Death by Meteorite?

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Death by Meteorite? India Tragedy May Be 1st in Recorded History

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Update on Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 9:12 a.m.: NASA officials said in a statement that online photos of the event are more consistent with a land-based explosion than a space rock, as reported by the New York Times. 

For the first time in recorded history, a meteorite is reported to have killed a person.
The incident happened Saturday (Feb. 6) when an object, thought to be a meteorite, hit a college campus in Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India,the Wall Street Journal reported. The impact killed a man and injured three others, the WSJ said.

Officials found a 4-feet-deep (1.2 meters) crater in the ground that contained "bluish black" rock fragments, G. Baskar, the college's principal in Tamil Nadu's Vellore district, told the WSJ. [When Space Attacks: The 6 Craziest Meteor Impacts]

But NASA has yet to confirm whether the mysterious object is indeed a meteorite. "Our Planetary Defense Coordination Office is aware of the reports and is looking into it," said Laurie Cantillo, a NASA spokeswoman. "So at this point the report is unconfirmed." (Read more >>)

Source: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/death-meteorite-india-tragedy-may-1st-recorded-history-223919650.html

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