"STRANGE ROAR' PRECEDES 'MYSTERIOUS BLAST' IN SASOVO"

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By Paul of www.ufocrashsite.com

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SUBJ:    'STRANGE ROAR' PRECEDES 'MYSTERIOUS BLAST' IN SASOVO

SOURCE: MOSCOW TASS IN ENGLISH 1303 GMT 12 APR 91
TEXT:

   //((BY TASS CORRESPONDENT ANATOLIY KAKOVKIN))

   ((TEXT)) SASOVO, RYAZAN REGION ON CENTRAL RUSSIA APRIL 12 TASS --
A SHATTERING EXPLOSION SHOOK THIS SMALL TOWN IN THE HEART OF RUSSIA
SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TODAY, KNOCKING OUT MOST WINDOWS AND LEAVING
SOME LOCALS SLIGHTLY INJURED BY SPLINTERED GLASS.
    ACCORDING TO EARLY REPORTS, NO-ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT BY THE
MYSTERIOUS BLAST, WHICH TOOK PLACE JUST OUTSIDE SASOVO IN THE RYAZAN
REGION AT 01:30.
   THOSE LIVING IN HIGH-RISES FELT THE BUILDINGS ROCK HEAVILY AS IF
HIT BY AN EARTHQUAKE, BUT NO DAMAGE TYPICAL OF EARTH TREMORS WAS
REGISTERED.
   THE EXPLOSION, PRECEDED BY A STRANGE ROAR, LEFT A HUGE CRATER IN
A FIELD 1.5 KILOMETERES FROM THE TOWN. THE CRATER IS 3.5 METERS DEEP
AND 28 METERS IN DIAMETERE.

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   EXPERTS FROM THE REGIONAL COMMISSION ON EMERGENCIES RUSHED TO THE
SITE TO EXPLORE IT AND TAKE GROUND AND ATMOSPHERIC SAMPLES. THEY
DID NOT, HOWEVER, DETECT ANY CHANGES IN EITHER RADIATION LEVELS OR
THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE AIR.
   THE MILITARY, FOR THEIR PART, REPORTED NO UNIDENTIFIED FLYING
OBJECTS OVER THE AREA.
   THE UNUSUAL FORM OF THE CRATER, WHICH HAS A BIG BUMP RIGHT IN ITS
CENTRE, AS WELL AS LARGE CHUNKS OF EARH REMAINING UNBROKEN ALMOST
RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A BOMB BLAST OF THE EXPLOSION OF AN
ARTILLERY SHELL, ACCORDING TO SASOVO MAYOR A. ROZHKOV.
  HE TOLD TASS IN A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW THAT SCRAPS OF PAPER BAGS
FOUND NEARBY SUGGEST THAT SOME SALTPETER, WHICH CAN SELF-EXPLODE
UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, MIGHT HAVE BEEN STORED IN THE FIELD AND
GONE UP IN THE AIR.
  THE FINAL CONCLUSION IS EXPECTED FROM THE EMERGENCY TASK FORCE
INVESTIGATING THE BLAST.
ADMIN
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