I always did think it was nothing more than a Meteorite, but after reading this and seeing the video, makes you wonder.
Given the remoteness of the area it was not until 1927 that an expedition was mounted to investigate the crash area. The expedition could not
locate any bits of meteorite which puzzled them due the size that the meteorite would have to have been to create such a large explosion.
They found no crater, is this normal for any typical meteorite collision with earth?
In 1938, Kulik managed to arrange for an aerial photographic survey of the area, which revealed that the event had knocked over trees in a huge
butterfly-shaped pattern. Despite the large amount of devastation, there was no crater to be seen.
From
here
Another puzzle for the expedition was the way the tress were felled in an outward motion and that in the centre an area of trees were still
standing, although all their bark and branches have been destroyed.
Many of the witnesses to the original crash spoke of seeing and oval-shaped mass moving across the sky, as well as seeing the object change
course, and of having a very low speed.
Video is here.
And article from
here.
[edit on 15-1-2007 by Denied]