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Wardenclyffe Tower
It has also been suggested, by Oliver Nichelson, that the Tunguska explosion was the result of an experiment by Nikola Tesla at his Wardenclyffe Tower, performed during one of Robert Peary's North Pole expeditions. It is claimed that Tesla sent a communication to Peary advising him to be on the alert for 'unusual auroral phenomena' encountered as he attempted to reach the North Pole. However, by the time of the Tunguska event most work at Wardenclyffe had already ended and the site was mostly abandoned. In addition, it is by no means apparent how the small energy input at Wardenclyffe could be responsible for such a large energy output elsewhere.
The Nichelson theory is that Peary would encounter a destruction field when he did reach the North Pole so having the Tunguska event take place before Peary departed does not contradict the theory. Though Tesla had lost major research funding by 1908, his Wardenclyffe facility was still operational in 1908. It was not until 1917 that it was torn down. The theory is that the lack of funding may have caused Tesla to use his transmitter in this dramatic fashion in order to continue his power transmission investigations.