radio spectrums (including optical))
  
  So guys, everything is a LIE. We are reading my first post - a strange “car” flew towards us.........
  Those who are trying to assure us that this is a classic asteroid, I will express myself in the words of our ~~Siberian Crane~~ "Vovana".......Whoever says that are either idiots or provocateurs,,,,, (quote))
  
  I urge you to think with your own head, listen less to People who have deceived you (more than once)), consult with smart People, ask questions yourself.....(listen to Borman in my post))
  
  And one more thing - It seems to me that the story will HAVE A CONTINUATION, since the object is artificial and for destroying it, someone will get it in the impudent, red-haired face))))
  1. alkach555
    
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    17 February 2013 19: 26
    
    There is no report from the military, probably they don’t want to spread the word or everything was different.
  2. VP123
    
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    19 February 2013 11: 19
    
    It didn’t explode, but disintegrated. Where do you see the explosion in the video of the meteor flying by? .EMR what kind of nonsense, you are watching a video shot on a Chinese recorder from a moving car
2. evgenii67
  
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  17 February 2013 12: 57
  
  The video is interesting, but the authenticity is no less interesting. Reminds me of the plane crash in Lvov involving a Su-27, there was also a certain object in the video. Asgard you wrote that stones don’t explode, I’m certainly not an expert on cosmic bodies, let me tell you a story. Many people have been to the sea, for example in Lazarevskoye, there are stones in the sea, oval, beautiful stones, I took them with me to the Smolensk region for a bath. I put the stones in the stove (where the boiling water pours), heated it and after 15 minutes I thought that the war had begun, the stones began to explode, the stove was almost destroyed...... in general, I was not childishly worried, I poured the burning ones at my own peril and risk firewood with water, everything worked out...and I realized that river stones are better for such purposes, no!!!!!!!!!!!
EDW

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19 February 2013 13: 04

It’s strange that my messages from here disappear over and over again; apparently I can’t write here on business.
It’s also strange that on the forum there are mostly adults, and 85% of all comments are bullshit and Petrosianism.
fero

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19 February 2013 16: 39

Asgard,
Where did you get the idea that the meteorite was completely stone (chondrite)? Even if this is so, where did you get the idea that the meteorite is absolutely monolithic? Meteorites often have cracks, both initial and those formed by the colossal temperature gradient when passing through the atmosphere. It is along these cracks that the process of breaking the body into smaller parts occurs.
ZY The search for meteorite fragments is partly needed to determine its type.
sashka

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20 February 2013 13: 52

WHAT IF YOU WOULD GO TO THE CITY???
rapid1934

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20 February 2013 14: 11

The people are now literate and understand that the truth about “ASTEROID” will be revealed in a few years. Or it will never open. The "official" version serves to calm public opinion.
Captain45

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20 February 2013 15: 19

Don’t worry so much about this meteorite, it’s not a meteorite at all, but a test launch for the Kazakh space program “Baiterek” (poplar), they have now given half of Baikonur. The first pancake came out in a lump Just a joke, don’t let the Kazakhs be offended!
Hornet

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20 February 2013 16: 59

PINACHET: I found a transcript on one site, it shows that it looks like someone knocked him down....

Look carefully at the original video, and even here you can see that this is a reflection of the rays in the micro-scratches of the glass, because at that moment the car is turning around the corner and the splashes of dirt on the glass are moving at the same distance and at the same speed from the imaginary rocket
sashka

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21 February 2013 08: 19

Unknown to whom.? Air defense or Strategic Missile Forces.