RIGA - The excitement last night in Latvia was over a great big, smoking crater supposedly created by meteorite.
But after rushing to the scene this morning, experts are saying the hole is just too tidy to be real.
Fire and rescue officials in the area near Latvia's border with Estonia received a called about the alleged meteorite last night from a supposed witness. A military unit that was sent to the site found radiation levels to be normal.
Today, a geologist from the University of Latvia says "it's artificial, dug by a shovel." That's the consensus among the scientists investigating the 27-foot wide by nine foot deep crater.
One nature conservationist says it appears whoever was behind the hoax burned a pyrotechnic compound at the bottom of the crater to try to make it look real.
Experts say Earth is constantly bombarded with objects from outer space, bust most burn up in the atmosphere and a meteorite large enough to create a crater as big as the one in Latvia would be unusual.
It's not yet clear whether police will open an investigation into the hoax.
But after rushing to the scene this morning, experts are saying the hole is just too tidy to be real.
Fire and rescue officials in the area near Latvia's border with Estonia received a called about the alleged meteorite last night from a supposed witness. A military unit that was sent to the site found radiation levels to be normal.
Today, a geologist from the University of Latvia says "it's artificial, dug by a shovel." That's the consensus among the scientists investigating the 27-foot wide by nine foot deep crater.
One nature conservationist says it appears whoever was behind the hoax burned a pyrotechnic compound at the bottom of the crater to try to make it look real.
Experts say Earth is constantly bombarded with objects from outer space, bust most burn up in the atmosphere and a meteorite large enough to create a crater as big as the one in Latvia would be unusual.
It's not yet clear whether police will open an investigation into the hoax.
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