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Air Force says no damage from Greenland meteor

By Travis J. Tritten
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Air Force says no damage from Greenland meteor

The Air Force said Friday that there was no damage to Thule Air Base in Greenland after a large meteor fell nearby last week.

The fireball incident occurred just miles from the remote military base on July 25 and entered the atmosphere with a 2.1 kiloton force, according to the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima was 15 kilotons.

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