From the ever-wonderful Mr Randi:
"Back on June 30th, 1908, it appears that a huge meteorite fell down in an evergreen forest near Tunguska, in central Russia. The site has been an area of active interest for scientists, ever since; they go there trying to decide the nature of the object, and to locate what's left of it - if anything. If it was a chunk of ice - probably a comet - there wouldn't be much to find.
Well, now a new expedition has headed out from Krasnoyarsk to Evenkia, not to see if and what, but with an already-declared conclusion - hardly a scientific approach. Says a news release on the project:
Researchers will seek material evidence denying the main version of the century-old events. . . . "We intend to find proofs that not a meteorite but an extraterrestrial spaceship clashed with the Earth," expedition chief Yuri Labvin, heading the Tunguska Space Phenomenon public foundation, told journalists.
Using metal detectors, 14 members of the expeditions want to examine the taiga near Poligus township and the Stony Tunguska River. The search area is located 500 km to the west of the site where previous expeditions were looking for the meteorite's remains. According to Mr. Labvin, space photographs of this region show the presence of metallic debris, which can be related to a technogenic [???] catastrophe, which occurred here 100 years ago.
Mr. Labvin, scientists don't state their conclusions in advance. I'm confident that your report will find that this was an extraterrestrial space ship, because that's what you're looking for, and if a camper left a can-opener behind, it will surely be on sale via E-bay in the near future, offered as an example of advanced and exotic technology from beyond the stars.
And, I cannot imagine how you were able to conclude from "space photographs" that there is "metallic debris" to be found there. If you find a chunk of iron-nickel on the site, be advised that it might be a part of the object that fell there, rather than a scout ship from Betelgeuse. Or do I stretch your imagination too much?
This expedition will conclude that a spacecraft fell in Tunguska. Count on it."
Oh, what a fuckin' shocker.
Well, now a new expedition has headed out from Krasnoyarsk to Evenkia, not to see if and what, but with an already-declared conclusion - hardly a scientific approach. Says a news release on the project:
Researchers will seek material evidence denying the main version of the century-old events. . . . "We intend to find proofs that not a meteorite but an extraterrestrial spaceship clashed with the Earth," expedition chief Yuri Labvin, heading the Tunguska Space Phenomenon public foundation, told journalists.
Using metal detectors, 14 members of the expeditions want to examine the taiga near Poligus township and the Stony Tunguska River. The search area is located 500 km to the west of the site where previous expeditions were looking for the meteorite's remains. According to Mr. Labvin, space photographs of this region show the presence of metallic debris, which can be related to a technogenic [???] catastrophe, which occurred here 100 years ago.
Mr. Labvin, scientists don't state their conclusions in advance. I'm confident that your report will find that this was an extraterrestrial space ship, because that's what you're looking for, and if a camper left a can-opener behind, it will surely be on sale via E-bay in the near future, offered as an example of advanced and exotic technology from beyond the stars.
And, I cannot imagine how you were able to conclude from "space photographs" that there is "metallic debris" to be found there. If you find a chunk of iron-nickel on the site, be advised that it might be a part of the object that fell there, rather than a scout ship from Betelgeuse. Or do I stretch your imagination too much?
This expedition will conclude that a spacecraft fell in Tunguska. Count on it."
Oh, what a fuckin' shocker.