(update: I see the pravda version has lots of extra stuff added like the HAARP bit. Would be interesting to track this story through the nutter sites to see if its just chinese whispers or if people are just manufacturing detail to make it sound more exciting)
Phil Plaits debunking of it is much more entertaining though:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/12/27/gi...
(update: I see the pravda version has lots of extra stuff added like the HAARP bit. Would be interesting to track this story through the nutter sites to see if its just chinese whispers or if people are just manufacturing detail to make it sound more exciting)