THE NUCLEAR AND AERIAL DYNAMICS OF THE TUNGUSKA EVENT
THE NUCLEAR AND AERIAL DYNAMICS OF THE TUNGUSKA EVENT
On 30 June 1908, in Central Siberia of the U.S.S.R., an extraordinary event occurred (Oliver, 1928 ; Crowther, 1931). Eyewitnesses reported a giant fireball moving across the sky followed by an overpowering shockwave. Trees were radially toppled over thousands of square kilometers, seismic and atmospheric disturbances were recorded as far away as England, and the next several nights were sufficiently bright for reading. However, no significant impact crater was formed nor was any extraterrestria