'STRANGE ROAR' PRECEDES 'MYSTERIOUS BLAST' IN SASOVO DOC_0005516243_text.pdf

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’STRANGE
ROAR’
PRECEDES
'MYSTERIOUS
BLAST*
IN
SASOVO
:
SOURCE:
TEXT:
MOSCOW
TASS
IN
ENGLISH
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//((BY
TASS
CORRESPONDENT
ANATOLIY
KAKOVKIN))
((TEXT))
SASOVO,
RYAZAN
REGION
IN
CENTRAL
RUSSIA
APRIL
12
TASS
--
A
SHATTERING
EXPLOSION
SHOOK
THIS
SMALL
TOWN
IN
THE
HEART
OF
RUSSIA
SHORTLY
AFTER
MIDNIGHT
TODAY,
KNOCKING
OUT
MOST
WINDOWS
AND
LEAVING
SOME
LOCALS
SLIGHTLY
INJURED
BY
SPLINTERED
GLASS.
ACCORDING
TO
EARLY
REPORTS,
NO-ONE
WAS
SERIOUSLY
HURT
BY
THE
MYSTERIOUS
BUST,
WHICH
TOOK
PUCE
JUST
OUTSIDE
SASOVO
IN
THE
RYAZAN
REGION
AT
01:30.
THOSE
LIVING
IN
HIGH-RISES
FELT
THE
BUILDINGS
ROCK
HEAVILY
AS
IF
HIT
BY AN
EARTHQUAKE,
BUT
NO
DAMAGE
TYPICAL
OF
EARTH
TREMORS
WAS
REGISTERED.
THE
EXPLOSION,
PRECEDED
BY
A
STRANGE
ROAR,
LEFT
A
HUGE CRATER
IN
A
FIELD
1.5
KILOMETERS
FROM THE
TOWN.
THE CRATER
IS
3.5
METERS
DEEP
AND
2B
METERS
IN
DIAMETER.
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EXPERTS
FROM
THE
REGIONAL
COMMISSION
ON
EMERGENCIES
RUSHED TO
THE
SITE
TO
EXPLORE
IT
AND
TAKE
GROUND
AND
ATMOSPHERIC
SAMPLES
THEY
DID
NOT,
HOWEVER,
DETECT
ANY
CHANGES
IN
EITHER
RADIATION
LEVELS
OR
THE
CHEMICAL
COMPOSITION
OF THE
AIR.
THE
MILITARY,
FOR
THEIR
PART,
REPORTED
NO
UNIDENTIFIED
FLYING
OBJECTS
OVER
THE
AREA.
THE
UNUSUAL
FORM
OF
THE
CRATER,
WHICH
HAS
A
BIG
BUMP
RIGHT
IN
ITS
CENTRE,
AS
WELL
AS
LARGE
CHUNKS
OF
EARTH
REMAINING
UNBROKEN
ALMOST
RULE
OUT
THE
POSSIBILITY
OF
A
BOMB
BLAST
OR
THE
EXPLOSION
OF AN
ARTILLERY
SHELL,
ACCORDING
TO
SASOVO
MAYOR
A.
ROZHKOV.
HE
TOLD
TASS
IN
A
TELEPHONE
INTERVIEW
THAT
SCRAPS OF
PAPER
BAGS
FOUND
NEARBY
SUGGEST
THAT
SOME
SALTPETER,
WHICH
CAN
SELF-EXPLODE
UNDER
CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES,
MIGHT
HAVE BEEN
STORED
IN
THE
FIELD AND
GONE
UP
IN
THE
AIR.
THE
FINAL
CONCLUSION
IS
EXPECTED
FROM THE
EMERGENCY
TASK
FORCE
INVESTIGATING
THE
BLAST.
ADMIN
(ENDALL)
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