Patomskiy Pit: The Solution to One of the '3 Great Secrets of the Century'?
Occurring more than 100 years ago, the mysterious airborne explosion with a destructive power equivalent to 15 million tons of TNT, wiping out 80 million trees, has it finally been explained?
Tunguska Explosion: One of the "Three Great Mysteries of the Century" that challenges humanity the most.
In early 2009, during a high-level meeting with military officials of the Pentagon (US Department of Defense) discussing the development of antimatter weapons, American doctor Kenis Edward mentioned the term " Three great secrets of the century".
According to him, the "Three Great Secrets of the Century" are the reason why he wants to research antimatter weapons with unimaginable destructive power.
The mysterious events that challenge humanity to this day, mentioned by Dr. Kenis Edward, include:
- Mysterious mushroom cloud appeared in the sky over Alaska in 1984.
- Two mysterious lights appeared in the Indian Ocean in 1979.
- The terrible airborne explosion (called the "Tunguska Event") in Siberia in 1908.
Among them, the " Tunguska Event" receives the most attention from scientists.
Reconstruction of the horrific 1908 airborne explosion known as the "Tunguska Event".
More than 100 years after this mysterious explosion occurred in the sky, people still cannot find a satisfactory explanation for the explosion with a destructive power equivalent to 15 million tons of TNT (1,000 times that of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan in 1945) that occurred in the Tunguska River area.
A few dozen seconds after the explosion, the shock wave wiped out 80 million trees and all animals over an area of more than 2,000 square kilometers .
The explosion had the destructive power equivalent to 15 million tons of TNT.
.caused 80 million trees to be wiped out.
Even two days later, the burning dust from the explosion provided enough light for Londoners (10,000 km from the epicenter) to read newspapers at night without turning on the lights!
But that's not the whole story. While this mystery has not been solved, another mystery has been discovered in the area near the horrific explosion on the Tunguska River.
Giant Patomskiy Crater Discovered: Mystery Upon Mystery
41 years later, in 1949, Russian geologist Vadim Kolpakov suddenly discovered a mysterious giant crater, 160m in diameter and 40m high. He named it: Patomskiy Crater.
According to geologists' estimates, Patomskiy contains about 1 million tons of rubble.
The giant Patomskiy crater seen from above.
The mysterious appearance of the Patomskiy crater has attracted much research from scientists. Since then, there have been many explanations about the origin of the giant crater, located near the area where the mysterious "Tunguska Event " occurred years ago.
Geologist Vadim Kolpakov believes that the crater was formed by a meteorite impact that occurred about 250 to 300 years ago. However, research on rock samples has denied this hypothesis.
Some scientists speculated that the Patomskiy crater was an extinct volcano. This theory was quickly disproved when Russian geologists failed to find any cooled magma.
Patomskiy Crater is also known as the mysterious "eagle's nest".
After a series of hypotheses were denied, famous Russian geologist Alexander Portnov surprised everyone with his statement: Patomskiy crater is the result of the terrible Tunguska air explosion that occurred 41 years earlier.
According to Mr. Portnov, the mysterious "Tunguska Event" was a giant UFO explosion accident. After exploding and creating a destructive energy source, the shattered metal fragments formed the giant Patomskiy mound.
This hypothesis was supplemented when extremely high iron content was discovered at a depth of 150m from the crater's mouth.
Scientist Igor Simonov of the Moscow Research Institute of Mechanics (Russia) said that the Patomskiy crater was formed from a giant collision of a cylindrical object hitting the ground at extremely high speed.
It is possible that the Patomskiy crater is the result of a giant UFO impact. (Illustration).
The mystery of the origin of the Patomskiy crater seemed to be solved with modern equipment when an expedition led by geologist Eugeny Vorobiev explored the Patomskiy crater in 2005.
However, when the journey was about 1 km from the Patomskiy pit, tragedy suddenly struck when expedition leader Eugeny Vorobiev suddenly collapsed.
Eugeny Vorobiev was already dead when he was taken to the hospital by his fellow crew members. Doctors concluded that he died of a sudden heart attack.
The death of explorer Eugeny Vorobiev quickly spread, causing local people living nearby to believe that he died from a mysterious force that has existed for decades.
What exactly is the Patomskiy Crater? Is it the result of an underground explosion? Or is it the remains of a massive collision of an alien flying saucer?
If we humans decipher the origin of the Patomskiy crater, will the mystery of the explosion in the sky 108 years ago also be revealed?
To date, the "Tunguska Event" along with the giant Patomskiy crater are the biggest double mystery in Siberia today.
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