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THIS communication presents evidence for the terrestrial origin of the objects which allegedly fell from the sky at Igast, Estonia, in 1855 (ref. 1).
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LOWMAN, P., O'KEEFE, J. Terrestrial Origin of the Igast Objects. Nature 209, 67–68 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209067a0
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