Blast in Indonesia... Meteor Suspected

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Blast in Indonesia... Meteor Suspected

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Hi,
Saw this news in Yahoo! News and ZaoBao News:
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/041219/1/3pcts.html
http://www.zaobao.com.sg/special/realti ... 04_19.html

Hope that it is really a meteor and not any attack from extremist...

Anyway, if it is a meteor, it must be quite a impressive sight... :shock:

Have a nice day.
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heard on the news that astronomers claim it was not a meteor.satellite decay?
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AGMI wrote:heard on the news that astronomers claim it was not a meteor.satellite decay?
unless the correct debris are found, who is to confirm it is or isn't?
the radars can't possibly track everything and even then, so small objects are impossible to detect...

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Post by A 5 YeaR Old »

straits time only had a tiny section about this. Dont think much people will follow up. Terrorist attacks wont happen in remote areas unless they are trying out a new version of a nice bomb.....
Weird eh?
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