3 Ton Meteorite Stolen 273
morpheus83 writes "Russian news agency Interfax is reporting that thieves have stolen a three-ton meteorite from the yard of the Tunguska Space Event foundation, whose director said it was the part of meteor that caused a massive explosion in Siberia in 1908. The massive three tonne rock was bought to Krasnoyarsk after an 2004 expedition to the site of the so-called Tunguska event- a mysterious mid air explosion over Siberia in 1908 was 1,000 times more powerful than the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. The foundation's director Yury Lavbin claimed to have discovered the wreckage of an alien spacecraft during the expedition."
I am thinkink.... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I am thinkink.... (Score:5, Funny)
what (Score:4, Funny)
If only they were (Score:0, Funny)
Unsolved? (Score:5, Funny)
My current understanding of the Tunguska event was that there were still at least three really good potential theories and that they were still researching. Asteroid, meteorite, etc.
Anyway, glad to see the Aliens got their rock back. No tin-foil-hat-wearing clown should own Alien property. If my car parks on an ant hill, the ants suddenly don't own my car. And this guy had no right to "own" that rock. This guy has got to get a clue regarding species relations.
Yes, I have a response (Score:3, Funny)
Sought for questioning (Score:5, Funny)
Obvious (Score:3, Funny)
I can't believe such an obvious answer hasn't been expressed yet.
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(This is funny, I promise.)
Useless (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Please, end the meme (Score:5, Funny)
Re:How? (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, good grief, I'll just let the mispelling be the joke in and of itself...
It's the ooze, stupid (Score:3, Funny)
Wait a second, it's all so much clearer now.
Obviously, Yury didn't bring the alien ship back because he himself is possessed, and the alien-Yury decided it would be much smarter to bring the meteorite back and tell a few oligarchs that it was filled with oil! Yes! So they go and steal it for their own ends, but they'll all get possessed, and the black ooze will be walking in the corridors of Russian power. And all this when there is talk of a new Cold War developing with the West.
Coincidence? I think not.
The joke's on us (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I am thinkink.... (Score:5, Funny)
Look, I know he's Slashdot's favorite whipping boy, but would it be possible to leave Ballmer out of just one discussion!?
Re:How? (Score:5, Funny)
About 15 ft up, It was about 7 to 8ft long and weighed probably near 1000 pounds with the mount. Steel cables attaching it to the building amongst other things.
One Sunday, a few guys showed up with a cherry picker and somehow detached, lowered it and carted it off. More than a few people saw it, but people just assumed they must be ok to cart it off, because who would steal a giant wooden alligator in the middle of the day?
Re:Wreckage (Score:3, Funny)
Have they checked Ebay? (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:I am thinkink.... (Score:4, Funny)
Nope. Not Ballmer. My money's on Karl Rove. This rock of kryptonite dissappears and he resigns? Well, isn't that con-VEEEEEEEEEEEn-ient? His reason of "spending more time with my family" rings completely hollow, as one has to have a soul to enjoy family, and according to Wikipedia, Rove sold his in a deal to get a SECOND term for GWB. More likely, he's going to be using it in a plot to taint consumer products to cause tree huggers, gays, strict constitutionalists, and other riff raff to keel over. My spidey senses tell me so.
Re:HOW? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:How? (Score:5, Funny)
Putin did it (Score:1, Funny)
Also, don't forget the loopholes in the constitutions of several former Soviet states that allow Putin to re-form the USSR. See STOCKWATCH, near the bottom right of the page. [theonion.com]
It wasn't stolen... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:How? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:The joke's on us (Score:2, Funny)
It's still on his desk, right where he left it (Score:3, Funny)
According to this [spacedaily.com] article, the meteorite went missing last June, but they only reported it now. HELLO? It's still on Lavbin's desk, right where he left it, but his desk is actually MORE MESSY than mine.
Re:How? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I am thinkink.... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:In other news... (Score:4, Funny)
His mother has issued a desperate offer of $20,000 and a complete collection of Star Trek memorabilia to the kidnappers to keep him. "I just want my basement back", said the distraught woman.
Re:Have they checked Ebay? (Score:3, Funny)
I did. Nothing yet. Chopped up into little ebay sized pieces, that would be a lot of lots of Tunguska meteorite. Perhaps they're hacking it up even now. Though the question would be how would one know it was authentic? I guess it would be one of those things where they provide a 'certificate of authenticity' to guarantee it...
Just had an idea. Time to fire up the old printer.
Re:one prime (bald) suspect... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Only 3 possibilities (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Have they checked Ebay? (Score:3, Funny)
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