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DATE OF INFO Oct 1950

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SOUND Explosion
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Report of residents being awakened by a loud explosion which shook several buildings
Several observers reported seeing a bright flash before the explosions the general opinion seems to be that it was a meteorite.

AF 259482
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Report No. R-646-50
Country: Northern Rhodesia
I.D. No.: 735101
Subject: Big Explosion in Northern Rhodesia May Have Been Meteorite
From: OArMA, Ethiopia
Evaluation: C-2
Date of Information: October 1950
Date of Report: 10 Nov 50
Prepared by: Leo J. Query, Lt Col.
Source: East African Standard Newspaper

Residents in the Mazabuka district were awakened at 4:15 a.m. on Thursday morning by a loud explosion which shook several buildings. At first it was feared that a dynamite truck in the railway goods yard had exploded but after a thorough search of the area no trace was found of a…