S P A C E V I E W S Volume Year 1997, Issue 6 June 1997 http://www.seds.org/spaceviews/9706/
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Things That Go Boom in the Night: Scientists working for the National Science Foundation have concluded that a peculiar, loud explosion heard in the Australian outback in September 1993 was just a meteorite, and not evidence of terrorist activity. The explosion seemed to be located near a ranch owned by Aum Shinrikyo, a Japanese cult linked to the gassing of the Tokyo subway system in 1995 that injured thousands of morning commuters. The cult was reported interested in developing nuclear weapons and was mining uranium in the area. However, seismic data recorded during the event are better explained by a small iron meteorite crashing to Earth. The meteorite explanation also fits well with reports of a bright streak seen in the sky at the time of the explosion.
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