The fall of the Tunguska meteorite is known to almost everyone, not only in Russia, but also to many in the world, since the shock wave was recorded by instruments around the world.
But still there is little official information. The Tunguska meteorite fell on June 30, 1908, early in the morning, at approximately 7:00, as stated by eyewitnesses.
It is not known where the approximate size of the meteorite is known, but according to scientists, it was approximately 30 meters. Most likely, the dimensions were calculated due to the power of the explosion, since the meteorite itself was not found.
Yes, and this is where the fun begins. Almost everyone has heard of the Tunguska meteorite, but not everyone already knows that not a single fragment was found.
The explosion itself allegedly occurred at a decent height, but this does not change anything. Many other meteorites were found in such cases, but nothing here.
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Scientists said that the meteorite simply turned into energy during the explosion, but this had never happened before, so the version caused a lot of doubt.
Also, as far as is known, during the 3 days before the meteorite fell, people observed strange phenomena, such as noctilucent clouds and a solar halo. However, it is not known how an ordinary meteorite could cause such phenomena and how the object could be connected with this.
And on the day of the fall, as reported by eyewitnesses, some unknown celestial body could be seen over Central Siberia. But whether this was in fact is already unknown.
As for the power of the explosion from a meteorite, the explosion is considered too powerful for such a meteorite. The power of the explosion was estimated at 50 megatons, which corresponds to the most powerful of the exploded bombs, namely the Tsar Bomb.
And finally, the last oddity is the active growth of vegetation. After the trees were destroyed, the growth of many plants on the territory increased greatly. The same was noted in Chernobyl and Hiroshima, in other words, when nuclear weapons were used.
Such a mass of inexplicable facts, of course, holds the version with a meteorite under great doubt. And based on the many coincidences with the consequences of nuclear weapons, many agree that weapons were tested in Siberia, and it was not even close to a meteorite fall.
Other versions suggest various experiments by one of the states, or the fall of an extraterrestrial apparatus. One way or another, there are many versions, but the fact that it was a meteorite, in fact, not only is not confirmed by anything, but on the contrary, it looks a little like a cosmic body.
Of course, now it is difficult to find out what happened in 1908, but the Tunguska meteorite is a rather big mystery, although many people already forget about this mystery.
