Regarding the meteor crash in Russia...

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44. No. That is what badufos.blogspot.ca says.

For a scientific and open-minded approach, read Ann Druffel:

GOOD-BYE, REX HEFLIN YOUR PHOTOS REMAIN

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The craft seemed to "wobble," as he later described it, then stabilize and gain in speed, heading quickly toward the northeast. It traveled directly over the Santa Ana Freeway that cut across the landscape about 1 1/2 miles away and disappeared from his view.

Heflin assumed that it was some kind of experimental aircraft from El Toro Marine Base, but then he saw a ring of bluish-black smoke in the sky in the same position where the craft had disappeared from sight; he wondered if it had "blown off" its black band.

Still intrigued, he drove about a half-mile toward the smoke ring, which was gradually rising in altitude. Outside his van, he photographed the ring as it slowly traveled northeast at an angle of about 50 degrees elevation (Figure Four).

SNIP...

Rex had little or no interest in UFOs at the time and continued to think that the object he'd photographed was an experimental craft from El Toro Marine Base. Within a few weeks, however, many people had become interested in the photos, and some of Heflin's relatives gave the first three photos, which Heflin had lent them, to the SANTA ANA REGISTER, a prominent newspaper in Orange County (3).

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Here's a PDF to her analysis, which includes both sides of the argument, including Dr. James E. McDonald's criticisms:

http://www.scientificexploration.org/journal/jse_14_4_druffel.pdf