Among the scholars who espouse this hypothesis, there is Gian Mario Gentini, coordinator of the Civil Protection of Western Elba: «According to our data, 90% of it is a meteorite that would have disintegrated upon colliding with the surface layer that covers the Earth, causing a movement of air. In practice an explosion, which on the one hand meant the noise and on the other the tremors felt on the windows.”
The 10% not included in this hypothesis is given by the cases recorded over the years. «There are various phenomena that produce that noise, as we have seen over time – underlined Gentini – From an explosion in a quarry to airplanes, to the leak of methane gas. This, however, is unique in its kind, as it was 10 times higher than what has been recorded so far, taking into account that it was south of Monte Cristo. So quite distant.”
The belief of the Civil Protection representative is not the same as Luigi Folco, professor at the University of Pisa: «From what I have read, I don’t think there is any certain data to say what caused the roar. In my opinion it cannot be ruled out that it could derive from a supersonic jet.” The Air Force denied it that it was an aircraft.
The latest official report from the Tuscan Geographical Institute and the University of Florence states: «Among the various possible interpretations, subject to study and verification in the coming days, that of a fireball entered the atmosphere seems the most plausible and consistent with the registered data”. An interpretation that does not close the circle.
