Meteorit stürzt auf Jordanien/Frage an alle

Geschrieben von Mischel am 24. April 2001 16:49:29:

Verzeiht meine momentane Unkenntnis, grenzen die Golanhöhen an Jordanien?
Wer schrieb, daß der Papst die Golanhöhen besuchen will? Oder hab ich da was verwechselt


Monday, April 23 8:37 PM SGT

Meteorite crashes near mourning Jordanian village

AMMAN, April 23 (AFP) -

Residents of a Jordanian village attending a funeral got an unwelcome surprise when a fiery meteorite crashed down in their
midst, one of them told AFP Monday.

"More than 100 of us were gathered Wednesday at sundown to bury a village resident when we saw a strange object that
looked like a ball of fire," said Mohammed Nawaf Mikdadi, mayor of Beit Eidess, some 85 kilometers (50 miles) north of
Amman.

"The meteor shot through the sky from west to east before a part of it came down a half kilometer (quarter mile) from the
village, sparking an explosion and then a fire with four-meter (12-foot) flames for 10 meters (100 feet) straight," Mikdadi told
AFP.

"The villagers thought it was a missile, but when we went to the spot there weren't any metal scraps," he said.

The mayor expressed relief the meteorite fell on a rocky area near Beit Eidess and not in a nearby forest, which could have
spelled disaster for the village.

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