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Kaidun is the only known meteorite consisting of chondrite fragments of different petrological and chemical types.
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To Comrade Academician
A. M. Prohorov,
Secretary of The Department of
General Physics and Astronomy
of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.
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On January 7, 1981, a meteorite fell on the territory of the People'sDemocratic Republic of Yemen, in the Husa-Ehl-Abr region about 450 km northeast of Aden. Witnesses confirmed the sighting. We are submitting pieces of this Pieces of this space material to your attention:
Regards,
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Deputy commander of military division 443888
Colonel-General A. Pavlov, 04.22.1981.
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To: President of The Meteorite Committee
Doctor of geological-mineralogical sciences
Comrade E.L. Krinov
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According to your request I am sending a paper with confirmed information about the meteorite fall on the territory of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and a piece of the meteorite of 12 g.
Sincerely yours,
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Deputy Chief of The General Staff
Of the Armed Forces of the USSR.
General of The Army P. Ivashutin, 19.08.1981
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