Dyatlov Pass Forum
Theories Discussion => Meteor => Topic started by: GlennM on March 17, 2026, 08:56:15 AM
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Tue March 17, 2026 near Cleveland Ohio in the USA. Sightings of a meteor were reported to the American Meteorological Society from more than a half a dozen states.
Another person wrote on X, "Heard it on the east side of Cleveland. Sounded like a bomb or dynamite going off. My house shook." They claim there are meteorite fragments which hit the ground. The meteor was estimated at 7 tons before burning up and detonating a shock wave.
https://weather.com/science/space/news/2026-03-17-cleveland-boom-meteor-national-weather-service
In Strongsville, Kerry Woloszynek said the boom shook her entire house.
“It was just like a boom,” she said. “It was just all at once and shook the house.”
Kerry said the force knocked items from shelves inside her home.
“They (the shelves -GM) like started leaning forward and all of this stuff just started leaning off of them,” she said. “Like I’m picking up glass. Like what was that?” (that's a lot of likes -GM)
She said her first thought was that something had struck her house.
“You go from did something fall on my house to was there a home explosion,” she said.
GlennM says:
I know the Cleveland daytime sighting and boom were witnessed over a wide geographical area. Apparently there were no reports of injuries to people. I note that there was no time to run away from it. It would be hard to choose a direction anyway. It was over in an instant. Falling at 46,000 MPH, the stony metallic object slowed by the atmosphere, burned, detonated and shook both earth and sky.
Regarding the DPI, if a similar meteor strike were confirmed, it could certainly qualify as the compelling (and known) force. I imagine a sonic boom causing a localized snow slide. This single event then triggered everything else. Any blast near 1079 did not leave evidence of itself. Or did it?
The condition of the tent site with the cut canvas, covered in snow with broken rigging and the inside contents appearing normal are points to something immediate, profound and urgent. That evidence was altered with every passing moment after escape and abandonment. Additionally, a mile away, the condition of trees in the forest were mentioned on DyatlovPass.com. What confuses me is this, "Are the observations about trees referring to broken branches at arm's length or treetop branches?" It's the difference between firewood, the ravine mat, and branches snapped off from a high altitude pressure wave. Perhaps the most likely explanation is somebody investigating the situatiin had an overactive imagination enamoured with LGM stopping by for a visit.
In the extreme there is a Tunguska-like blast. Nothing even remotely similar was reported. So, dialing down the destructive force, a lesser pressure wave would conceivably result in the trees bending then springing back into shape. There is a commonly shown snippet of movie film showing young firs in winter bending in a nuclear blast, again, like Tunguska, an extreme example. I have no reason to believe any person involved in the rescue/recovery had expertise with meteor strikes, but for military personnel involved with bombs and rockets, no doubt! Surely every one of those people would know if something was unusual in the search area. The military and civilian rescuers poked the slope between tent and cedar like Swiss cheese with long probes. If the unknown compelling force was in fact a meteor, it did not have to necessarily be close, but it would necessarily have to affect the hikers. I believe that the DPI mystery endures because wind, snow, sound, light...and meteors...are all transient. I also believe that if it was a meteor, then enthusiasts might look further afield than the standard slope, cedar, ravine, labaz quartet.
From DyatlovPass.com
According to Nikolay Vasilyevich Tokarev – a civilian serving in military unit 6602, Ivdel’s champion in skiing and participant in the Potapov’s search group – he tried to draw Kikoin’s attention to broken fir-trees along the forest edge, but Kikoin took no notice. Later, in May, the final four bodies would be discovered precisely in the creek, in the vicinity of that site.
Further speculation:
Suppose a falling meteor lights up the sky, detonates and shakes the icy frozen ground covered in snow. The tent, previously pitched in an L cut against a shallow snow bank, collapses in the slide. Those hikers inside are caught by surprise.No time and nowhere to run! Given their garments, I think they were getting ready to settle in for the night. Caught in the dark under a flattened canvas, they fear suffocation. Perhaps some are hurt then and there. They must knife themselves free from the smothering canvas buried under a pile of snow. Once free, there is cautious uncertainty. It's not about another meteor, but instead about the snow pack above them on 1079. It makes no sense to dig for skis! They are buried along with everything else. There is also no need for ski boots. There is a reason to grab ski poles. It is hard for me to imagine them knowingly go away from their camp and not taking ski poles for stability. The same relates to inadequate footwear. If the worry is the snow pack above them, then there is no time to delay. The leave a trail where they walked downhill from the tent. Their raised prints owing to compressible snow and a scouring wind. No footprints are ever found going back in the other direction. There is an idea from the forum that by using two wrist watches, an estimation of the distance the hikers cover could be made as a function of time.That makes sense. When they supposedly were to return, there is no guarantee that the tent would be visible, but they could get a sense of distance. This supposes they would not backtrack over their descending footsteps.
They choose to leave for safety, assess everything from a distance and to come up with a plan. If there was a snowy fog present, a flashlight wouldn't help on the way down. They also didn't cut the tent for nine shoulder shawls. That would take time, effort and certainly eliminate any possible future repairs. Additionally, cutting up the tent would also lay open the hikers gear to be scattered by a katabatic wind should one develop or was already present. Time was of the essence. Uncertainty, safety and persistant cold add urgency. Movment generates body heat. Things are not so frightening in the light of day. They left at night following the slope. That they found a cedar with firewood is probably just luck!
The forest was likely further than thought and surely farther than desired, but in such circumstances, there was no other reasonable alternative. Once committed, there is no plan B and no turning back. Turning back does not change the reason for leaving. Of the other temporary shelters, Boot Rock has no wood, little shelter and is also under the peak of 1079. The labaz was far too far away. If some hikers are injured, they are only getting worse during their descent. Better to have the weather at your back, not your cheek or face.I think all DP9 injuries did not happen at once, nor all in one place. All are going to be affected one way or another. For example, just getting to the cedar means there are tripping, slipping and even stepping in running water to contend with. I can't say how each got their injuries. There are many reasonable explanations. I do feel numbness accounts for the development of many if not all injuries. Eventually, all succumb to the weather and their injuries.
THE CLEVELAND METEOR 2026 accelerated by gravity, no smoky trail
(https://i.ibb.co/G3RdxkLw/Screenshot-20260320-075028-Chrome-2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/prd10Z8D)
I DISCOUNT THIS IMAGE BELOW AS BEING A METEOR AND TRAIL this is arguably a throwaway exposure from Krivanoshenko's camera. I think it was shot so he (or the lab technician) knew he was at the end of the film roll. It is SQUARE, out of focus, unstable and indistinct. Much has been made of it. Nothing has come from it.
(https://i.ibb.co/kVZkY9s1/Krivonischenko-camera-film1-34.jpg) (https://ibb.co/GfmBgt4T)
A MODERN MANMADE ENGINE OF DESTRUCTION chemically propelled and a smoke/vapor trail.
(https://i.ibb.co/KzmW6DpL/4474-2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/sJtqjCd6)
I think a researcher to Dyatlov Pass would do well to equip with a walking pole with a magnetic tip. Meteoric iron is magnetic.
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About confusing a meteor with a rocket. I think if someone had never seen a missile launch in 1959, they would certainly be impressed. Depending on the distance from the launch and the size of the rocket, you could observe a ever growing white glow close to the horizon. Even if the rocket is going in the other direction, you may percieve it as coming closer since bigger is equated to nearer. Also, since there is a ground reference point, the shine from the combustion will appear larger. ( same thing as the moon appearing bigger when it rises close to earth. It is the same size as when it is high in the sky) if the rocket is single stage, then it makes one vapor trail. Multi stage rockets have interrupted vapor trails. Compared to the vapor trail, a distant rocket itself is at best seen as a silvery pin head sized sliver. The vapor trail is what you notice. Wind will smear and disperse it soon enough. An exploded rocket has a blossom of smoke, the actual rocket fragments lost within. Meteors are wholly different.
There are a couple of problems with the missile idea as it applies to the DPI. The greatest production of sight and sound happens at launch. A launch, in our case, is also going the wrong direction which is up, relative to coming down and starting the DPI. I think it safe to say that missiles and rockets are programmed for three things. First, if the rocket is to put a sattelite in orbit, it's trajectory is calculated. Second, if the rocket is doing downrange testing, it's arc is different. Third, if the rocket is targeted at the enemy, yet a different trajectory. It is clear that of the three, a rocket pushing a sattelite is the only trajectory that could even remotely be associated with the DPI. That is wholly based on the flight path across the Urals. I believe if a sattelte launch failed to achieve orbit, the military would close the area immediately to retrieve State property. Was the area closed off? I think it actually was not. This thread however is about the probability of a meteor precipitating the DPI. I feel that if a sattelite carrying rocket impacted the area in the vicinity of the camp on 1079, it would have to be close. A meteor could produce a snowy earth shaking boom from a considerable distance.
(https://i.ibb.co/TDZyz0qw/image-373780-1775109356-458696627.jpg) (https://ibb.co/1Y3cHXJ0)
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If you visit the site of the DPI and also prospect for evidence of a meteor, a magnet on the end of your hiking stick will detect two things. Sometimes you will get a small magnetic meteorite. Most of the times, they are meteor-wrongs.
(https://i.ibb.co/zWSc2Bqp/rite-wrong-1024x456-2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/7xGcpZsP)
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