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Old 09-19-2007, 12:16 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by metal_geek View Post
It's rare for a metorite, big enough to cause a hole that big gets through the atmosphere... Usually the only ones to get through are either much smaller and don't cause a big crater, or Much bigger and are moving too fast to be affected by the air.. It's not impossible but it could have been some kinda of satellite or nose cone...

Personally I want it to be a metorite, but I'm gonna play the skeptic on this one...
You're right. Meteroites usually burn up in our atmosphere and are no bigger than a chihuahua's head when it lands.
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