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On June 30, 1908, in a remote part of Russia, a fireball was seen streaking across the daytime sky. Within

moments, something exploded in the atmosphere above Siberias Podkamennaya Tunguska River in what is

now Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.

This event now widely known as the Tunguska eventis believed to have been caused by an incoming

meteor or comet, which never actually struck Earth but instead exploded in the atmosphere, causing what is

known as an air burst, three to six miles (510 kilometers) above Earths surface.

The explosion released enough energy to kill reindeer and flatten trees for many ki lometers around the blast

site. But no crater was ever found.

At the time, it was difficult to reach this remote part of Siberia. It wasnt until 1927 that Leonid Kulik led the

first Soviet research expedition to investigate the Tunguska event. He made a initial trip to the region,

interviewed local witnesses and explored the region where the trees had been felled. He became convinced

that they were all turned with their roots to the center. He did not find any meteorite fragments, and he did

not find a meteorite crater.

Over the years, scientists and others concocted fabulous explanations for the Tunguska explosion. Some were

pretty wild such as the encounter of Earth with an alien spacecraft, or a mini-black-hole, or a particle of

antimatter.

The truth is much more ordinary. In all likelihood, a small icy comet or stony asteroid collided with Earths

atmosphere on June 30, 1908. If it were an asteroid, it might have been about a third as big as a football field

moving at about 15 kilometers (10 miles) per second.

Because the explosion took place so long ago, we might never know for certain whether it was an asteroid or

comet. But in recent decades astronomers have come to take the possibility of comet and asteroid impacts

more seriously. They now have regular observing programs to watch for Near-Earth Objects, as theyre called.

They also meet regularly to discuss what might happen if we did find an object on a collision course with

Earth.

Map showing the approximate location of the Tunguska event of 1908.

Bottom line: On June 30, 1908, an object from space apparently exploded in the atmosphere above Siberia.

The explosion killed reindeer and flattened trees, in what has become known as the Tunguska event.

Scientists calculated the Tunguska explosion could have been roughly as strong as 20 megatons of TNT, or

roughly 1,000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Space.com reported.
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Mysterious Tunguska Explosion of 1908 in Siberia may be linked to Tesla's experiments of wireless

transmission

Nikola Tesla holding a gas-filled phosphor-coated light bulb which was illuminated without wires by

an electromagnetic field from the "Tesla Coil".

Many theories have been proposed for the cause of the explosion. One theory is that Tesla'sexperiments with wireless transmission may have inadvertently caused the explosion.

Did you know that in 1908 in Siberia, one of the most catastrophic, mind-blowing (and mysterious)

cosmic impact catastrophes everin the history of civilization occurred - and yet it wasn't widely

known outside Russia (save for a few astronomy and research scientist enclaves) until around the

1970's? Even interested research parties didn't learn about or even set foot on the scene of disaster

until 1921. It didn't make front page news in the papers when it happened because of the extreme

remoteness of that region of Siberia. Also at play was the secretive, unsettled nature of Russia at the

time (which of course only heightened the many conspiracy theories surrounding it today) (taken

from articleThe Tunguska Explosion of 1908).

The so-called Tunguska Event refers to a major explosion that occurred on 30 June 1908 in the

Tunguska region of Siberia, causing the destruction of over 2000 km2 of taiga, globally detected

pressure and seismic waves, and bright luminescence in the night skies of Europe and Central Asia,

combined with other unusual phenomena. The Tunguska Event may be related to the impact with

the Earth of a cosmic body that exploded about 510 km above ground, releasing in the atmosphere1015 Mton of energy. Fragments of the impacting body have never been found, and its nature (cometor asteroid) is still a matter of debate. (from the article "A possible impact crater for the 1908

Tunguska Event")
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Above: Nikola Tesla in his Colorado Laboratory with magnifying transmitter in action, 20 million volts

of electricity. Photo fromhttp://www.frank.germano.com/tunguska.htm)

Tesla's Possible Connection to the Tunguska Explosion, Siberia, 1908

One theory is that Tesla's experiments with wireless transmission may have inadvertently caused the

explosion.

"Nikola Tesla, was testing out some sort of weird, fantasmigorical communication device, or super-scary "energy weapon" or "death ray" and made a big "...oops!" Tesla was known to be working on a

sort of wireless torpedo, called an "telautomaton," which was a remote controlled boat he offered to

the U.S. Navy for the purpose of carrying explosives to naval targets. An airborne version of the

telautomaton device was under development as well. Some also believe that if there was a Tesla

connection, and it was a weapon test... that he may have been pressured into it and then kept quiet.

This is of course just heaping extra drama onto a theory already wrought with ridiculousness. Even

though the 1908 time frame does match up for Tesla working on such devices, for him to be testing

out such inventions in such an apocalyptic manner is quite a stretch, not to mention he was nowhere

near the area at the time. Even funnier: the theory that Tesla inadvertently caused the massive

explosion when he was trying to get the attention of an explorer friend in the area. Tesla was always

fascinated with the concept of wireless propagation, and he was known to work on "projected wave

energy" processes that could create microscopic, invisible particles of concentrated energy that could

be beamed great distances... often resulting in electric fireballs, spherical plasmoids, or ball lightning.Why not use it to get someone's attention who's not near a telegram service? Of course this falls into

the "secret weapons test" category as well. The theory that he was using it to try and get the attention

of a friend halfway around the world is hilarious, but adsurd: *K-A-B-O-O-O-M!!!* ---"Albert... this is

Nikola, please call me." Here is alinkto some New York Timesarticles where Nikola speaks of such

devices, which date from 1907, 1908 and 1915" (taken from

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"Tesla said his transmitter could produce 100 million volts of pressure and currents up to 1000

amperes, with experimental power levels of billion or tens of billions of watts.(18)If that amount of

power were released in "an incomparably small interval of time,"(19)the energy would be equal to the

explosion of millions of tons of TNT, that is, a multi-megaton explosion. Such a transmitter would be

capable of projecting the force of a nuclear warhead by radio. Any location in the world could be

vaporized at the speed of light." (taken from Frank Germano at

http://www.frank.germano.com/tunguska.htm)

Above: Wardenclyffe Tower in Shoreham, Long Island, New York, with electrical sparks. Tesla built

this tower to transfer electricity without wires to electrify the entire earth and to be the first

broadcasting system in the world.

Tesla Tower in Shoreham Long Island (1901 - 1917) meant to be the "World Wireless" Broadcasting

system
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Above: The Famous Tesla Tower erected in Shoreham, Long Island, New York was 187 feet high, the

spherical top was 68 feet in diameter. The Tower, which was to be used by Nikola Tesla is his "World

Wireless" was never finished.

Above: Wardenclyffe Tower, Tesla's Idea about electrical control of rain falls. From the book "Tesla"

by Dr. Branimir Jovanovic.

Above: Group Photo from a visit to Tesla Tower, June 10, 1990 demanding the proclamation of

Wardenclyffe Tower Site as a National landmark. From left to right: Melvin Drossman, Boris Mardesic

(with sun glasses), Peggy McKinnon Clark, Dr. Dushan Kosovic, Dr. Mariza Pezzulic, Dr. Ljubo Vujovic

(organizer of the meeting), Slavka Bulajic, Mrs. Hochbruckner, Congressmen George Hochbruckner,

William Terbo, Dr. David Dasic (Consul General of Yugoslavia) and Dragoslav Pejic (Ambassador of

Yugoslavia to United Nations).


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Above: Tesla's Idea how to light up the ocean with high frequency electricity being transmitted

thought the Ionosphere. From the book "Tesla" by Dr. Branimir Jovanovic.


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Above: Photograph of a model of Tesla Tower in action, shows how the Tower would have looked if it

was completed.


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Above: The tragedy of Tesla in Wardenclyffe, the tower was dismantled on July 4, 1917. It was

dynamited and razed by the mortgage holder, the proprietor of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.


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