Comparison of the effects of nuclear test airbursts with the flattened pattern of the Tunguska forest seems to confirm this suggestion. (scientificamerican.com)
which provided inspiration for the unorthodox and controversial notion that a large airburst over North America caused an abrupt climate change mass extinction. (ecoshock.org)
Such an object would not impact the ground but would produce a multimegaton airburst in the lower stratosphere, Chapman says. (scientificamerican.com)