Some Historical Misconceptions and Inaccuracies Regarding The 1908 Tunguska Event

Abstract: This paper is a continuation of a series of works, devoted to various aspects of the 1908 Tunguska event. A large number of hypotheses about its causes have been put forward already. However, so far none of them has received convincing evidence. This is probably why new hypotheses appear almost every year, not only in the mass-media, but also in scientific literature. At the same time, any hypothesis should not contradict the known facts about the event. Unfortunately, the authors of new hypotheses, as well as the authors of popular science articles, often use data, many of which turned out to be not entirely accurate, or even incorrect. In this paper some of this data will be considered. Also the history of the Tunguska research is considered in this paper. Some other aspects of the 1908 Tunguska event are considered too.