One of the most famous recent cases of a devastating visit from space is the huge fireball that hit the Tunguska region of Siberia in 1908.
Trees within about a 14 kilometre radius were incinerated and those within a 40 kilometre radius were knocked down.
Many scientists believe the fireball was caused by an exploding comet, around 100 metres wide, says Francis. Others believe a meteor caused the devastation.
Still others have made a case that the Tunguska explosion was due to a crippled alien spacecraft, a possibility that -- while remote -- shouldn't be abandoned. I recommend "The Fire Came By," a speculative interpretation of the Tunguska mystery with a foreword by none other than arch-UFO skeptic Isaac Asimov.
(Some readers will have noted the "block quote" format above. I'm thinking of using this from now on when citing others' writing. Hard-to-read? Let me know.)
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Another culprit may very well have been Tesla, who may have accidently created the blast by charging the surrounding landscape and trying harness it to send a signal half way across the world.
This has worried me. Assuming this was a space rock of one kind or another, imagine it happening again in a more populated area. If we dont see the thing coming might the government react as if we were being attacked? An instant exchange of nukes is less likely with the passing of the USSR but 'missunderstandings' as still possible.
At least with this kind of disaster we wont have to worry about evacuating the survivors. There wont be any.
Yeah, hard to read. Not enough contrast.
I'd prefer the cited text to be black, not blue-on-blue. Personally, I don't think it's too bad -- especially as I don't plan on citing loads of text -- but there should be a painless way to change the text color.
I think Roswell is still an open question. Although I find Redfern's scenario persuasive, I'm still willing to entertain the crash of something "not ours," although I would argue that the chances are slim.
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