We may finally know what happened at Tunguska... The explosion that came from nowhere 7 July 2016 - Over 100 years after the most powerful explosion in documented history, researchers are still trying to figure out exactly what happened
One reason for some of the more extreme explanations, was that higher than normal levels of radiation were detected. But it turns out that can be a byproduct of a highly energetic event like this. I don't remember the mechanism but radioactive byproducts can be produced from a non-nuclear explosion. That led to suggestions ranging from a crashed UFO, to an alien nuclear weapon run amok.