Tunguska Meteorite?

Is
this a fragment of the Tunguska Meteorite?

Here is a screen-shot of a video found on
Youtube.com when Tunguska is searched for. I watched the video
out of curiosity at first just like anyone who had heard of
the Tunguska
Event and wanted to know more about it.

Most scientist believe it was in fact a meteor
or comet that exploded miles above the earth and caused devastation
stretching more than 20 miles in all directions. This would
explain why no impact crater was ever found because there
would be none. It also explains why at the epicenter of the
devastation the trees and vegetation was standing upright
while all around the area was laid down and expanded outward
in a radial pattern covering 10's of miles.

There have been much speculation as to what
occured in 1908.

"In 1921, the Russian mineralogist
Leonid Kulik, visiting the Podkamennaya Tunguska
River basin as part of a survey for the Soviet Academy of
Sciences, deduced from local accounts that the explosion had
been caused by a giant meteorite impact." SOURCE
- Wikipedia.org

Conspiracy theorists, UFOlogists, and others
speculate that it was a UFO landing/exploding, a nuclear test
or attack by the U.S. or even Blackhole and Antimatter theories.
We will probably never get rid of all the speculation but
one thing is for sure. Something BIG happened in 1908 in a
remote part of Russia. A loud explosion was heard, and a huge
swath of land was laid bare.

The Tunguska Event
Video Excerpt From The History Channel

My Conclusion

I am not a scientist but think I'm a fairly smart guy like
most people. Logically speaking events like this and larger
have happened all throughout history as evidenced by the many
impact craters dotting earths landscape. Meteor Crater in
Arizona is a perfect example and perhaps the best preserved
of all the meteorite impact craters on the planet.

The Yucatán
Peninsula Chicxulub Impact Crater is another
example of a huge event that occured long ago and caused massive
devastation. Scientist believe that this event caused the
extiction of the dinosaurs and changed the course of earths
living history. Some theorize that we (human beings) would
not be here today if that event never occurred. Read More
About The Chicxulub
Impact Crater on Space.com

The Tunguska Event however is different in
that there was no impact crater to speak of. The 1921 expedition
led by Leonid Kulik
reportedly found no crater at all but merely a huge barren
swath of land with all trees and vegetation laid down in an
outwardly radial pattern across the landscape.

There were other expeditions to the Tuguska
River Basin over the years and all reported had found no meteorites.
This leads to specualtion as to what it was that actually
caused the devastation and we end up back at square one wondering
what happened.

I beleive that it was in fact a meteor or
a comet that exploded above the earth which caused the damage.
Not a UFO, not a nulear test or attack, no black holes or
antimatter. Not even aliens attacking trees.

As with most things on this planet we call
earth and home, we can be assured there is an explanation.
There is simple answers but some will doubt them, specualtion
will continue and theories will be put forward. We all have
our own opinions and that's what makes learning fun and exciting.
You don't have to agree with someone to have a good old fashioned
discussion and when you don't agree a debate ensues. This
is good for all of us who seek answers to the most important
questions in life. Why are we here? What's our purpose in
life? How did we get here?

This is what it's all about...

by: Eric Wichman - MeteoriteWatch.com


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