2-486: 34°N 21°E / 34°N 21°E / 34; 21 The 2002 Eastern Mediterranean Event was a high-energy upper atmosphere explosion over the Mediterranean Sea , around 34°N 21°E (between Libya and Crete ) on June 6, 2002. This explosion, similar in power to a small atomic bomb , has been related to a small asteroid undetected while approaching Earth . The object disintegrated as
4-417: A meteor air burst over the sea, and no meteorite fragments were recovered. The event occurred during the 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff , and there were concerns by General Simon Worden of the U.S. Air Force that if the upper atmosphere explosion had occurred closer to Pakistan or India , it could have sparked a nuclear war between the two countries. Upper atmosphere Upper atmosphere
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