Blood Angel Posted December 19, 2004 #1 Share Posted December 19, 2004 (edited) Several loud blasts were heard in the Indonesian capital Jakarta and two other towns nearby early Sunday, although one radio report said it could have been a meteor shower. Local Metro TV reported residents heard the blasts around 7.30am (0030 GMT) in Jakarta, the satellite city of Tangerang, and also Serang in West Java province. El Shinta radio said it could have been a meteor shower. Dozens of callers aired by the radio spoke of a fast whitish object crossing the sky towards the west of Jakarta and a big explosion followed by what they said sounded like an echo. The sound of the explosion could be heard in Tanggerang, just west of Jakarta, the southern suburb of Depok and as far away as Bogor, some 60km south of the capital. But police in Tanggerang, where many of the callers said might have been where the object had fallen, said they had no report of any fallen object and that police were still investigating the origin of the explosion. Muji Harjoto, an expert from the Boscha astronomical observatory in Bandung, West Java, told El Shinta that there were no reports of any spatial objects crashing and that based on the visual accounts the object was very likely a meteor. View: Full Article | Source: Channel News Asia Edited December 19, 2004 by SaRuMaN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellar Posted December 19, 2004 #2 Share Posted December 19, 2004 DAmnit! Worst part is: Im getting sky news monday when my satellite is installed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diebytheflyguy Posted December 19, 2004 #3 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Thats crazy! Keep us posted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Angel Posted December 19, 2004 Author #4 Share Posted December 19, 2004 News about the blasts prior to UFO crash report Sky news just reported, that police speculated meteor shower (2 of them? although none was predicted), although nothing has been confirmed, and still standing with the UFO comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellar Posted December 19, 2004 #5 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Where was the explosion? Middle of nowhere around the cty or in the city? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Angel Posted December 19, 2004 Author #6 Share Posted December 19, 2004 (edited) CTV (canadian news) are calling it a metoer shower - more details? This other link suggest it wasn't a meteor: Muji Harjoto, an expert from the Boscha astronomical observatory in Bandung, West Java, told ElShinta that there were no reports of any spatial objects crashing. Fairfax Edited December 19, 2004 by Blood Angel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Angel Posted December 19, 2004 Author #7 Share Posted December 19, 2004 news asia, reporting more detail about where the crashes occured, and witness reports seeing white object The reports are contradicting each other at the moment, i think theres a bit of confusion, due to the interest in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Demon Posted December 19, 2004 #8 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Ooh, this is exciting! I hope it is a UFO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Angel Posted December 19, 2004 Author #9 Share Posted December 19, 2004 This interesting report, tells a litte more: Several callers to el-Shinta radio station spoke of a fast whitish object crossing the sky towards the west of Jakarta and a big explosion followed by what they said sounded like an echo. Metro TV station reported that a large object, suspected to be a meteor, had fallen to earth, also to the west of the city. Whats strange about this is, that if it was a large object, from space like a meteor i think indonesia would have known about it. Meteors leave huge craters if they are bigger than a car on impact. Also this one reports a echo...which i also don't understand: Herald sun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Demon Posted December 19, 2004 #10 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Yes, the echo is quite strange. Meteors don't echo! Might have been it breaking the sound barrier, but in that case it would be a bunch louder... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Demon Posted December 19, 2004 #11 Share Posted December 19, 2004 I have to go right now, but I'll come back in a bit to check back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Angel Posted December 19, 2004 Author #12 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Thanks for keeping me informed of your current movements, i'm sure that was huge news - i'll see if they reported it on reuters shall i? * *i'm being sarcastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Angel Posted December 19, 2004 Author #13 Share Posted December 19, 2004 This new report, has a comment from the military, who tracked the object on radar. Indonesian air force radar detected an unidentified object falling toward the earth at a great speed before disappearing at around the same time as the noise was heard, a military spokesman said on condition of anonymity. Media reports said an object that might have been a meteor was seen flashing across the sky above the capital, but did not make clear if it had hit the earth. report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Angel Posted December 19, 2004 Author #14 Share Posted December 19, 2004 All reports seem to indicate, that their were two objects. One to the west of the city, and the one that was tracked by radar. Both caused noises like a explosion, one said to have had a echo, no-one knows if they struck earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Demon Posted December 19, 2004 #15 Share Posted December 19, 2004 I think the explosion was from a sonic boom. It's a possibility if the object supposidly came from space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athenian Posted December 19, 2004 #16 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Wtf is up with all these kamikaze UFOs?! Can they not land in peace...?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellar Posted December 19, 2004 #17 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Holy Crap! Those armed indonesian kids, erm, I mean, police, are actually strong enough to carry those M-16s!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellar Posted December 19, 2004 #18 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Wtf is up with all these kamikaze UFOs?! Can they not land in peace...?! 411843[/snapback] They shouldnt be called UFOs... they should be called UCOs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Angel Posted December 19, 2004 Author #19 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Finally CNN pick up the story (probably the last to do so): JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Witnesses have reported seeing an object with a tail of fire hurtling toward earth near Indonesia's capital, before a loud explosion was heard in several districts of Jakarta. An expert speculated that it might have been a meteor. Indonesian Air Force radar detected an unidentified object early Sunday morning falling toward the earth at a great speed before disappearing at around the same time as the noise was heard, a spokesman said. An astronomy expert speculated that the object was a large meteor that exploded and then burned as it fell through the earth's atmosphere, around 100 kilometers (60 miles) above the surface. There were no reports of any objects falling to earth in or close to the capital. "My suspicion is that this was a meteor that burned up, causing a loud noise," said Astronomy Prof. Muji Raharto, from the Bandung Institute of Technology in West Java province. Several callers to el-Shinta radio station reported seeing a falling object with a fiery tail before hearing a noise that sounded like an explosion at around 7:30 a.m. (0030GMT) in western districts of Jakarta. Authorities are on high alert in Indonesia after several foreign governments warned last week that Islamic militants, blamed for a series of attacks in recent years, were planning more bombings. This is the latest report, however if it did burn up 100km up in the atmosphere, how could the radar track it to the ground? How would they see if fall near the western district of the city...? Somethings not right here. I suppose we will have to wait for full roper details and a release from the indonesian government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boff Posted December 19, 2004 #20 Share Posted December 19, 2004 man this is awsome. keep it coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rassy Posted December 19, 2004 #21 Share Posted December 19, 2004 I've been reading abt possible meteors, with no official reference to UFOs, except for the story/news flash that started this thread. I highly doubt someone would shout UFO over something as simple as a meteor or two, else we would see UFO crash breaking news all the time. So, where did the UFO reference start in the first place and why is it now being refered to as possible meteor(s)? It's certainly possible a meteor crashed down to Earth, more probable than a UFO even, but that doesn't explain how it's breaking news either way. And *sigh*, since I don't have cable or satellite, the only station that I do get that might show any breaking news, is showing as lost it's satellite (at least that's what it says on the screen). Maybe the UFO aka meteor knocked it out on it's way in. I'm hoping for a UFO. Do you think if there was a UFO, would the world be told? Or do you think it would be covered up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dowdy Posted December 19, 2004 #22 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Very interesting but it looks like it's a meteor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rassy Posted December 19, 2004 #23 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Oh, I know....that is the most likely outcome, after all. Oh well, it would have been interesting to see a world changing event. I guess this was my excitement for the night ... hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Drake Posted December 19, 2004 #24 Share Posted December 19, 2004 It was a ufo . In the news they said it was a meteor crash. Yet they mentioned that none of the radars picked it up. It had to be a ufo. I gues they're just trying to cover things up (again!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellar Posted December 19, 2004 #25 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Why did it "have to be a UFO"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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