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Old February 12th 10, 01:32 AM posted to sci.space.history
Pat Flannery
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Default Meteorite wipes out Mexican bridge?

wrote:
http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=5350

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Ahuazotepec .- Huauchinango Municipal Police confirmed the fall of a
meteorite that collapsed a bridge between the municipalities and
Cuautepec Ahuazotepec.

Preliminary reports indicate that no injuries and that the fall caused
a roar that was heard up Zacatlan and Tulancingo, Hidalgo.
"

Neat!


Now they think it may have been space junk with no impact crater:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ba...eorite-impact/
Cosmos 2421 was a failed ocean reconnaissance satellite:
http://russianforces.org/blog/2008/0...ts_missi.shtml
It looked like this: http://www.space.com/images/080828-kosmos-2421-03.jpg

Pat