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Scientists now believe this was due to a meteor airburst.
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
But previous experience from WWII shows just how effective this type of airburst weapon is.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
Tall el-Hammam may have been destroyed by a massive cosmic airburst and may have been the biblical Sodom.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Jan. 2022
However, some astronomers wonder if these accounts describe a Tunguska-style airburst that leveled a city.
—Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2020
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
But previous experience from WWII shows just how effective this type of airburst weapon is.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
Tall el-Hammam may have been destroyed by a massive cosmic airburst and may have been the biblical Sodom.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Jan. 2022
However, some astronomers wonder if these accounts describe a Tunguska-style airburst that leveled a city.
—Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2020
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“Airburst.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airburst. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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