Crater From 1908 Russian Space Impact Found, Team Says (Tunguska)

National Geographic ^ | 11-7-2007 | Maria Cristina Valsecchi

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GGG & Catastrophism ping.

[ken21]

a really big

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[lesser_satan]

worthy of a space ping?

[Kevmo]

This might interest you on one of your ping lists, though I see Blam is right on it.

[canuck_conservative]

What about the theory of a mini-black hole? That would explain no crater.

[padre35]

Amazing how fortunate it is that the event happened in one of the few places on Earth that there was no large population nor even habitation for this even to take place.

Seems to me that the Italian Scientists are flailing a bit on this though.

[org.whodat]

What about the theory of a mini-black hole? That would explain no crater.

Watch it you'll get thrown off the radio.

Actual the theory for years has been that the thing exploded about a mile are more above ground, they say that is why the flash was seen in Britain and there was really no crater.

[onedoug]

Personally, I've always thought comet, which would seem consistent with an above ground explosion and the flattening of such a huge swath of forest. The "crater" delineated by the lake might have taken the final central punch of momentum generated by the object, pushing atmosphere - and that much lithosphere - out of the way, as it were, as it's physical attributes had already melted.

Just a hunch, that I've always been drawn to.

[MHGinTN]

But they do have a crater ... sort of ... the funnel shaped crater.

[willgolfforfood]

Perhaps an incoming cankle from the planet Canklemos’. And check Hillary’s DNA - she may not be human!

[canuck_conservative]

Britain and the Tunguska area are so far apart - with so much surface curvature in between - that an explosion even several miles above ground could not be seen by line-of-sight. They must have seen the item while it was still in the stratosphere, well before ground contact - so the black hole theory still works.

[Candor7]

And Grog, Drakonian Invador from the Pleides, stull rests in suspended anioation iside his space vehicle's escape pod, awaiting release.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Now, of course, the problem is that such a blast elsewhere resembles a terrorist nuclear blast.

Also a concern during the cold war - one (likely) comet/meteor impact over South Africa was found by satellites searching for nuclear blasts in the mid-80’s.

People still aren’t really sure if it was a South African nuke blast, an Israeli nuke blast supported by SA, or just an impact event.

[Robert A Cook PE]

And Grog, Drakonian Invador from the Pleides, stull rests in suspended anioation iside his space vehicle’s escape pod, awaiting release of his spell-check distractionary. 8<)

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Times Of London reports from 1908.

“To the Editor of the Times.”

“Sir,--Struck with the unusual brightness of the heavens, the band of golfers staying here strolled towards the links at 11 o’clock last evening in order that they might obtain an uninterrupted view of the phenomenon. Looking northwards across the sea they found that the sky had the appearance of a dying sunset of exquisite beauty. This not only lasted but actually grew both in extent and intensity till 2:30 this morning, when driving clouds from the East obliterated the gorgeous colouring. I myself was aroused from sleep at 1:15, and so strong was the light at this hour that I could read a book by it in my chamber quite comfortably.
At 1:45 the whole sky, N. and N.-E., was a delicate salmon pink, and the birds began their matutinal song. No doubt others will have noticed this phenomenon, but as Brancaster holds an almost unique position in facing north to the sea, we who are staying here had the best possible view of it.

Yours faithfully,
Holcombe Ingleby.
Dormy House Club, Brancaster, July 1” (1908)

[canuck_conservative]

Didn’t the former white South African government insiders later admit that the 1977 double-flash WAS one of their atomic tests?

[Norman Bates]

How big do they estimate this meteorite was?

[tarheelswamprat]

And Grog, Drakonian Invader from the Pleides, still rests in suspended animation inside his space vehicle's escape pod, awaiting release.

Nah, it's probably Kzanol, the Thrint, inside his slaver stasis field at the bottom of the lake. Best to let him stay there unless you want to make us all Ptaavs...

[newguy357]

Amazing how fortunate it is that the event happened in one of the few places on Earth that there was no large population nor even habitation for this even to take place.

Statistically, it would be much more likely for something like this to happen over the ocean or an unpopulated part of the world than over an area with even a modest population. As many of us as there are, most of the world is still mostly empty....