Meteor suspected amid unexplained sightings and blast in Indonesia

Seems to be alot of this going on lately. Are we under attack?

December 19, 2004

Meteor suspected amid unexplained sightings and blast in Indonesia

Indonesian authorities probe mystery blast



Expert speculates a large meteor might have slammed into Earth

The Associated Press

Updated: 3:27 a.m. ET Dec. 19, 2004JAKARTA, Indonesia

Indonesians saw an object with a tail of fire hurtling toward earth near their capital early Sunday before hearing a loud explosion. An expert speculated it might have been a meteor.

Indonesian air force radar detected an unidentified object falling toward the earth at a great speed before disappearing around the same time the noise was heard, a spokesman said.

Muji Raharto, an astronomy professor with the Bandung Institute of Technology in West Java province, suggested the object was a large meteor that burned up as it fell through the earth’s atmosphere, “causing a loud noise.”

There were no reports of any objects hitting the earth in or close to the capital.

Several callers to el-Shinta radio station reported seeing a falling object with a fiery tail before hearing a noise like an explosion at around 7:30 a.m. in western Jakarta.

Police have been on high alert in Indonesia amid warnings from several Western governments that Islamic militants blamed for a series of attacks in recent years were planning more bombings.

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