There are stories of an meteorite impact seen and heard 75kms south of Altai, Hovd province, Mongolia, on 8th of January, 2008.
A large bright object was seen to impact around 8:00 PM local time in the rural district.
Seismic stations in the town of Ulaanbaatar registered a magnitude 1.6 quake.

What are your sources ? I can't find anything about it online.
Also couldn't it just have been a earthquake ? Mongolia is apparently a very seismic region:

"A remarkable surface fault line- the Bulgan Fault- is probably the longest active fault line in the World. The fault moved in the earthquake of 23 July 1905, with a violence of 8.2 on the Richter Scale, making it "one of the largest known earthquakes in continental regions" according to an international team of seismic experts.
Immediately afterwards open fissures were 60 meter deep and over 10 meter wide. Today, the fault line can be traced by a trail of destruction of broken ground and deflectedstreams indicating a left lateral slippage of around 11 meter -ahuge devastating single movement.
The fault line can be traced for almost 400 kilometers from near lake Sangiin Dalai Nuur in Hovsgol Aimag west to the Khangiltsag river headwaters in the Khan-Khukhii Range. Many faults are active in Mongolia -probably the best in the world for studying the surface effects of powerful faults on mountains, rivers, streams and soils, not only due to extreme violence of the faults but also the rare combination of aridity and permafrost which enhances the rupturing and ensure the preservation of tell-tale surface features."
http://www.visit2mongolia.mn/Mongolia1.asp?type_id=4

I can't find anything about it online.

i couldn't find anything mainstream either.


Also couldn't it just have been a earthquake ?

no, not according to my sources.


Latitude: 45°23'15.42"N, Longitude: 92°27'19.71"E (rough area)

i couldn't find anything mainstream either.




no, not according to my sources.


Latitude: 45°23'15.42"N, Longitude: 92°27'19.71"E (rough area)

Hmm I have no access to google earth or anything like that now..

Anyway, what are these 'non-mainstream' sources you are talking about ?

I run, as a hobby, an informal astronomy new service and so i pick up this information from various individuals, email services, blogs, as well as forums such as these.
I`ll post a link when i have one.

I run, as a hobby, an informal astronomy new service and so i pick up this in information from various individuals, email services, blogs, as well as forums such as these.
I`ll post a link when i have one.

Thanks :)

Hum,
no real information, or links, except on a few forums.
But , it seems that the meteorite hunters are on the trail though...

Weblink (http://voyageforum.com/voyage/guide_agence_locale_hovd_mongolie_D686052/)

Hum,
no real information, or links, except on a few forums.
But , it seems that the meteorite hunters are on the trail though...

Weblink (http://voyageforum.com/voyage/guide_agence_locale_hovd_mongolie_D686052/)

Hmm why hasn't this been on the news ?
Thanks for the link anyway.. I was able to translate a few words lol ;)

Hum,
Well it could be that there wasn't a crater or impact event.

But i could be that the location and news is being suppressed to allow scientists access to the site; or more likely, that the locals and meteorite hunters are keeping quiet until they get their hands on a few samples.
Greed and the possibility that thousands of dollars can be made from a handful of rocks is a great incentive to keep quiet, (it wouldn't be the first time that such things have happened).

Hum.
Due to the continuing lack of information i have consigned this story to the bin.
The story is probably false.