# Tunguska Explosion

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tunguska-explosion/166327>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [April 3, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tunguska-explosion/166327 "2003-04-03T23:59:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![BlueMit11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@BlueMit11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueMit11)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tunguska-explosion/166327/1 "2003-04-03T23:59:25Z")

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Concerning the article about the[Tunguska Explosion](http://straightdope.com/columns/030228.html), Cecil failed to mention the theory that this explosion resulted from Nikola Tesla’s experiment with his particle beam tower. That’s a shame-I saw the article and got all excited, hopin I’d see a Tesla reference, yet I was let down. Oh well.

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tunguska-explosion/166327/2 "2003-04-04T03:37:24Z")

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There’s some discussion of it here, if you’re interested.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=166229](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=166229)

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=157850](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=157850)