Meteorite-like object falls from sky in Rajasthan's Sanchore, netizens call it aliens' mask

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A 2.8-kilogram meteorite-like object fell from the sky in Sanchore twon of Rajasthan's Jalore district on Friday. | Photo Credit: IANS

Sanchore, Rajasthan: A meteorite-like object fell from the sky in Sanchore town of Rajasthan's Jalore district on Friday morning. The mysterious object that weighed 2.8 kilograms created a one-foot-deep crater in the ground.

Locals heard an explosive sound when the object fell from the sky around 7 am on Friday. They alerted the police and local administration about the unusual incident. The explosion sound was heard up to the range of two kilometres.

Bhupendra Yadav, Sub Divisional Magistrate, reached the spot and was astonished to see the object which was very hot at that time. Since the object was emitting heat, it was allowed to cool. It was later packed in a jar and taken to the police station.

Interesting. A 2.78 kg #meteorite-like object fell in Sanchor area in Jalore yesterday.

Infact, few months back in Feb, there was another meteorite incident in #Rajasthan in Alwar and before that in July 2019 in Nangla Kasota village. Video of February & yesterday's incident. pic.twitter.com/uUaoDlicIE — Naveed Trumboo IRS (@NaveedIRS) June 20, 2020

"We have inspected the site where the object had fallen from the sky with a loud sound. Prima facie, it appears to be a piece of meteorite, which has been seized and kept safe as it shall be sent to the lab for further examination," Yadav told IANS.

The object was tested in a private lab located at the jeweller's shop in Sanchore who confirmed that the piece had metallic properties of Germanium, Platinium, Nickel and Iron (10.23 per cent of nickel, 85.86 per cent of iron, platinum 0.5 per cent, cobbit 0.78 per cent, geranium 0.02 per cent, antimony 0.01 per cent niobium 0.01 and other 3.02 per cent), the news agency reported.

Geologists in the Geographical Survey of India's Ahmedabad and Jaipur office have been contacted for the examination of the object.

It is currently kept at Sanchore police station and the place where it had fallen has been cordoned off, Yadav said.

Netizens took to Twitter to relate the incident to aliens and another surprise of the year 2020.

2.8-kg meteorite-like object falls from sky in Rajasthan, explosion heard 2 km away.

*le god to humans pic.twitter.com/PrtELhuQNF — Siddhart (@siddhartbhura17) June 20, 2020

*le everyone to 2020 pic.twitter.com/jQL7rMStMz — Siddhart (@siddhartbhura17) June 20, 2020

Did anyone find my mask? pic.twitter.com/kFaFID8Ne3 — Swapnil Deshpande (@swapsd) June 19, 2020

One user said, "PK 2 is coming to our Gola." Someone tweeted, "Everything is possible in 2020. Is saal kuch bhi ho sakta hai." Yet another said, "Aliens are here or maybe their mask."

made3 on June 20th, 2020 at 12:45 UTC »

What a disgusting website. I press back and the site just reloads

Snatch_Pastry on June 20th, 2020 at 11:44 UTC »

0.5% platinum. In 1 kilogram of this rock, that's 5 grams of platinum.

For comparison, when you're processing platinum rich ore on earth, in 1000 kilograms of ore you'll get around 3 to 6 grams of platinum.

FriesWithThat on June 20th, 2020 at 08:13 UTC »

Since the object was emitting heat, it was allowed to cool.

Always a good idea before handling meteorite-like objects.