更新于：2026年2月5日 / 美国东部时间上午10:54 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/法新社
莫斯科 — 俄罗斯联邦海关署周四表示，俄罗斯调查人员已阻止一块伪装成花园装饰品的巨型陨石碎片被走私至英国。
据其称，这块重约2.8吨的巨型陨石标本被认为来自阿勒泰陨石，这是地球上已知最大的铁陨石之一。
检察机关已启动刑事调查。
海关署在一份声明中称：“在圣彼得堡港口对一个海运集装箱进行检查时，发现了这一具有战略重要性的货物。”
俄罗斯联邦海关署和俄罗斯国家通讯社塔斯社(TASS)分享的视频图像显示，一名官员正在检查这块据海关机构称是2.8吨重的阿勒泰陨石碎片，该碎片于2026年2月5日在圣彼得堡港口被拦截，当时正准备被走私出境运往英国。俄罗斯联邦海关署/塔斯社
该机构补充道：“在试图出口时，该货物被申报为花园雕塑。但详细检查显示，货物的来源和价值与申报信息不符。”
视频显示，海关官员撬开一个板条箱，发现了这块表面呈灰色且粗糙的岩石。
声明称，这块碎片的价值约为3.23亿卢布（合420万美元）。
声明没有说明谁试图进口这块碎片，只表示其目的地是英国。
俄罗斯联邦海关署和俄罗斯国家通讯社塔斯社(TASS)分享的视频图像显示，一名官员正在检查这块据海关机构称是2.8吨重的阿勒泰陨石碎片，该碎片于2026年2月5日在圣彼得堡港口被拦截，当时正准备被走私出境运往英国。俄罗斯联邦海关署/塔斯社
科学家对陨石的售卖表达了伦理担忧，这些陨石常因研究目的而备受珍视，且蕴含着关于早期太阳系构成的重要线索。
阿勒泰陨石于1898年在中国西部被发现，据信已有至少45亿年历史。目前尚不清楚该陨石撞击地球表面的具体时间，但此类陨石坠落事件时有发生。
阿勒泰陨石的年龄与去年在美国佐治亚州一户人家屋顶爆炸的陨石相似。当时，数十名目击者在白天看到一个火球划过天空。
Russia says 2.8-ton chunk of Aletai meteorite disguised as garden ornament found being smuggled to U.K.
Updated on: February 5, 2026 / 10:54 AM EST / CBS/AFP
Moscow — Russian investigators have prevented a giant meteorite fragment being smuggled to Britain disguised as a garden ornament, the Federal Customs Service reported Thursday.
The huge specimen weighing about 2.8 tons is believed to have come from the Aletai meteorite, one of the largest known iron meteorites on Earth, it said.
Prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation.
“The strategically important cargo was discovered during checks on a sea container at the port of Saint Petersburg,” the customs service said in a statement.
An image from video shared by the Russian Federal Customs Service and Russia’s state-run TASS news agency shows an official inspecting what the customs agency said was a 2.8-ton chunk of the Aletai meteorite intercepted at the port in Saint Petersburg, on Feb. 5, 2026, as it was set to be smuggled out of the country to the U.K. Russian Federal Customs Service/TASS
“When attempting to export it, it was declared as a garden sculpture. But a detailed inspection revealed that the origin and value of the cargo differed from the information declared,” it added.
Video showed customs officers prying open a crate to find the rock, its surface grey and rugged.
The fragment could be worth approximately 323 million rubles ($4.2 million), the statement said.
The statement did not say who attempted to import the fragment, only that it was destined for the United Kingdom.
An image from video shared by the Russian Federal Customs Service and Russia’s state-run TASS news agency shows an official inspecting what the customs agency said was a 2.8-ton chunk of the Aletai meteorite intercepted at the port in Saint Petersburg, on Feb. 5, 2026, as it was set to be smuggled out of the country to the U.K. Russian Federal Customs Service/TASS
Scientists have expressed ethical concerns about the sale of meteorites, which are often coveted for research purposes and hold important clues about the make-up of the early solar system.
The Aletai meteorite was discovered in western China in 1898 and is thought to be at least 4.5 billion years old. It is unclear when the meteorite slammed into the Earth’s surface, but such landings do occur from time to time.
The Aletai meteorite is of a similar age to one that ripped through the roof of a home in the U.S. state of Georgia last year. That was seen as a fireball blazing across the sky in broad daylight by dozens of witnesses.
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