[meteorite-list] 1930s Tunguska-Like Event?

From: Walter Branch <branchw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Feb 4 07:41:50 2006
Message-ID: <007601c62988$535d91d0$6101a8c0_at_BranchFamily>

Hello Everyone,

I have made up my mind that I am attending Tucson next year. I am more than
a little jealous, reading all these wonderful reports and seeing the photos.

Relevant to my subject line, I have just settled down with Roy Gallent's
book, "Meteorite Hunter: The Search for Siberian Meteorite Craters." In
the forward, the writer (Nickolai V. Vasiliev) states. "In the 1930s a
similar event [to the Tunguska blast] occurred in the upper flows of the
Amazon River. Again, due to it's remoteness the event is known only to a
small circle of specialists."

I admit I have not read the rest of the book but does anyone know anything
about this supposed event? Is anyone here a member of the circle of
specialists?

-Walter Branch
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Received on Sat 04 Feb 2006 07:41:28 AM PST