Sightings1947

Sikhote-Alin meteorite fall, Soviet Far East

When

12 Feb 1947

Where

Sikhote-Alin, Russia

Sources

1 public source

A brilliant daytime bolide broke apart over the Sikhote-Alin mountains north of Vladivostok, leaving over 100 pits. Soviet scientist E. L. Krinov investigated; a historian later suggested his mistaken flight path may have led U.S. meteor expert Lincoln LaPaz to suspect a missile.