I'm not trying to press any points, really I'm not, I just find this fascinating. It certainly makes meteorites a lot more interesting, particularly
where the big ones are concerned. In fact I would go as far as to say that the anomalous effects from the very large bodies are bound into the oldest
human myths. The thunderbolts of the gods.
MBs induce negative charges on the Earth’s surface within zones of influence called "tension spots", in the same manner as thunderstorm
clouds. Solyanik [7] and later Nevskiy [8] made calculations that showed electrical discharges between MBs and the Earth’s surface are possible.
Both of them suggest, for example, that the explosion of the famous Tunguska body was caused by electrical discharges. For a long time these
explanations did not gain support in scientific circles, and only recently have they started to attract attention.
These data are well known by specialists in the field of electrophonic fireballs, but have still to be recognized by geologists. Data that have been
accumulated point to the influence of the energy of MBs on objects on the Earth, including the following:
(i) People and animals exhibit signs of fear and a sense of danger (before observing MBs).
(ii) Damage to TV, electrical and radio equipment, bulbs catching fire in switched-off electric networks, formation of St. Elmo’s lights, e.g.
during the time the Chulym and Vitim fireballs passed over Siberia in February 1984 and September 2002 respectively.
(iii) Activation of seismic processes.
The effects identified in (ii) above form the basis for supposing that the main causes of the energy influence are electric (i.e. electromagnetic)
fields. All of these effects were observed in connection with the appearance of small MBs (approximately 1 to 40 meters in diameter) that burned or
blew up in the atmosphere. Imagine the scale of the effects that might occur if the MB entering the Earth’s atmosphere was a huge asteroid more
than one kilometer in diameter.
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Animals reacting to the electromagnetic disturbances, St elmos fire, orbs of light forming on the ground and shooting upwards, electrical appliances
going crazy, catching fire, earthquakes.
The Tunguska, Chulym and Vitim events all scream of electromagnetic phenomena. Perhaps Siberia is one of these "tension spots" on the Earth.
Pretty crazy stuff, can't vouch for it, but it really would not surprise me.
Mysteries of Siberia's "Valley of Death"
Thousands of years ago the human race was witness to an cataclysmic cosmic event that scattered the human race and gave rise to what I think
Velikovsky called Homo skitzo. Our ancestors. A traumatized people that to this day the suffers from amnesia to the terrifing events.
Or not