Scientists will outline dramatic evidence this week that suggests a comet exploded over the Earth nearly 13,000 years ago, creating a hail of fireballs that set fire to most of the northern hemisphere.
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'This comet set off a shock wave that changed Earth profoundly,' said Arizona geophysicist Allen West. 'It was about 2km-3km in diameter and broke up just before impact, setting off a series of explosions, each the equivalent of an atomic bomb blast. The result would have been hell on Earth. Most of the northern hemisphere would have been left on fire.'
I'm skeptical but sympathetic. It almost goes without saying that this scenario will receive a warm welcome by catastrophists. (I'm most immediately reminded of Herbie Brennan's "The Atlantis Enigma" and Joseph Christy-Vitale's "Waterwark". Incidentally, both books suggest that an advanced seafaring civilization was in place prior to the debacle, a view that contrasts sharply with mainstream archaeology.)
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Along the lines of archaic-catastrophe speculation (definitely a genre!) I have read (and I can't recall where exactly) the idea that a gigantic asteroid (or comet) wiped out Atlantis. The timing is certainly right on this one, if true. At any rate, it's interesting that there is some scientifically respectable evidence for this.
--WMB posting as Anon
I thought so too -- assuming there *is* evidence and not merely an agenda at work.
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