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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 30, 1976

Page

2

Spacecraft theory behind 1908 Tunguska blast gains traction

In a 1976 excerpt from The Fire Came By, Baxter and Atkins review anti matter and black hole theories, arguing the cylindrical Tunguska object may have been an alien spacecraft. Eyewitnesses described a elongated tube with a bluish glow and a vast blast with an oval destruction pattern.

Siberian John Baxter Thomas Atkins Siberia A.V. Zolotov J. Robert Oppenheimer A. A. Jackson Michael P. Ryan University of Texas Tunguska Earth Central E.L. Krinov K.P. Florensky

Soviet underground nuke blast reported at Novaya Zemlya

UPPSALA Sweden AP An underground nuclear charge was exploded Wednesday at the Soviet Union's northern testing range at Novaya Zemlya according to the Uppsala Seismological Institute. Prof Markus Baath head estimates the blast strength at several tens of kilotons but under 100 kilotons. He notes it is weaker than most earlier tests from the area. Also, 30 years ago General Douglas MacArthur denied presidential candidacy.

Uppsala Sweden Soviet Union Novaya Zemlya Uppsala Seismological Institution Markus Baath

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