news.yahoo.com - 10/26/2009
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Experts cast doubt on Latvian meteorite AFP People walk around a crater near the northern Latvian town of Mazsalaca. Experts cast doubt on claims
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Did a Meteorite, or Nerdy Hoaxsters, Strike Latvia?
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... “This is not a real crater. It is artificial,” Uldis Nulle, a scientist at the Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Center, told the Associated Press after inspecting the site on Monday. ...
Counterfeit Crater
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A meteorite crate in Latvia is a phony, according to this AP news item on Yahoo News. At 27 feet wide and 9 feet deep, that's a buttload of effort to try and pull the wool over the eyes of Latvian scientists (motto: "We're LATVIA. We have nothing to do with Latveria, the home of Dr. Doom."). The "crater" was even smoking when lead science guy Uldis Nulle (which SOUNDS like the name of a Fantastic Four villian!) showed up on scene, tricorder and beakers in hand. "It's artificial, dug by shovel," said Girts Stinkulis, a geologist at the University of Latvia. ...
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