Let the conspiracy theories begin!Submitted by NCforPaul on Fri, 02/15/2013 - 13:41
As soon as I saw video this morning of the meteor strike in Russia this morning, I KNEW that there would be crazy, half-baked, inane theories that it was OMIGOSH A WEAPONS TEST or something like that.
I was right, sadly. Seriously, people, it's a rock. From space. Believe it or not, there are a lot of rocks in space. Sometimes, this thing called "gravity" pulls them towards Earth. Every now and then, one of those rocks doesn't burn up totally, and instead explodes in low atmosphere, or hits the ground.
IT'S A FREAKING ROCK. I saw the footage, a missile does not look like that. The aftermath of a missile strike is very obviously the aftermath of a missile strike. The aftermath of this is the aftermath of a falling rock exploding in low atmosphere. At that speed, it WILL shatter glass.
Please, stop making the DP look like it's full of idiots and crackpots - let me re-state my position. There are conspiracies. This is not one.
Edited to add:
Apparently, some people believe that I am upset that questions are being asked. No, I'm fine with that. What irritates me is seeing people taking an event like this and asserting that it was not what it appears to be while failing to explain why. In short - I am irritated by the massive jump to a conclusion. If this *looked* like a missile, or if it appeared targeted, then I would be suspicious. As it stands, nobody has yet provided any evidence that this was anything other than the obvious. That's what I'm criticizing.