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Southeast Asia
BREAKING NEWS: Loud Explosions heard in Jakarta
2004-12-19
SEVERAL loud blasts have been heard in the Indonesian capital Jakarta and two nearby towns. Local Metro TV reports residents heard the blasts about 7.30am local time, or 11.30am Australian time (AEDT). A loud noise that several witnesses said resembled an explosion was heard in parts of Jakarta early Sunday. Media reports said a meteor had fallen close to the capital.
Didn't we see something similar to this in a Superman comic book about 40 years ago?
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. Police said they were investigating the reports, but they had no reports of any bombings in the capital. No other details were immediately available. The Australian government last week warned of possible terrorist attacks in Indonesia over the Christmas and New Year period.
Posted by:God Save The World

#9  Darth, any of the three following sets of coordinates will be acceptable:
48-55-20N 002-06-30E
35-35-40N 051-20-10E
21-30-30N 039-40-00E

Zero in and fire for effect, HE, AP, WP, and CS.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2004-12-19 4:27:55 PM  

#8  gosh..I guess the joke I made about it falling on my head was prescient
Posted by: 2b   2004-12-19 2:40:15 PM  

#7  Raptor: I have to say that's a strong possibility...
Posted by: Charles   2004-12-19 8:14:24 AM  

#6  ..uh, test shot...never mind...nothing to see here...

hmmm...lemme see...came down on 6° 16' N 106° 48' E instead of 35° 45'N 51° 45' E...Nuts, I'm gonna have to recalibrate everything before firing for effect.
Posted by: Darth VAda   2004-12-19 7:02:10 AM  

#5  Given France's track record wrt the DeGaul,it's probably that spysat they just launched.
Posted by: raptor   2004-12-19 6:43:54 AM  

#4  Here's the Al Guardian story (as of 8:16 GMT) - they indicate it was likely a meteor which didn't quite become a meteorite.

A big ***BOOM***

Just [insert diety of choice here] snapping her/his fingers. Prolly will result in a new religion or two, heh, but no shrine since it didn't hit the ground. Whomever might have filled the whacked-out bill, as SOT described so eloquently above, missed her/his chance, heh. Better luck next millenium, eh?
Posted by: .com   2004-12-19 4:55:01 AM  

#3  allah--swt--has sent a message to the new mecca--jakarta--now all we need is to find a 40 year old epileptic pedophile highwayman to fantasize meglomaniac visions of gawd and form a gang of facist thugs and we're in business again--you da real profit--no- i'm da real profit--dueling profits--call burt reynolds and his bow and arrow
Posted by: SON OF TOLUI   2004-12-19 4:09:46 AM  

#2  They got an Indonesian black rock to worship now.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2004-12-19 2:46:17 AM  

#1  ChannelNewsAsia report is sketchy but it could be a missile. Statement its a meteor appears based on a priori argument.
Posted by: phil_b   2004-12-19 12:43:22 AM  

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