Tunguska Event: UFO Slamming Itself Into a Meteor to Save Earth?

By Alex in Paranormal on Jul 18, 2009 at 9:55 pm

The Tunguska Event, a mysterious explosion over the Tunguska River in 1908, has sparked many speculations as to its cause (A meteor? A Tesla experiment gone wrong? A natural gas explosion?). But this one takes the cake for its sheer weirdness:

Dr. Yuri Labvin, president of the Tunguska Spatial Phenomenon Foundation, insists that an alien spacecraft sacrificed itself to prevent a gigantic meteor from slamming into the planet above Siberia on June 30, 1908.

Most scientists think the blast was caused by a meteorite exploding several miles above the surface. But Labvin thinks quartz slabs with strange markings found at the site are remnants of an alien control panel, which fell to the ground after the UFO slammed into the giant rock.

"We don’t have any technologies that can print such kind of drawings on crystals," Labvin told the Macedonian International News Agency. "We also found ferrum silicate that can not be produced anywhere, except in space."

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  1. Andrew Wirtanen
    Jul 18th, 2009 at 10:52 pm

    Looks like Fox News has a bit of confusion with the words “meteoroid” (in space), “meteor” (in atmosphere), and “meteorite” (hits the earth). How can a meteorite explode “above the surface”?

  2. Vonskippy
    Jul 19th, 2009 at 12:45 am

    Russia, home of the 5 minute doctorate.

    Alex, you should go there and get a doctorate in spatial fictitiousness.

  3. Alex
    Jul 19th, 2009 at 12:47 am

    Already got one from their correspondence course, Vonskippy ;)

  4. Johnny Cat
    Jul 19th, 2009 at 3:01 am

    Paging Drs. McCoy and Crusher.

  5. Some Canadian Skeptic
    Jul 19th, 2009 at 4:48 am

    This Kook made it to Fox News? I don’t know who to feel more embarrassed for!

    Here’s Labvin’s thought process
    1) “I found weird rocks!”
    2) “Therefore, an alien space-craft flew between the meteor and earth, and saved us all”

  6. eni
    Jul 19th, 2009 at 6:00 am

    What makes him think the alien sacrificed itself? Seems like a much more likely assumption would be that it would have hit the meteor by accident.

  7. D
    Jul 19th, 2009 at 11:16 am

    …and just where is the pic of said markings? This article’s subject was more about the alien markings than Tunguska itself but why do the freakin report if you don’t have a picture of the markings. Shotty journalism rides again.

  8. ted
    Jul 19th, 2009 at 11:20 am

    That’s “shoddy” journalism”, D.

  9. Jill Harness
    Jul 19th, 2009 at 12:27 pm

    I like how they use something found on a space rock as evidence for a space craft…because you know, meteorites could never contain things only found in space without the help of an alien.

  10. peach
    Jul 19th, 2009 at 2:17 pm

    It was Tesla trying out one of his inventions that caused this.

  11. Justin
    Jul 19th, 2009 at 11:15 pm

    I would love to sit down and meet some of these people who purport such outlandish theories. It’s one thing to challenge the status quo, but you need solid facts first. I mean honestly, what is going through their heads?

  12. 2012 Official Countdown
    Jul 20th, 2009 at 9:42 am

    Wow! Blame it on the UFO’s for saving the earth. Great explanation.

  13. RupertN
    Jul 20th, 2009 at 9:52 am

    Atrueoriginall got it right in the second comment from the top. In June 2009, Cornell scientists confirmed the Tunguska event was caused by a comet. See http://thefutureofthings.com/pod/7494/tunguska-mystery-solved.html and Atrueoriginall’s link at http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/06/nasa-space-shuttle-solves -mystery-of-earths-greatest-explosion-the-1908-tunguska-event-in-siber ia.html

  14. wackyvorlon
    Aug 8th, 2009 at 11:17 pm

    Look up iron silicate – it’s a naturally occuring mineral. “ferrum silicate” is very goofy, probably a mangled translation.


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