[ml/nj]

How many more insane asteroid collision articles do we have to put up with? When was the last asteroid collision that might have been mistaken for a nuke?

ML/NJ

[e_engineer]

How many more insane asteroid collision articles do we have to put up with? When was the last asteroid collision that might have been mistaken for a nuke?

Second sentence in the article:

One such asteroid event occurred June 6, when U.S. early warning satellites detected a flash over the Mediterranean that indicated an energy release comparable to the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, U.S. Brig. Gen. Simon Worden told a congressional hearing.