Site statistics

34327 facts from 176 countries related to 1175 phenomena have been registered in Archive. 2794 of them were solved, another 10535 are under verification for compliance with one of the 317 versions.

12 facts have been added for last 24 hours.

Share your story

You are in "Archive" section

This section contains descriptions of unexplained facts provided by eyewitnesses or published in the media, as well as the results of their analysis by the group.

UFO. Russia

ID #1632415295
Added Thu, 23/09/2021
Author July N.
Sources
Phenomena
Status
Result
Resume

Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness
Source date: 
13.07.1947
Location: 
Бейцухе
Primorskiy kray
Russia

Hartford, Connecticut, July 13, 1947, p.

A forest destroyed by a meteorite explosion

London, July 12. (AP). A forest of 100-year-old cedars disappeared without a trace as a result of the explosion of the Sikhote-Alin meteorite that fell in the mountains of the Siberian coast northeast of Vladivostok earlier this year, reports TASS Alma-Ata, the Kazakh Soviet Republic.

Reporting on the preliminary results of the expedition of the Kazakh Academy of Sciences, which traveled through Siberia and back to investigate this phenomenon, the Soviet news agency reported:

"The expedition came to the conclusion that the main meteorite created an air cushion when it fell and disintegrated when it hit it before reaching the ground."

 

Original news

Hartford, Connecticut, COURANT, 13 July 1947, page

Red Forest Destroyed By Meteorite Blast

London, July 12 - (AP) - A forest of 100-years-old cedars vanished without a trace in the explosion of the Sikhote-Alin meteorite, which fell in the Siberian coastal mountains northeast of Vladivostok early this year, Tass reported tonight from Alma Ata, Kazakh Soviet republic.

Reporting preliminary findings of an expedition from the Kazakh Academy of Sciences, which travelled across Siberia and back to investigate the phenomenon, the Soviet news agency said:

"The expedition came to the conclusion that the main meteorite in its fall created an air cushion and broke up on hitting it - before reaching the earth at all."

Hypotheses

List of versions containing features matching the eyewitness descriptions or material evidence

Meteor

Meteor, "shooting star" is a phenomenon that occurs when small meteor bodies (for example, fragments of comets or asteroids) burn up in the Earth's atmosphere. A similar phenomenon of greater intensity (brighter than magnitude -4) it's called a fireball.

Investigation

Versions testing, their confirmation or refutation. Additional information, notes during the study of materials

It is not very clear what this message does in the collection about UFOs in the source. Probably, at that time it was not very clear that it was a meteorite?

The meteorite fell at 10: 38 on February 12, 1947 on the watershed of the streams Sidorenkin and Meteorite (modern name) near the village of Beitsukhe Primorsky Krai in the Ussuri taiga in the mountains Sikhote-Alin in the Far East. It shattered in the atmosphere and fell like an iron rain on an area of 35 square kilometers.

 

Resume

The most likely explanation. The version, confirmed by the investigation

Meteor

Meteor, "shooting star" is a phenomenon that occurs when small meteor bodies (for example, fragments of comets or asteroids) burn up in the Earth's atmosphere. A similar phenomenon of greater intensity (brighter than magnitude -4) it's called a fireball.

Similar facts


Log in or register to post comments

Site friends

  • Мир тайн — сайт о таинственном
  • Activite-Paranormale
  • UFOlats
  • Новый Бестиарий
  • The Field Reports
  • UFO Meldpunt Nederland
  • GRUPO DE ESTUDOS DE UFOLOGIA CIENTÍFICA
  • Паранормальная наука, наука об аномалиях
  • Новости уфологии
  • UFO Insights
  • Mundo Ovnis

Attention!

18+

Site contains materials that are not recommended for impressionable people.

You are reporting a typo in the following text:
Simply click the "Send typo report" button to complete the report. You can also include a comment.