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KA-BOOM!!!!

fearfulsymmetry — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:47:21 -0800

The Tunguska Event. A century ago, something exploded over Russia...

Different theories abound. Some of the more outlandish are summed up in the always splendid Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World 1 2 3

By: quin

quin — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:25:21 -0800

Everyone knows that the Tunguska event was actually the result of Nikola Tesla's experiments to transfer electricity wirelessly. What is less known is that he got the idea from reading tablets which were recovered from the lost city of Atlantis. Turns out, it was aliens the whole time.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:34:50 -0800

Kaboosh!

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:45:45 -0800

Alex Krycek has to be involved somehow.

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:56:36 -0800

Nice commemoration! Wonder if you could get the post date/time bumped... cortex?

By: billysumday

billysumday — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:08:46 -0800

KIMBERLITE PIPES!!

By: billysumday

billysumday — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:10:54 -0800

Okay, but seriously, it was a kimberlite explosion.

By: christopherious

christopherious — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:24:22 -0800

Thanks for posting this. I was thinking about doing the same yesterday, but didn't get around to it.

By: arcanecrowbar

arcanecrowbar — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:56:39 -0800

Wherefore have I aforetime said, and here repeat again, Do not call up Any that you cannot put down.

By: Ron Thanagar

Ron Thanagar — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:13:23 -0800

Just a side-effect of MAXIMORTAL'S creation/destruction...

By: DU

DU — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:31:27 -0800

Every time I read about this, I beat my head in frustration that a) it took them so long to get there and b) they barely collected (or published) any data.

By: bondcliff

bondcliff — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:17:13 -0800

"Sooner or later it was bound to happen..."

By: zardoz

zardoz — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:21:51 -0800

The most intriguing theory I've read was that it was the first nuclear test. When an atomic bomb detonates above the surface, due to some complicated physics, it will leave a ring of tree trunks standing around the blast site perimeter. Tunguska had this ring around the center of the blast site. And apparently there were significant radiation readings in the area. How a nuclear bomb showed up in 1908 is befuddling, to say the least, and just brings up lots more questions.

By: tomble

tomble — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:29:00 -0800

It was a controlled demolition, people.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:13:32 -0800

I dunno, I still think being a bolide is the most interesting explanation. See, it could happen again.

By: dabitch

dabitch — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:15:17 -0800

I read the "nuke-theory" somewhere too, it's my favorite. Nukes in the age of horsedrawn carriages.

By: DU

DU — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:00:42 -0800

...due to some complicated physics, it will leave a ring of tree trunks standing around the blast site perimeter. Tunguska had this ring around the center of the blast site. If a tiger attacked my suburban dog, it would would be dead with bite marks. I found my dog dead with bite marks this morning. Therefore a tiger attacked it. <= Fallacious logic Also, the "complicated physics" you are talking about has nothing to do with the atomic part of the atomic bomb and everything to do with the bomb part. So all you've established, if anything, is that something exploded above the surface. Which is the prevailing theory. That said: Time travel

By: Enron Hubbard

Enron Hubbard — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:04:03 -0800

That said: Time travel Ah, my favorite UFO explanation, which seems to become more plausible as time travel theories evolve. However, any explanation concerning Nikola Tesla is golden.

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:58:23 -0800

The site today.

By: orthogonality

orthogonality — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:57:17 -0800

WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!

By: malaprohibita

malaprohibita — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:01:37 -0800

Thank you for posting this. I read it a few days ago, and thought it was the best summary of the events I've come across.

By: malaprohibita

malaprohibita — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:27:36 -0800

Argh! That's what I get for not really paying attention. (of course I am at work...)

By: fearfulsymmetry

fearfulsymmetry — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:47:29 -0800

Looks The Tunguska was covered in Radio 4's Material World this week (not listened to it yet)... if you can't get it via the website you can download the podcast (usually stays up for a week)