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Ban Rong Du
Phetchabun, Thailand
Fell 1993 June 13, 20:30 local time (12:30 UT)
Iron, coarse octahedrite (ungrouped)
A 16.7 kg iron meteorite was collected by Mr. Saree Ragkon and Mrs. Kumla Ragkon from the bottom of a 110 cm deep hole in sandy soil. The meteorite was observed to fall at a steep angle, coming from the southwest.

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Although Thailand has not exactly been in the forefront of space exploration, a rogue [16.7 kg Ungrouped iron] meteorite did hit the Kingdom in [June 13] 1993. It landed on a plot of land owned by an old lady [Mrs. Kumla Ragkon] in Lom Sak district of Phetchabun. She presumed it to be some sort of religious omen from heaven bringing good luck. It soon attracted large crowds of villagers hoping it would reveal the correct lottery numbers.
But the old lady's luck didn't last long. Apparently any alien object that falls out of the sky belongs to the government and the authorities quickly stepped in and confiscated the rock in the name of "scientific research". One suspects that had the meteorite crashed onto the lady's house they wouldn't have been quite so quick to claim ownership.
However it seems the authorities didn't really know what to do with it either and later returned the rock to the old lady. She promptly locked it up in a large safety deposit box, a curious fate for an historic rock from outer space.

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Latitude: 16° 40'N, Longitude: 101° 11'E



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