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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

The tunnel diggers that work for the Mexican Drug Cartels screwed up again. Prolly using Windows 8 on their GPS :)


61 posted on 07/15/2014 11:36:31 AM PDT by upchuck (The country is being billed for its own execution. ~ h/t: SpaceBar)
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62 posted on 07/15/2014 11:38:30 AM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: Red Badger

It looks like a maar. They are rather common in some areas in Siberia and Alaska.


63 posted on 07/15/2014 11:40:55 AM PDT by JimSEA
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To: Constitution Day; Tijeras_Slim

64 posted on 07/15/2014 11:41:15 AM PDT by martin_fierro (EVERYONE REMAIN CLAM!)
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To: Red Badger

65 posted on 07/15/2014 11:44:47 AM PDT by frithguild (The warmth and goodness of Gaia is a nuclear reactor in the Earth's core that burns Thorium)
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To: Art Bell; Pride in the USA

Cool!


66 posted on 07/15/2014 11:51:25 AM PDT by lonevoice (Life is short. Make fun of it.)
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To: WhirlwindAttack

What’s sad is I know the reference.

Don’t miss night shift work.


67 posted on 07/15/2014 11:52:33 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: Red Badger
Anna Kurchatova from the Sub-Arctic Scientific Research Centre, thinks the crater was formed by a mixture of water, salt and gas igniting an underground explosion, a result of global warming.

They just say it about anything that happens anywhere in the world, no matter how nonsensical the connection is.

68 posted on 07/15/2014 11:57:11 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: All
Hollywood knows...


69 posted on 07/15/2014 12:01:18 PM PDT by az_gila
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To: Red Badger

Now what happened with the Seattle tunnel project.


70 posted on 07/15/2014 12:05:52 PM PDT by Palio di Siena
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To: Veggie Todd
What does the Starship Enterprise have in common with toilet paper?

They both circle Uranus and wipe out Klingons! Ba-Dump!

71 posted on 07/15/2014 12:08:08 PM PDT by JaguarXKE (1973: Reporters investigate All the President's Men. 2013: Reporters ARE all the President's men d)
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To: muir_redwoods

A sink hole wouldn’t account for the raised rim.....................


72 posted on 07/15/2014 12:10:01 PM PDT by Red Badger (I've posted a total of 2,763 threads and 85,286 replies. ...............)
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To: Red Badger

Impact of about 1.2mm piece of neutron star.


73 posted on 07/15/2014 12:15:10 PM PDT by jim999
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To: Red Badger

Possibly but a sink hole could have been caused by a sudden drop in the local water table. Such a hole could over a long time affect the winds causing dust and till to build up.

I have no idea what cased this really but an alien landing site is pretty far down list of the probable.


74 posted on 07/15/2014 12:21:28 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fiction)
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To: muir_redwoods

It could happen!.................

75 posted on 07/15/2014 12:43:21 PM PDT by Red Badger (I've posted a total of 2,763 threads and 85,286 replies. ...............)
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To: Red Badger

A huge meteorite slams into siberia and they didn’t feel anything remotely and just find a huge crater. Just wow.


76 posted on 07/15/2014 12:44:20 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: BenLurkin

LOL, I love that. Y’all are one reason why I take a minute and read these threads.


77 posted on 07/15/2014 12:48:17 PM PDT by huldah1776
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To: Red Badger

They had to say it. They just haaaaaad to say it.

“Anna Kurchatova from the Sub-Arctic Scientific Research Centre, thinks the crater was formed by a mixture of water, salt and gas igniting an underground explosion, a result of global warming.”


78 posted on 07/15/2014 12:53:25 PM PDT by huldah1776
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To: Rashputin
The locals are mystified too...
79 posted on 07/15/2014 12:56:04 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: Red Badger

No mystery at all - it’s the hole made by the falling congressional honesty.

Thank goodness we were able to dump it on Siberia; something like that could leave American suburbia in a world of hurt.


80 posted on 07/15/2014 12:57:53 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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