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The '''Tunguska event''', or Tunguska blast or Tunguska explosion, was an enormously powerful explosion that occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in what is now Krasnoyarsk Krai, [[Russia]], at about 7:14 a.m. KRAT (0:14 UT) on [[June 30]] [O.S. June 17], [[1908]]. | [[File:Tunguska rising storm.jpg|thumb|upright=2.1]] | ||
The '''Tunguska event''', or Tunguska blast or Tunguska explosion, was an enormously powerful explosion that occurred near the [[Tunguska|Podkamennaya Tunguska River]] in what is now Krasnoyarsk Krai, [[Russia]], at about 7:14 a.m. KRAT (0:14 UT) on [[June 30]] [O.S. June 17], [[1908]]. | |||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
=== | ===''The Real Effing Deal'' website=== | ||
In a post posted on [[May 29]], [[2009]] titled "''AN ALIEN SPACECRAFT SAVED EARTH?''", [[Sharsky|Sharkatron3000]] theorized, holding the control panel carved with strange symbols found in the middle of the crash site as possible proof, that the Tunguska event may have involved an alien spacecraft or something of sorts in [[Earth]] orbit checking in on the progress of humanity and, seeing that a meteor was about to slam to Earth, deciding to sacrifice itself to save all life on the planet. He further speculated that if it survived the ordeal, it possibly may have hid itself or that it may have been taken in by the [[United States of America|USA]] to [[Area 51]] or by the [[Soviet Union]] to [[Kapustin Yar]]. | |||
Neverthess, it filled him with some shred of hope that some aliens may be on their side. {{storylink|The Real Effing Deal}} | |||
== | ===IDW movie comics=== | ||
< | Shockwave heard the scream of the [[AllSpark]] when it was found by [[Sector Seven]]. Leaving [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] in charge of the Decepticons on Cybertron, Shockwave set out in an impossibly fast ship, swearing not to return without the AllSpark. He crashed in Tunguska, [[Siberia]] in [[1908]]. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} | ||
==Notes== | |||
*According by [[John Barber]], the Tunguska event plot came from Shockwave's production bio,<ref>{{citesocial|quote=It was from a movie-related bio. I didn't come up with it.|link=https://twitter.com/TheJohnBarber/status/124557315985784833|name=John Barber|site=Twitter|year=2011|month=10|day=13|(defunct=)}}</ref> but it is unknown if this plotline was ever intended to be used in the movie itself. | |||
==References== | |||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
[http:// | *{{w|Tunguska event}} at Wikipedia | ||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20090531115802/http://www.therealeffingdeal.com/blog/an-alien-spacecraft-saved-earth/ EXCLUSIVE ALIEN SPACECRAFT SAVED EARTH?] post on the Real Effing Deal (archive copy). | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:53, 31 May 2023
The Tunguska event, or Tunguska blast or Tunguska explosion, was an enormously powerful explosion that occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in what is now Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, at about 7:14 a.m. KRAT (0:14 UT) on June 30 [O.S. June 17], 1908.
Fiction
[edit]The Real Effing Deal website
[edit]In a post posted on May 29, 2009 titled "AN ALIEN SPACECRAFT SAVED EARTH?", Sharkatron3000 theorized, holding the control panel carved with strange symbols found in the middle of the crash site as possible proof, that the Tunguska event may have involved an alien spacecraft or something of sorts in Earth orbit checking in on the progress of humanity and, seeing that a meteor was about to slam to Earth, deciding to sacrifice itself to save all life on the planet. He further speculated that if it survived the ordeal, it possibly may have hid itself or that it may have been taken in by the USA to Area 51 or by the Soviet Union to Kapustin Yar.
Neverthess, it filled him with some shred of hope that some aliens may be on their side. The Real Effing Deal
IDW movie comics
[edit]Shockwave heard the scream of the AllSpark when it was found by Sector Seven. Leaving Dreadwing in charge of the Decepticons on Cybertron, Shockwave set out in an impossibly fast ship, swearing not to return without the AllSpark. He crashed in Tunguska, Siberia in 1908. Rising Storm #2
Notes
[edit]- According by John Barber, the Tunguska event plot came from Shockwave's production bio,[1] but it is unknown if this plotline was ever intended to be used in the movie itself.
References
[edit]- ↑ "It was from a movie-related bio. I didn't come up with it."—John Barber, Twitter, 2011/10/13
External links
[edit]- Tunguska event at Wikipedia
- EXCLUSIVE ALIEN SPACECRAFT SAVED EARTH? post on the Real Effing Deal (archive copy).
