An unknown space object fell in the north of the Irkutsk region, the mayor of the Mamsko-Chuisky region said.
The official said that local residents saw a glow in the sky, which was accompanied by a whistle. Then an explosion thundered, reports "Russian News Service". An unknown object collapsed in a mountainous area.
“A resident of the Vitimsky village of the Mamsko-Chuisky region saw a plume of smoke a in the sky, accompanied by a sound effect. An eyewitness immediately notified the local military about this, who reported that all the small aircraft were on the ground. There are no flights in the Mamsko-Chuisky region. No aircraft losses were recorded either.
At the moment, a survey of local residents is being conducted. The approximate location of the facility is about 15 kilometers from the village of Vitimsky. Its origin has not been conclusively established.
Six people are involved in the search on two snowmobiles, the group will be replenished soon. The An-26 aircraft from Bratsk and Chita are also ready to take off. The information was communicated to all departments.
Rescuers: it is possible that the space object collapsed in Siberia is a large fragment from a meteorite.
- We calculated the distance between the launch point and the possible fall point, as well as the time of the missile launch, told Life News in the East Siberian Interterritorial Administration of the Federal Air Transport Agency of the Federal Air Transport Agency. - Witnesses saw falling debris too soon after launch, the collapsed satellite would not have had time to fall to the ground so quickly. There is no need to fear, in the Mamsko-Chuysky region most likely it was not a satellite fragment that fell. Most likely, a large piece of meteorite fell.
The first plume of smoke in the sky, accompanied by a sound effect, was seen by a resident of the Vitimsky village of the Mamsko-Chuisky district. An eyewitness immediately notified the local military about this.
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According to dispatchers, no aircraft losses were registered. There is no data on the loss of ships in the nearby regions.
Now there is a survey of the population. In search of a space object, 6 people are involved in 2 snowmobiles.
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The task force, which went to the site of the alleged fall of an unknown space object in the north of the Irkutsk region, could not find any confirmation of this and returned back due to a blizzard, said the mayor of the Mamsko-Chuisky region, Alexander Sergey.
"The task force on the Burany is returning. We have a strong blizzard. I can not see anything. Upon arrival, we will decide with the Emergencies Ministry what to do next, "he said." We can only say that it fell when we see the crash site with our own eyes. Our group should go there today with local hunters on snowmobiles, "the mayor explained.
Earlier, eyewitnesses reported that a luminous falling object was visible on Friday night (at about 22:30) in the area of the village of Vitimsky in the north of the region. The movement of the object was accompanied by a whistle, followed by an explosion. Presumably, an unknown object collapsed 15 kilometers from the village, in a mountainous area, near the Sobolevka River. A task force left to search for the object.
Some media outlets were quick to link this incident to the unsuccessful launch of a North Korean missile. The representative of the administration of the Mamsko-Chuysky district of the Irkutsk region said that it might have been a meteorite.
Officially, two versions of the incident are being considered - a meteorite fall or a satellite debris. The likelihood of a plane or helicopter crash is completely excluded. In the Mamsko-Chuisky region, all the small aircraft were on the ground. No aircraft losses were recorded in neighboring territories either.
In turn, Sergei Yazev, director of the Astronomical Observatory of Irkutsk State University, said that if a meteorite fell in the Mamsko-Chuisky region, it is unlikely that the search group will be able to find its traces. “Usually such objects are completely destroyed when they fall - they burn up in the atmosphere and disintegrate into small fragments when they hit the ground,” the scientist said.
He also recalled that the famous Vitim bolide fell in the same area 10 years ago. Its flight from the southwest to the northeast was observed by residents of several villages, including the regional center Mama and Vitimsky. “We went on expeditions for two years, looking for fragments of the car. but they were able to detect only cosmic dust in the snow,”Yazev quotes.
Recall that at the end of March, firewood cutters in the Novosibirsk region collided with an unknown object that fell from the sky. According to the local civil defense and emergency situations, a metal dome weighing about three hundred kilograms, two meters in diameter and one and a half meters in height, may belong to the details of the Meridian satellite, whose launch at the end of December ended in failure. The Federal Space Agency did not comment on the situation.
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