Metal debris were scattered over an area in Si Sa Ket on Dec 22, 2011 following mysterious loud bangs. The army reckons the loud bangs were from an unidentified mid-air explosion. (POST PHOTO)
Published: 23rd December, 2011
Bangkok Post
If you live in an area that has recently been hit by artillery shells like Kantharalak district in Si Sa Ket, you are understandably a bit panicky when mysterious large objects start falling out of the sky. Latest: Defence minister says he knows what it is.
Evening update: Mystery solved? Defence Minister Gen Yutthasak Sasiprapa says he knows what the debris found yesterday came from. Let's watch to see if he is right.
Yutthasak: Border debris Asian satellite
The mystery debris found near the Cambodian border in Si Sa Ket province on Thursday morning was from an unidentified Asian satellite, Defence Minister Gen Yutthasak Sasiprapa said on Friday.
The debris was found at the foot of the mountain where Preah Vihear temple is located.
It was not the remains of an exploded spy plane or an unmanned drone aircraft, as some reports had speculated, he said.
Army specialists had examined the debris and confirmed it was the remains of an unidentified Asian satellite.
This information had already been shared with Cambodia to ensure there was no misunderstanding. [Cambodian police said the debris were from Thai aircraft].
A loud explosion was heard before bits of the mystery debris were found scattered in tambon Sao Thongchai, along the border. It triggered panic among local villagers, who were shelled during the Thai-Cambodian conflict earlier this year and feared that hostilities had resumed.
Second Army chief Lt Gen Thawatchai Samutsakhon said the wreckage appeared to be from a Chinese satellite that had self-destructed on command.
Published: 23rd December, 2011
Bangkok Post
If you live in an area that has recently been hit by artillery shells like Kantharalak district in Si Sa Ket, you are understandably a bit panicky when mysterious large objects start falling out of the sky. Latest: Defence minister says he knows what it is.
Evening update: Mystery solved? Defence Minister Gen Yutthasak Sasiprapa says he knows what the debris found yesterday came from. Let's watch to see if he is right.
Yutthasak: Border debris Asian satellite
The mystery debris found near the Cambodian border in Si Sa Ket province on Thursday morning was from an unidentified Asian satellite, Defence Minister Gen Yutthasak Sasiprapa said on Friday.
The debris was found at the foot of the mountain where Preah Vihear temple is located.
It was not the remains of an exploded spy plane or an unmanned drone aircraft, as some reports had speculated, he said.
Army specialists had examined the debris and confirmed it was the remains of an unidentified Asian satellite.
This information had already been shared with Cambodia to ensure there was no misunderstanding. [Cambodian police said the debris were from Thai aircraft].
A loud explosion was heard before bits of the mystery debris were found scattered in tambon Sao Thongchai, along the border. It triggered panic among local villagers, who were shelled during the Thai-Cambodian conflict earlier this year and feared that hostilities had resumed.
Second Army chief Lt Gen Thawatchai Samutsakhon said the wreckage appeared to be from a Chinese satellite that had self-destructed on command.
2 comments:
It is a direct violation of ICJ order. I hope the Cambodian Government will take it seriously, because it is not the first time.
I don't know how often satellite just fall into earth but if there is one, shouldn't certain country who own that satellite alert countries that might be effect by it. Wouldn't satellite usually burn up in the atomesphere anyway? Do we remember not too long ago where an unidentified UAV crashed inside Cambodia territory, you guess it, near Preah Vihear. No one had claimed it. All clues were pointing toward Thai military, but as usual, they denied it. Now, same old incident again. It's quite strange how machine parts just start falling from the sky inside Cambodia near Preah Vihear.
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