Charles Bell wrote:
> AP News story of fireball Sunday evening in northern Latvia creating 9 m wide
3 m deep meteorite impact crater with raised rim. Site has been examined by
geologist.
>
> Uldis Nulle, a scientist at the Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology
Center, said there was smoke coming out of the crater when he arrived at the
crash site late Sunday in the Mazsalaca region near the Estonian border.
>
> "My first impression is that, yes, it was a meteorite," he said. "All the
evidence suggests this when compared to pictures of real meteorite craters."
>
> He said the rim of the crater was slightly raised and there was a
black-grayish scar at the bottom - both signs of a meteorite impact.
>
>
>
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_LATVIA_METEORITE?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HO\
ME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
>

This is being discussed on the Meteorite List.

if you look at the video on Youtube, you'll see it's a hoax.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD5MUSBOBK0



Richard Kowalski
Catalina Sky Survey
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721