<story><title>Wanggongchang Explosion</title><url>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanggongchang_Explosion</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>crazygringo</author><text>While the Wikipedia article says &amp;quot;no academic consensus has been reached&amp;quot; it seems pretty clear from the &amp;quot;possible causes&amp;quot; section that a bolide (meteor exploding in the air above) is the only explanation listed which seems to fit the facts.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m curious, therefore, why the lack of consensus? Is there any evidence &lt;i&gt;inconsistent&lt;/i&gt; with the bolide hypothesis? Or is there just no positive proof whatsoever (e.g. some type of meteor residue or other) so it can never be conclusively demonstrated?</text></comment>
<story><title>Wanggongchang Explosion</title><url>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanggongchang_Explosion</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>MeteorMarc</author><text>The following resources provide some context about the frequency of high energy atmospheric meteorite impacts:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;cneos.jpl.nasa.gov&amp;#x2F;fireballs&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;cneos.jpl.nasa.gov&amp;#x2F;fireballs&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;List_of_meteor_air_bursts&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;List_of_meteor_air_bursts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edited 14:32 MET</text></comment>