A radiant glow lit up the morning sky over Lake Baikal in Russia, as a blazing spherical object broke through the clouds and rapidly descended in northern direction. Some ten minutes later, lakeside Russians and natives alike, witnessed a bright flash on the horizon, followed by a series of tremendous explosions. Over the following days, property damages resulting from tremors were reported many miles around the impact site, while the nightly skies over the Eurasian continent were ablaze due to the momentary disturbance of the atmospheric layers. Expeditions were mounted by the Russians and later, the Soviets, establishing that the forested area around the Middle Tunguska River was either struck by an air burst of meteorites or the remnants of a small comet or asteroid. Still, rumors about