Russian Politician: Meteor Was Just ‘Americans Testing Their New Weapons’

Every good crisis has its share of conspiracy theories, and the meteor that blew up over Russia on Thursday has inspired some truly inventive conspiracy theories (Jose Canseco won the day with his completely out-there theory about a North Korean missile). Now a prominent member of the Russian government is getting on the conspiracy bandwagon, saying that the meteor was, in fact, not a meteor, but a weapon being tested by the United States government.

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Russian liberal leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky shared his rather unique take on yesterday’s meteor scare.

“Those were not meteorites, it was Americans testing their new weapons,” Mr. Zhirinovsky confessed to journalists. “[US Secretary of State] John Kerry wanted to warn [Russia’s Foreign Minister] Lavrov on Monday, he was looking for Lavrov, and Lavrov was on a trip. He meant to warn Lavrov about a provocation against Russia.”

First it’s North Korea testing a weapon, now it’s the United States. How long until we get someone blaming this on the space aliens?

h/t Washington Post

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