The event called now The Tunguska disaster occurred on June 30, 1908 in central SiberiaNorth of Lake Baikal. Research conducted in 2013 showed that the accident was caused by the explosion of an asteroid flying at a speed of 15-27 km/s, and exploded at a height of about 5-10 km above the Earth’s surface. However, not everything agrees with the evidence found on site.
Huge explosion of an object from space Trees were literally wiped out within a 40 km radius. The stunning flash was seen from a distance of 650 km, and the sound of the explosion was heard from a distance of up to 1,000 km.
A few witnesses hundreds of miles away spoke of a blue light extending across the sky that was “Almost as bright as the sun“It left a thin line behind it. Then a flash appeared on the horizon, and after a while a giant cloud formed from it Pillar of fire – He cast “red light on the landscape.” After a while, the pole was supposed to “break” in two.
After about 10 minutes, there was a loud bang, and with the sound he moved EarthquakeWhich was supposed to knock people off their feet and break the windows of homes hundreds of kilometers away.
Many seismometers installed around the world at that time recorded exceptionally strong tremors. Interestingly, the so-called phenomenon occurred in many European cities. White night – There is no complete darkness at night (dusk turns into dawn). Another unusual phenomenon is that the effect was so strong that it was Asian Magnetometers indicated the next (third) pole in its area.
First of all, it should be noted that there are no direct observations of the explosion. As previously mentioned, the event occurred in uninhabited areas Far from civilization. Accounts from witnesses hundreds of kilometers away from the area vary widely.
Residents of one of the regions (Angara) indicate that the event occurred in the early morning, while residents of the Lower Tunguska region say that it occurred in the afternoon. They also mention different directions of movement Mysterious object.
Another mystery is the three overlapping areas of forest destruction found on the site. Their presence indicates this The Tunguska disaster was not the work of a single entity. It is estimated that the three possible objects may be around 50 meters in diameter, and in addition, some witnesses mention three “large lightning bolts”. Interestingly, the area where the trees were swept away was irregular (not a circle), but rather butterfly-like in shape.
Only 19 years after the explosion (i.e. in 1927) the Soviet authorities sent the first major explosion Scientific missionWhich aims to investigate this phenomenon. Scientists were unable to find a meteorite crater or parts of a possible meteorite. However, considerable documentation of the site of the event has been done.
Subsequent expeditions pointed to the fact of this There were many anomalies in this area. One of them was the growth of deformed trees in the disaster or discovery area Strange glass balls 1 mm in diameter. Subsequent studies showed that it contained greater amounts of nickel than iron, suggesting extraterrestrial origins.
A number of theories have been developed to ‘explain’ the entire event, including: Meteor fallOr a meteorite exploding in the atmosphere (which would explain the lack of an impact crater), or the action of a radioactive comet, or a “swamp” gas explosion.
The 1973-1979 scientific expedition brought the greatest amount of information. It was found that in nearby peat bogs there were deposits dating back to 1908 At least seven “cosmic substances” have been foundIncluding the carbon isotope 14C – a radioactive form of carbon formed in the atmosphere under the influence of cosmic rays, iridium has also been found. Therefore, researchers believed that a space object had entered Earth’s atmosphere: a meteorite, small asteroid or comet.
In 1990, the Croatian scientist Corado Corlevic, who participated in (another) expedition, stated that all this confusion was caused by a meteorite the size of a skyscraper, and the meteorite was supposed to have formed at a small height above the Earth. A ball of water vapor glowing at a temperature of 15,000 degrees Celsius, which “cooked” the entire impact area – the sand was then supposed to melt to form said glass balls. The resulting shock wave propagated parallelly across the Earth’s surface, which, combined with the varied terrain, resulted in the irregular shape of the destroyed forest.
The unusual shape of the trees that grew in this area in the following decades, according to Kurlewicz’s understanding, was the result of “burns” caused by fires that broke out moments after the meteorite fell.
In total, about 1,000 scientific papers have been written about the Tunguska disaster. Dozens of scientific models have been created to “explain” the entire event. The asteroid’s size, composition, speed, and path change here. The vast majority of them indicate this A being of cosmic origin is responsible for the entire event.
Meanwhile, the many mysteries surrounding the Tunguska disaster have given rise to a number of science fiction hypotheses, including those suggesting the operation of experimental weapons, or Alien civilization work. The fact is that many issues have not yet been clarified.
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