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UFO landing site? Meteorite crater? Scientists baffled by gigantic 262ft hole [Siberia]
www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | Updated: 11:34 EST, 15 July 2014 | By Travelmail Reporter

Posted on 07/15/2014 10:43:11 AM PDT by Red Badger

FULL TITLE:UFO landing site? Meteorite crater? Scientists baffled by gigantic 262ft hole that has appeared at Siberia's 'End of The World'

Enormous crater appears suddenly in part of Russia whose name translates as 'the end of the world' Teams of scientists are rushing east to fathom the cause of this unusual - and rare - geographical occurrence One especially outlandish theory talks about a UFO landing as a possible cause of this colossal chasm in the earth

An urgent expedition will leaves tomorrow to probe a giant crater that has appeared in gas-rich northern Siberia.

Extraordinary aerial images show a mysterious hole which experts say may be up to 262 feet wide, in the Yamal Peninsula of northern Russia.

'A scientific team has been sent to investigate the hole and is due to arrive at the scene on Wednesday,' The Siberian Times has reported.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: crater; meteor; space; tunguska
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To: Red Badger

Ah, now that’s where Lerner’s missing computers and emails are probably located...


21 posted on 07/15/2014 10:54:04 AM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: BenLurkin

I don’t know where I first saw that video, but I find it most disturbing.


22 posted on 07/15/2014 10:54:17 AM PDT by Don W (To laugh, perhaps to dream...)
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To: Red Badger

It’s “THE THING”.


23 posted on 07/15/2014 10:57:26 AM PDT by deweyfrank
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To: Red Badger

It’s either the administration’s memory hole or really big gophers.


24 posted on 07/15/2014 10:57:46 AM PDT by IronJack
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These kind of events will continue to happen until the whole planet gets serious about global warming. It is worse than we thought


25 posted on 07/15/2014 10:58:33 AM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%i)
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To: Red Badger
The whole peninsula has holes in it. This one is dry. Map
26 posted on 07/15/2014 10:58:59 AM PDT by GoldMan (Never try to rationalize an irrational mind............)
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To: redgolum
That's what I was thinking. Someone or something left..........................
27 posted on 07/15/2014 10:59:30 AM PDT by Red Badger (I've posted a total of 2,763 threads and 85,286 replies. ...............)
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To: SpaceBar

28 posted on 07/15/2014 11:00:25 AM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: Bratch

I looked at the graphic ... did find the Bermuda Triangle anywhere ??


29 posted on 07/15/2014 11:00:34 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: Mr. K

Fracking................


30 posted on 07/15/2014 11:00:43 AM PDT by Red Badger (I've posted a total of 2,763 threads and 85,286 replies. ...............)
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To: redgolum

It’s the other end of Mel’s Hole!


31 posted on 07/15/2014 11:01:18 AM PDT by WhirlwindAttack (I do not advocate the use of violence. It works but I don't advocate it. YMMV Improvise.)
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To: SpaceBar

The real mystery and what is baffling is how scientists could be baffled.


32 posted on 07/15/2014 11:01:20 AM PDT by taterjay
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To: Red Badger

Waiting on the Deros to take over any minute now.

http://subgenius.wikia.com/wiki/Advanced_Supersonic_Nazi_Hell_Creatures_from_Beneath_the_Hollow_Earth


33 posted on 07/15/2014 11:01:42 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (Tri nornar eg bir. Binde til rota...)
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To: Ouchthatonehurt

34 posted on 07/15/2014 11:01:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (I've posted a total of 2,763 threads and 85,286 replies. ...............)
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To: Red Badger

It looks to me like a meteorite struck swampy permafrost. The ice and mud melted and filled the bottom of the crater.


35 posted on 07/15/2014 11:02:24 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: taterjay; Don W

I was looking for the one where the hole turns into the Obama logo — but couldn’t find it.


36 posted on 07/15/2014 11:02:41 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Red Badger

Looks like Mother Earth popped a zit


37 posted on 07/15/2014 11:03:32 AM PDT by tophat9000 (An Eye for an Eye, a Word for a Word...nothing more)
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To: Red Badger

sinkhole? photoshop?


38 posted on 07/15/2014 11:05:20 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: Red Badger

maybe it will be full of Corvettes


39 posted on 07/15/2014 11:06:16 AM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: SpaceBar

Tuff ring?


40 posted on 07/15/2014 11:06:25 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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