Media Covers Up Peruvian Meteor Truth

We're sorry to report that the USA Today staff has joined in the cover-up of what really went down in Peru. Or came down in Peru, depending on how you look at it. And NASA scientists are also part of it. We here at Blue Crab Boulevard are forming a new group, the Peruvian Meteor Scholars For Truth® to get the real Truth™ out there.

Following up on yesterday's post, scientists doubt that the meteorite that slammed into the Andes on Sunday caused the ailments that scores of Peruvians reported, SPACE.com says.

Noxious fumes likely came from what might have been a "geyser-like explosion" upon impact and not from the meteorite itself.

"Statistically, it's far more likely to have come from below than from above," said Don Yeomans, head of the Near Earth Object Program at NASA'S Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

"Meteorites don't give off odors," he added.

We'll have to disagree. One of our operatives managed to get us this photo taken in the village of Carancas. (And it so happens that we're in need of a new operative. Send in your resume and be part of a vital and growing team!)

(Photo by Joel Friesen)

Demand the truth! Carancas was an inside job! Or outside the atmosphere job. Or something.

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