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2021-09-21 Olde Tyme Religion

Researchers find 3,600-year-old evidence that ancient city of Tall el-Hammam was destroyed by 'cosmic airburst,' which may have inspired Bible story of destruction of Sodom

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-09-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 old news.

Posted by Mercutio 2021-09-21 08:46|| 2021-09-21 08:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Maybe target acquisition settings were saved from back when it used to be a testing range for Angels. So some overzealous, Custer type jumped the gun on some coneheads in the chalcolithic, so what?

Posted by Dron66046 2021-09-21 11:05|| 2021-09-21 11:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Heh, Mercutio!

Others suggested the space-object may instead have been a comet, made up of ice rather than rock, meaning it would have evaporated as it entered Earth's atmosphere.

If by 'evaporated', you mean "vaporized explosively in a faction of a second due to its extreme velocity as it enters the atmosphere, then yes, it evaporated.

Posted by SteveS 2021-09-21 11:14|| 2021-09-21 11:14|| Front Page Top

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