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Mystery or the unexplained · 01.06.1937

The meteor that exploded over the Roela forests

Roela metsade kohal lõhkenud meteoor

On 1 June 1937 a huge fireball was seen across almost all of Estonia. More than fifty people wrote to the Tartu Observatory, some sending their own sketch maps. The astronomers worked out that it burst about 30 km south of Rakvere, with a thunder-like boom heard at Palamuse, Tamsalu and Rahkla. Villagers from Rahkla, Roela and Rohu insisted it came down in the Roela forests, a thinly settled woodland of more than 400 hectares, and an observatory assistant set off to search. The papers admitted there was little hope of finding any fragments there.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

1. juunil 1937 nähti peaaegu üle kogu Eesti suurt tulekera. Tartu tähetornile saatis kirja üle poolesaja inimese, mõni lisas oma käega joonistatud kaardi. Täheteadlased arvutasid, et meteoor lõhkes umbes 30 km Rakverest lõuna pool; piksetaolist mürinat kuuldi Palamusel, Tamsalu lähedal ja Rahklas. Rahkla, Roela ja Rohu külade inimesed kinnitasid, et taevakivi kukkus Roela metsadesse – hõredalt asustatud, üle 400 hektari suurusele metsaalale – ning tähetorni assistent sõitis kohale otsima. Ajalehed tunnistasid, et kildude leidmiseks seal kuigi palju lootust ei ole.

Map of the area around The meteor that exploded over the Roela forests
59.16670° N, 26.59260° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Postimees, 7 and 10 June 1937, p. 1 and 3 (DIGAR) ↗

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