Feb 28 2008
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Tunguska 100
It occurred to me yesterday that in only a few, short months from now we’ll be “celebrating” the 100th anniversary of the infamous, and still hotly-debated, event at Tunguska, Russia.
Although the mainstream concludes that the event was due to an astronomical event and nothing more, there have been repeated allegations that perhaps something far more significant happened - such as the aerial explosion of an atomic powered alien spacecraft.
Basically, the story goes like this:
Early on the morning of June 30, 1908, numerous people in the region of Tunguska, Russia, and specifically in the hills northwest of Lake Baikal, witnessed what was described as a large column of blue light moving deliberately across the dawn sky.
Approximately ten minutes later, the sighting was followed by the sound of a massive explosion that decimated the area, and caused damage hundreds of miles away from the presumed impact site of whatever it was that had earlier been seen in the sky.
The event was captured on seismic equipment as far away as Britain. And, in the United States, both the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Mount Wilson Observatory recorded a marked decrease in atmospheric transparency in the immediate wake of the event that lasted for a period of three months.
In the days that followed, Russian newspapers reported on the event. The July 2, 1908 edition of the Sibir newspaper stated:
“In the N. Karelinski village the peasants saw to the North-West, rather high above the horizon, some strangely bright bluish-white heavenly body, which for 10 minutes moved downwards. The body appeared as a ‘pipe’, i.e. a cylinder. The sky was cloudless, only a small dark cloud was observed in the general direction of the bright body. It was hot and dry. As the body neared the ground, the bright body seemed to smudge, and then turned into a giant billow of black smoke, and a loud knocking was heard, as if large stones were falling, or artillery was fired. All building shook. At the same time the cloud began emitting flames of uncertain shapes. All villagers were stricken with panic and took to the streets, women cried, thinking it was the end of the world.”
Well, of course, the end of the world didn’t come; however, despite the fact that most commentators on the matter dismiss a UFO link, Tunguska refuses to roll over and die - and I suspect that as we get closer and closer to the 100th anniversary we’ll be both hearing and reading more on this curious event…
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February 28th, 2008 at 7:18 am
I’m pretty sure that Tunguska was caused by Owls
February 28th, 2008 at 8:26 am
That or a Monkey that had been painted silver
February 28th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Seriously, though - what’s to explain? We know that bits of comets and asteroids hit the Earth all the time, and some are bigger than others. Tunguska was by no means the largest known, and an airburst is certainly feasible.
February 28th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Disowned:
I agree. I don’t believe that anything “alien” crashed at Tunguska; however, as per my post, I’ll be that as the anniversary gets ever closer, it will be all over the magazines and UFO sites, getting a reappraisal etc.
February 28th, 2008 at 10:17 am
Swamp gas CAN explode, right?
February 28th, 2008 at 10:21 am
RPJ:
I knew if anyone could solve Tunguska, it would be the UFOMystic team - good job! It took a 100 years, but we cracked it.
Or maybe it was a weather balloon…or a Mogul balloon…
:)
February 28th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
a weather balloon that was inflated with swamp gas and piloted by a silver monkey exploded and crashed after colliding with an owl?
February 28th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Seems like perfectly reasonable explanation to me.
William of Ockham would be proud
February 28th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Don’t forget about my hero Nikola Tesla! It was rumored that he caused the Tunguska explosion by means of one of his high frequency high voltage experiments. Supposedly while out west in Colorado or Wyoming and making cows, horses and prairie dogs uncomfortable, he tried to communicate with Mars or somewhere out there and when he hit the key, so much energy left the aerial and traveled half way around the world hitting Siberia and the rest as they say is history. I would believe that Tesla was more capable of doing the deed than any thing else. But, high frequency high voltage (ball lightning?)hitting a mogul weather balloon filled with swamp gas piloted by a silver monkey with a crew of owls…the story continues…
February 28th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Nightflight:
yeah tesla was a very interesting file. did you know the FBI deleted the PDF of its declassified file on the man from its website some time ago?
No reason was ever given. I’ll have to check if its back online or if the removal was permanent.
February 28th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
I was not aware of the FBI file online. The notes and old books I have collected over the years are the only substantial record I have of his legacy. Along comes the web and fathoming through fact and fiction is all the more time consuming. Being an Industrial Electrician by trade, I am glad of his three phase contribution as well as fluorescent lighting, AC power distribution and on and on… But you got to admit - he was one colorful character and his inventions truly changed the world. Now where did I put his anti-gravity notes?…
February 29th, 2008 at 12:21 am
Wait. A misidentification of Venus has to figure in this somehow too….