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Scores Ill in Peru 'Meteor Crash'

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7001897.stm

 

 

 

Scores ill in Peru 'meteor crash'

 

 

 

Crater site

 

Hundreds of people in Peru have needed treatment after an object from space - said to be a meteorite - plummeted to Earth in a remote area, officials say.

 

They say the object left a deep crater after crashing down over the weekend near the town of Carancas in the Andes.

 

 

 

People who visited the scene have been complaining of headaches, vomiting and nausea after inhaling gases.

 

 

 

But some experts have questioned whether it was a meteorite or some other object that landed in Carancas.

 

 

 

"Increasingly we think that people witnessed a fireball, which are not uncommon, went off to investigate and found a lake of sedimentary deposit, which may be full of smelly, methane rich organic matter," said Dr Caroline Smith, a meteorite expert at the London-based Natural History Museum.

 

 

 

"This has been mistaken for a crater."

 

 

 

A team of scientists is on its way to the site to collect samples and verify whether it was indeed a meteorite.

 

 

 

I think there's also a certain psychological fear in the community

 

 

 

Local mayor Nestor Quispe

 

 

 

 

 

Can meteorites make you ill?

 

 

 

Geologists have called on the authorities to stop people going near the crash site.

 

 

 

A local journalist, Martine Hanlon, told the BBC experts did not believe the meteor would make anybody sick, but they did think a chemical reaction caused by its contact with the ground could release toxins such as sulphur and arsenic.

 

 

 

An engineer from the Peruvian Nuclear Energy Institute told AFP news agency that no radiation had been detected from the crater. He ruled out any possibility that the fallen object might be a satellite.

 

 

 

 

I know there is a alot of news threads Atm on Tif forums which are pissing people off, I just thought this kinda thing dosent happen very often ;-)

 

 

 

I am wondering it is really is a meteor, Aliens from outer Space haha :uhh:

It has begun.

Probably just a bug meteor from Klendathu.

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People: Wow thats horrible.. I hope those people are okay.

 

Scientists: We must study this and see its effects

 

Goverment: Oooo! A new chemical warefare toy!

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Probably just a bug meteor from Klendathu.

 

 

 

Quick! Everyone become terrible actors! Its the only way to fight these things!

People: Wow thats horrible.. I hope those people are okay.

 

Scientists: We must study this and see its effects

 

Goverment: Oooo! A new chemical warefare toy!

 

 

 

=D> I lol'd

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I got a very reasonable answer to this:

 

 

 

 

THE CHUPACABRAS IS BACK RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!11111

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MIB anyone?

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It was probably a re tarded suicide bomber lol ;)

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8-) I believe its a giant chunk of solid sulfur :-w

 

 

 

Having heated and "defrosted" it started to release steam ::'

 

 

 

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Hey, I've been to Carancas. I hope everyone's okay. I wonder what it was... hmmm...

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Probably just a bug meteor from Klendathu.

 

 

 

Quick! Everyone become terrible actors! Its the only way to fight these things!

 

 

 

bullets, we need lots of bullets....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

People: Wow thats horrible.. I hope those people are okay.

 

Scientists: We must study this and see its effects

 

Goverment: Oooo! A new chemical warefare toy!

 

 

 

DONT GO TO SLEEP!

Say what you mean and mean what you say because those that matter don't mind, and those that mind don't matter.

I got a very reasonable answer to this:

 

 

 

 

THE CHUPACABRAS IS BACK RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!11111

 

 

 

That's Mexico... Peru is much more south and has better food. :D

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I got a very reasonable answer to this:

 

 

 

 

THE CHUPACABRAS IS BACK RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!11111

 

 

 

That's Mexico... Peru is much more south and has better food. :D

 

 

 

Lol this is true.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As for the news. I'd say its most likely methane being released. What ever it is, you can rest a sure its just a chemical being released from where ever the meteorite came from. Not an alien invasion.

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Stop acting such a moron.
It was probably a re tarded suicide bomber lol ;)
Yes because suicide bombers now have the ability to fly through the sky in a fireball before smacking into the ground? Yep...

 

 

 

It's happened before, but not so many people have become ill.

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It was probably a re tarded suicide bomber lol ;)
Yes because suicide bombers now have the ability to fly through the sky in a fireball before smacking into the ground? Yep...

 

 

 

 

I was being sarcastic... hence the winky. sigh

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I got a very reasonable answer to this:

 

 

 

 

THE CHUPACABRAS IS BACK RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!11111

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It has begun.

 

 

 

 

 

Yep, our destruction is inminent, unless a black cool alien-killer actor magically appears and destroys them all.

 

 

 

Um, did anyone see the "Independence Day" movie?

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The Andromeda Strain seems more relevant... :-k

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Threads like these always get spammed....

 

 

 

Anywho, I think it might be methane, like many others.

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