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 *** Document 99 of 54 f. - FBIS ***
 DOCN 000185420
 CLAS UNCLAS 3D/FAX NATDIS
 SERI SERIAL:   PM0106093794
 PASS PASS:     COPY TO
 COUN COUNTRY: RUSSIA
 SUBJ SUBJ:     METEORITES MAY HAVE CAUSED 'MYSTERIOUS CRATERS' NEAR KURSK
 SOUR SOURCE:   MOSCOW KOMSOMOLSKAYA PRAVDA IN RUSSIAN 28..MAY 94 P 2
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 //((NIKOLAY YEFIMOVICH REPORT:   "ATOMIC ANOMALY NEAR KURSK?))
 ((TEXT))   KURSK -- TWO MYSTERIOUS CRATERS 7-8 METERS IN DIAMETER
 HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED IN THE SIDE OF A RAVINE NEAR THE KURSK NUCLEAR'
 POWER STATION.    IN THE OPINION OF SPECIALISTS, HOLLOWS OF THIS KIND
 CAN ONLY BE THE. RESULT OF A 500-KG BOMB EXPLODING.   HOWEVER, NO
 EXPLOSIONS HAVE BEEN HEARD THROUGHOUT THE.DISTRICT.   THERE ARE NO
 SIGNS OF THE EARTH?THAT HAS BEEN DISCHARGED FROM THE CRATERS.   NOR
 HAVE ANY. FRAGMENTS 'OF METAL AND*TRACES OF FIRE BEEN RECORDED.
 SPECIALISTS' INITIAL STUDIES FAILED TO PROVIDE THE SOLUTION.
 THE LEVEL OF RADIATION FELL WITHIN NATURAL BACKGROUND LIMITS.
 SAMPLES OF THE SOIL AND WATER IN ONE OF THE CRATERS REVEALED
 NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.   NO SEISMOLOGICAL FLUCTUATIONS HAVE
 BEEN RECORDED IN KURSK OBLAST.
 THE PERSONNEL OF.THE CIVIL DEFENSE AND EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
 STAFF IN CONJUNCTION WITH SPECIALISTS ARE WORKING ON SEVERAL
 IDEAS.   THE FIRST AND MAIN ONE BEING THAT A LARGE METEORITE HAS
 FALLEN HERE.   SEVERAL DAYS AGO MANY PEOPLE SAW A FIERY BODY IN THE
 HEAVENS.   AND PILLARS OF FIRE IN THE VICINITY OF THE MYSTERIOUS
 CRATERS.   THE SECOND IDEA IS THAT THIS MAY QUITE WELL HAVE BEEN A
 *UFO.
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