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Aliens saved Tunguska!

Explore the wild claim of a Russian scientist: an alien spaceship crashed an asteroid to save Earth in 1908. Intrigued? Read on!

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Thank heavens aliens and their flying saucers are so thoughtful! As reported by Fox news — yeah, imagine that — a Russian scientist claims that an alien spaceship crashed into an incoming asteroid in 1908 to save the Earth.

Kinda brings a tear to your big, black, pupilless almond-shaped eye, doesn’t it?

In 1908, a smallish (30-50 meter wide) asteroid had Earth dead in its crosshairs. According to mainstream scientists, who we know make things up all the time, it was atmospheric pressure that caused the rock to explode several kilometers off the surface of the Earth, creating a huge fireball and shock wave that set fire to and knocked down trees for hundreds of square kilometers in a remote swampy region of Siberia.

"Atmospheric pressure". Ha! Stoopid scientists. What obviously reallyhappened was that a brave alien saw what was happening and swung his/her/its spaceship into the way of the ...

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