# Your answer to the Tunguska Explosion **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [August 11, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-answer-to-the-tunguska-explosion/194430 "2003-08-11T17:20:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Clly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Clly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clly)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-answer-to-the-tunguska-explosion/194430/1 "2003-08-11T17:20:36Z")
Just wondering why you didn’t mention a word regarding Nikola Tesla when you answered this question. I am of the opinion that he did indeed cause this, though an extraterrestrial object holds just as much amazement and awe, I do believe there is alot more than meets the eye regarding Tesla. If they can prove beyond a doubt it was an extraterrestrial object, it will not lose any sparkle for me, the fact it happened so recently and on such a scale is reason enough to be very intruiged. Much of Tesla’s work was stolen by others, much was lost or destroyed. In my eyes I believe he deserves a mention. My two cents. Clly ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-answer-to-the-tunguska-explosion/194430/2 "2003-08-11T20:30:25Z")
The article in question is [What caused the massive 1908 explosion in Tunguska, Siberia? (28-Feb-2003)](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030228.html). I’m curious what makes you think that Tesla caused the Tunguska explosion. I was under the impression that Tesla was living in the United States at that time; what would he have been doing in Siberia? Also, just _how_ (and why) would Tesla have done such a thing? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-answer-to-the-tunguska-explosion/194430/3 "2003-08-11T22:43:31Z")
There is a popular crackpot theory that Tesla was working on some sort of “death ray” at the time. Of course, there is absolutely no evidence to suggest this, and no workable theory as to how technology of Tesla’s era could have caused the disaster. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-answer-to-the-tunguska-explosion/194430/4 "2003-08-11T22:59:02Z")
Previous threads on Tesla and Tunguska, most of which start exactly the way **Clly** started this thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=190439&highlight=Tesla+Tunguska](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=190439&highlight=Tesla+Tunguska) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=174820&highlight=Tesla+Tunguska](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=174820&highlight=Tesla+Tunguska) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=166229&highlight=Tesla+Tunguska](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=166229&highlight=Tesla+Tunguska) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=157850&highlight=Tesla+Tunguska](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=157850&highlight=Tesla+Tunguska) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=62291&highlight=Tesla+Tunguska](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=62291&highlight=Tesla+Tunguska) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=42057&highlight=Tesla+Tunguska](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=42057&highlight=Tesla+Tunguska) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33439&highlight=Tesla+Tunguska](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33439&highlight=Tesla+Tunguska) Welcome you to the SMDB, **Clly** , but you could easily have searched for previous threads yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Clly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Clly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clly)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-answer-to-the-tunguska-explosion/194430/5 "2003-08-12T02:53:13Z")
Hmm I do apologise, it was late, I was lazy and dead tired…thanks for the links, I’ll trundle over there. Cheers ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-answer-to-the-tunguska-explosion/194430/6 "2003-08-12T03:45:03Z")
**freido** , no workable theory, eh? Then how do you explain **this!** [Tesla Wireless and the Tunguska Explosion](http://www.frank.germano.com/tunguska.htm) > [@](#): > > When Tesla used his high power transmitter as a directed energy weapon he drastically altered the normal electrical condition of the earth. By making the electrical charge of the planet vibrate in tune with his transmitter he was able to build up electric fields that effected compasses and caused the upper atmosphere to behave like the gas filled lamps in his laboratory. He had turned the entire globe into a simple electrical component that he could control. Sorry, **Clly** , but this gibberish is about the only way to explain how given the technology of the time Tesla could generate more power than atomic bombs.