(meteorobs) A strange forest-fall in Russia

[Andrei Ol'khovatov]

Dear All,

A strange forest fall was discovered in Russia near a settlement of Medvezhii (Khabarovsk region, Russian Far East), which local 
authorities called first as "new Tunguska meteorite fell".
According to first reports it is ~2 km accross. Reports about its square varies from 3 to 12 sq. km. There are reports that local 
residents heard some associated sounds and saw some luminous phenomena. Authorities are investigating.
To see a videoclip from TV-news go here http://www.1tv.ru/owa/win/ort6_main.main?p_news_title_id=78934&p_news_razdel_id=8

and to watch the video click
"Видеофрагмент" (videofragment) - my link is:
http://www.1tv.ru/owa/win/ort6_videopage.main?sender=news&p_topic_id=78934&p_video_num=1&counter1_href=287212&counter2_href=id=268366;t=56

and photoes - click on "фото" (foto) - my link is:
http://www.1tv.ru/owa/win/ort6_videopage.img_main?sender=news&p_topic_id=78934&p_img_num=1&counter1_href=287212&counter2_href=id=268366;t=56

Currently "the meteorite fall" is practically changed to "tornado/whirlwind". Anyway, it is still preliminary, as there were no 
reports of anything resembling a tornado at all.  As I wrote, authorities are investigating.

Best wishes,
Andrei Ol'khovatov