Did Nikola Tesla Cause The Tunguska Explosion?
Copyright © 2004 Rex Hebert
This is one theory I hadn’t heard about. Tesla student Frank Germano makes a case that Nikola Tesla may have caused the 1908 Tunguska Event to demonstrate the destructive power of his wireless electrical transmission system. Whether you think Germano’s argument is compelling or not, it’s a truly fascinating read:
He [Tesla] seems to confess to such a test having taken place before 1915, and, though the evidence is circumstantial, Tesla had the motive and the means to cause the Tunguska event. His transmitter could generate energy levels and frequencies capable of releasing the destructive force of 10 megatons, or more, of TNT. And the overlooked genius was desperate.
The nature of the Tunguska event, also, is consistent with what would happen during the sudden release of wireless power. No fiery object was reported in the skies at that time by professional or amateur astronomers as would be expected when a 200,000,000 pound object enters the atmosphere at tens of thousands miles an hour. Also, the first reporters, from the town of Tomsk, to reach the area judged the stories about a body falling from the sky was the result of the imagination of an impressionable people. He noted there was considerable noise coming from the explosion, but no stones fell. The absence of an impact crater can be explained by there having been no material body to impact. An explosion caused by broadcast power would not leave a crater.
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Jul 29 2009 
July 30th, 2009 at 3:12 am
The story appears to have morphed from the one years back about Tesla attempting to communicate with his friend Admiral Byrd on a polar expedition, notes about which were discovered in a fireman’s hat in an antique store. Or something like that. This version paints Tesla as a mean bastard, something completely out of character for the crazy inventor who liked to hang around with Mark Twain. Imagine having lunch with those two!
July 30th, 2009 at 3:18 am
After reading Emperor’s essay on Darklore 3 (Sorry Greg, haven’t reached yours yet), I suspect that all these newspaper stories about “ray guns” in the early XXth century were some sort of a “true fiction campaign”.
Just as the effectiveness of Reagan’s Star Wars project was not in creating a viable anti-missile shield, but in making the Soviets believe in its feasibility —which made them derail time and money in a foolish race to stay in balance with the Americans— maybe the European countries were aiming to the same with these improbable electric death ray claims.
“If our enemies believe that we have such a weapon, they might think if twice about attacking us”; likewise, the other faction might also claim to have such advanced weaponry, just to keep appearances in fear of losing face in the geopolitical landscape.
The most important function of a weapon of mass destruction is to act as a deterrent. And in order to do that, the weapon needs to appear plausible and effective enough in the eyes of your enemy. It really matters not whether the weapon really works or not! Have we ever seen the destruction of a major military installation by the explosion of a Polaris missile launched from a submarine? No; but we all believe it can be done —that’s why submarines are so valuable strategic weapons.
July 30th, 2009 at 5:50 am
SGOTI,
I think Germano was trying to raise questions, and wrestled with Tesla’s pacifist nature and why he would do something like cause an explosion on the other side of the world just to make a point. Yes, it’s a weak and conspiracy-laden argument, but I liked reading it, sort of like I enjoyed reading UFO stories when I was a kid, not particularly caring how reliable the source was.
July 30th, 2009 at 5:51 am
RPJ,
Good points. Have you been reading this site long?;)
Your scenario is far less unfounded than the original article, I think, but that’s just my bias.
July 30th, 2009 at 7:25 am
Speaking of Tesla and Twain, have any of you read Matt Fraction’s graphic novel “Five Fists of Science”? Pseudo-historical account of Tesla/Twain vs. Morgan/Edison in a battle for the future of humanity. Pretty good stuff.
July 30th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Greg – I first heard about Tesla as a possible source for the Tunguska event about 20 years ago and have been fascinated over the years to find theory after theory come and go. As with all “unexplained” mysteries, one seeks the evidence to support their”pet theory” and usually, there is complete exclusion of the “pieces” that don’t fit their sought after conclusion. No different with UFOs, BF, crop circles, etc.
So far, the eyewitness testimonies and research for the Tunguska event have produced few hard facts, but include:
1. Big explosion
2. Air burst
3. No ground contact
4. No meteorite or ice ball found
5. No impact crater
6. No unusual celestial objects seen leading up to event
A Tesla experiment is the only answer that fits ALL of the evidence to date, but it is too far outside of most peoples’ reality box, so is most often ignored. Plus, it is difficult to do scientific research to prove that Tesla was the source of this event. So, the researchers continue to travel to Siberia in search of meteorites and make believe impact craters far from “ground zero” of the explosion.
Every so often I work with people that channel information from higher dimensional non-human sources. For what it’s worth . . . between 1999 and 2009 with three separate sources and three separate channelers (none of whom had ever heard of the Tunguska event) all three of the “higher dimensional sources” fingered Tesla as the source. This doesn’t prove anything by scientific standards, but it sure is compelling!
July 31st, 2009 at 1:38 am
Is this why Orson Welles plays J.P. Morgan in the Tesla film? Ah the secret military disinfo campaign is now thoroughly exposed. Meanwhile John Keely’s antigravity tech is whisked away by Skull and Bones via John Jacob Astor… and Theo Paijmans.
July 31st, 2009 at 2:40 am
I disagree with points # 5 & 6 Ross.
I remember reading in Carl Sagan’s COSMOS that witnesses reported a ball of fire falling from the sky before the explosion. To dismiss that in order to validate the Tesla theory as just the delusions of impressionable peasants is not right.
And re. #6: In 2007 some researchers claimed to have found the impact crater at the bottom of a lake.
The news appeared on the BBC website:
“Now, a University of Bologna team says a lake near the epicentre of the blast may be occupying a crater hollowed out by a chunk of rock that hit the ground.
Lake Cheko – though shallow – fits the proportions of a small, bowl-shaped impact crater, say the Italy-based scientists.
Their investigation of the lake bottom’s geology reveals a funnel-like shape not seen in neighbouring lakes.
In addition, a geophysics survey of the lake bed has turned up an unusual feature about 10m down which could either be compacted lake sediments or a buried fragment of space rock.
Other features suggest a recent origin for the lake.”
July 31st, 2009 at 2:41 am
I’ve been a member of the Tesla Turbine Builders Yahoo Group for 9-10 years. Germano’s theories are abit out there even for us Tesla fans. I think that he’s partially correct about the gov’t snatching up Tesla’s papers at his death to cover-up several large radio and electronic corporations basically stealing his research technology to include his energy beaming technology research for it’s obvious weapons capability. The one serious flaw in the Tesla caused the Tunguska event theory is Tesla himself. If anyone knew exactly how much energy would be released in such an experiment at that time, it would have been Tesla and he wouldn’t have risked harming folks even primitives half way around the world. Tesla was at least 40-50 years ahead of the rest of the world in energy theory and I suspect that if his papers were to be declassified that his heirs would have much legal grounds to sue many of the electronics giants of the 20th century for tens of billions of dollars in unpaid royalties. As with any good conspiracy, you’ve got to follow the money!
July 31st, 2009 at 7:17 am
Firkon,
Thanks for the heads-up. There is also Sesh Heri’s rollicking tale of Tesla, Twain, and Harry Houdini: Wonder of the Worlds.
July 31st, 2009 at 7:20 am
Ross,
Thanks for the comment. I think you’re new here, so welcome!
Of course, we have an unproven shored up with another unproven (or incompletely-proven) thesis, which makes it just like the UFO enigma!
That’s not to say we shouldn’t engage in speculation, because that sometimes leads to understanding, and we have some fun in the process.
July 31st, 2009 at 7:21 am
RPJ,
Good points. Do you sense a Roswell-type discussion brewing?
July 31st, 2009 at 7:23 am
crg,
Your points seem like the kind that can actually be checked on. I’m sure many would like to see the papers that were confiscated by the Navy on Tesla’s death.