Mystery Iillness After
'Meteorite' Hits Peru Village

LIMA (AFP) - Villagers in southern Peru were struck by a mysterious illness after a meteorite made a fiery crash to Earth in their area, regional authorities said Monday.

Around midday Saturday, villagers were startled by an explosion and a fireball that many were convinced was an airplane crashing near their remote village, located in the high Andes department of Puno in the Desaguadero region, near the border with Bolivia.

Residents complained of headaches and vomiting brought on by a "strange odor," local health department official Jorge Lopez told Peruvian radio RPP.

Seven policemen who went to check on the reports also became ill and had to be given oxygen before being hospitalized, Lopez said.

Rescue teams and experts were dispatched to the scene, where the meteorite left a 100-foot-wide (30-meter-wide) and 20-foot-deep (six-meter-deep) crater, said local official Marco Limache.

"Boiling water started coming out of the crater and particles of rock and cinders were found nearby. Residents are very concerned," he said.

Peru - 'Meteor' Crash Leaves Crater 30 Meters In Diameter
From Scott Corrales
Inexplicata - The Journal of Hispanic Ufology Source - Agencia Andina, RPP Noticias,
9-18-7

An unidentified luminous object fell from the sky, leaving a hole six meters deep by 30 meters in diameter in the community of Carancas on the Bolivian border, according to the Puno based Direccion Territorial Policial (Dirtepol).

The alleged meteorite alarmed local residents. The community is located in the Desaguadero district of the Province of Chucuito.


At 23:45 hours yesterday, residents heard a stentorean noise that they believed was produced by an airplane, according to police sources. They then witnessed the impact of a luminous object in flames, which resulted in a loud explosion, according to the Agencia Andina news agency.


Remains of an unknown calcinated mass were found at the impact site. As it occurred in an unpopulated area, the incident did not affect any local residents. However, after the strange object gave off bits of lead and silver as it fell to earth, and the peasantry is worried that some illness may come about, according to RPP Noticias. Police and curiosity-seekers reported to the site.


Puno: Seven Policemen Become Ill After Gathering Meteor Samples


Puno, Sept. 17 (Agencia Andina) - Seven policemen took ill after collecting samples from the area where the alleged meteorite crashed in the community of Carancas (Puno) according to regional health director Jorge Lopez Tejada. He explained that the officers showed symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and dizziness and were sent to the Desaguadero Hospital and then to the Hospital de Sanidad de la Policia in Puno.


They were given oxygen and rehydration at Desaguadero, and were transferred to the other hospital after being stabilized, according to RPP Noticias.


[Tejada] also noted that a strong odor emanates from the impact site and which is not native to the area. This has caused commotion among settlers.


"Our cleanup crew has already reached the area and says that there is a hole filled with water. The odor is strong and (would be) affecting neighboring communities. There are some 500 families nearby and symptoms of nausea, vomiting, headache and body aches," he remarked.


He added that the has recommended that police authorities and the regional government should form a perimeter to keep people from coming near the site. He repeated that a medical brigade will set out from Puno and Julí tomorrow to perform the corresponding tests upon the locals.


Lopez Tejada called upon the authorities in Lima to send out a special brigade equipped with suitable equipment to gather samples from the alleged meteor more efficiently, as his office lacks such facilities.


He explained that according to the settlers, the object fell on midday Saturday and the hole it left behind has an estimated depth of five meters and a width of 15 meters.


This incident has been considered by the locals as a bad omen.

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only one thing to say: Klatu!! Barratta Nicto.....
(someone surprize me by knowing where that came from)....

Klatu!! Barratta Nicto.....

From movie 'The Day the Earth Stood Still'. Order given t robot to stop it from attacking. Good flick.

Davinci,

I want to find out if there is ANYTHING that we can agree on, so here is my best shot...

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They are remaking "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and Keanu Reeves playing Klaatu. Before you question my honesty, read this: http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/02/21/the-day-the-earth-stood-still-being-remade-for-2008/
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I am completely sickened by this news, The Day the Earth Stood Still is a classic and should be inviolate, do you agree?

Remake?? N-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!

Why remake it? It shouldn't be touched. Bleh, Hollywood.

They remade "Rear Window", as if any director today is even worthy to kiss Hitchcocks rear-end, little less remake one of his movies.

Hollywood, Bleh.

If it's a classic then it should be box office material today. Unfortunately that thinking doesn't take into account that what Diorectors did then they did without the FX departments and CG of today. That's what makes them great.

WHAT!? A remake of that movie!? I bet they will make the robot look really dumb, have lots of car chases, and sex and such. They are making a Beowulf movie too that looks totally dumb and not like the story at all.

Whats next tho, a remake of The 10 Commandments or Ben Hur?

Davinci:

My brother is currently in Peru, he will be back the end of the week. I will ask him if he heard anything about this. It will be interesting to get some first hand information.

Meteorites are comprised of mostly iron, but they can contain a host of other elements and compounds many of which could release toxic fumes when heated to the temperatures encountered when coming through our atmosphere. Additionally it could have hit something in the ground that gave off toxic fumes.

Spider...circle the date on the calendar..we agree...they should leave that movie
alone...like they should have left war of the worlds alone...but hollywood has
few origional ideas so they have to remix...If they ever try to redo Bladerunner
I'll authorize a nuke on hollywood....

garden...there are pictures on the web of the crater...pretty large...doesnt appear to be
any kind of hoax...

...conspiracy thoughts on this event...rumors on the web about a meteor/ comet shower
coming to earth from the south...under the sun...which means that it would be seen first
from So America or that the first meteors would fall there...

<play the theme from One Step Beyond here>

booo!! Hisss!!!!

Apparently Box Office Mojo, the best website for all things box office earnings, has updated their schedule for summer 2008 and included a listing of The Day the Earth Stood Still to open on May 9th, 2008 (one week after Iron Man). The original is a sci-fi classic 1951 movie about an alien and a robot that land on Earth to try and save the world from being destroyed. IMDB doesn't even have a listing for this remake, but Box Office Mojo claims it's being produced by Fox, fast-tracked for a spot in 2008's busy summer.

Is this real? We don't know yet, but we'll put in some requests with Fox to find out. I can bet if it is real, it's going to be directed by someone who will give all sci-fi geeks quite a tingle. This movie is a very well-known classic and I don't think they'd risk screwing up a remake - like War of the Worlds, another 50's classic, fortunately they did a pretty good job with that. Updated inside!



Update: Fox confirmed with us that this is true and the date is correct, meaning a The Day the Earth Stood Still remake is definitely underway for summer 2008!

What a shame so many classics are being remade. I loved both movies.

A blade runner remake isn't so farfetched...This website is pretty snazzy for a movie made 30 years ago.

http://bladerunnerthemovie.warnerbros.com/

That sucker left a hole 100 ft wide by 20 ft deep!!!

Thats a pretty big chunk of rock!!!

they are now reporting as many as 100 are ill....a tad freaky....