Misunderstandings about the Tunguska event, shock wave physics, and airbursts have resulted in misinterpretations of evidence at Tall el-HammamOPEN ACCESS 

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Mark Boslough & Andy Bruno

Scientific Reports
Volume 15, article number 13869
Published: 22 April 2025

arising from: T.E. Bunch et al.; Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97778-3
(2021). LINK 2

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“Bunch et al. make several incorrect statements about the Tunguska event and about airbursts in general. Collectively, these errors have led to assertions of evidence that do not appear to be supported by the data, and to conclusions that are not factually supported. Some of these mistakes come from literature in which the primary sources have been misunderstood, exaggerated, and/or misquoted. In other cases, misinformation was introduced in a chain of citations that included non-peer-reviewed or unscientific sources. A Tunguska sized airburst cannot possibly generate the claimed temperature or wind speed effects on the ground from an air blast over the distances suggested by Bunch et al. and required to support their conclusions.”

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