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This is a CIA-released, unclassified translation of an article from Moscow Pravda dated 15 April 1991, carried in a message titled "Diverging Opinions on Cause of Sasovo Explosion" and approved for release in May 2000. It describes a powerful midnight explosion on 12 April near Sasovo in Ryazan Oblast. The blast damaged roofs and windows and left a crater 28 meters wide and about 4 meters deep. Local explanations ranged from old munitions, an air bomb, a meteorite and UFOs to the military's view that ammonium nitrate exploded. The cause remained unresolved.
## UNCLAS 3S/FAX THAT EXPLODED. THANK GOD, ALL IS QUIET THERE. THE INVESTIGATION SHOULD ULTIMATELY SHED LIGHT ON THE SASOVO "WONDER EXPLOSION." (ENDALL) 15 APR 17/1342Z APR #3907 BT NNNN NNN
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