The Taurid meteor shower, peaking from November 1–3, originates near the Pleiades, creating a striking visual alignment.
The Taurids are also called “Halloween fireballs” due to their timing.
The Taurid meteor showers, remnants of the comet, still reminds of those days.
The Taurid meteor stream, linked to Comet Encke, is known for bright fireballs and has been linked to past impacts.
Some researchers think the tablet's object could belong to the Taurid complex.
The date of 29 June does not match the modern Taurid shower, though.
No direct evidence ties the tablet's event to the Taurids.
See also Could the Taurid Meteor Shower Have Caused the Great Flood?
The Taurid meteor shower, peaking from November 1–3, originates near the Pleiades, creating a striking visual alignment.
The Taurids are also called “Halloween fireballs” due to their timing.
Astronomer Fred Whipple’s 1948 study confirmed that Taurid meteors follow elliptical orbits, converging on Comet Encke, indicating they are fragments of a single object.
Historical records show the Taurids were far more intense 1,000 years ago, with Soviet astronomers noting 42 fireballs in the 11th century, outshining other showers.
The 1908 Tunguska event, a massive explosion in Siberia caused by a 150-foot meteor, is likely linked to the Taurid stream.
Occurring on June 30, when Earth crosses the Taurids’ summer branch, the object appeared to come from the Sun’s direction, consistent with the stream’s orbit.
A Sumerian clay tablet from 3123 BC, deciphered by British scientists, records a mile-wide asteroid impact on June 29, possibly linked to the Taurids.
Mexican codices depict Tzitzimime, falling stars (Taurid meteors) with a rattlesnake glyph for the Pleiades, associated with the end of the world.
This echoes a Halloween tradition: “If you put your clothes on inside out and walk backwards on Halloween night, you will see a witch flying in the sky at midnight.” This likely refers to the Pleiades and Taurid meteors visible at midnight on Halloween.
Its roots lie in a universal Festival of the Dead, tied to the Pleiades and Taurid meteor shower, which ancient cultures associated with catastrophic floods, fires, and celestial omens.
Taurus, hosting the equinox then, blazed with Aldebaran and Pleiades—meteors from this region (Taurids today) could streak twice yearly, as Bashar suggests, for a decade (~10,000–9,990 BCE), signaling doom.
The “sky moved”—a decade of Taurid meteors—could’ve spurred this desperate act, hastening Atlantis’s end within 10,000–9,564 BCE.
Neighbor page: Taurid Meteor Stream.
I put the Sweatman-style Younger Dryas / Taurid parallel next to Taurid Meteor Stream.
I put it next to Constellation Cygnus, Taurid Meteor Stream, Altai Flood, Aessir Anunnaki, and Easter Island and Göbekli Tepe.
Taurid Meteor Stream: Younger Dryas / Taurid / Göbekli-region catastrophe neighbor (Sweatman-style parallel lane).
If the Taurid meteor stream caused the flood, then ancient astronomers might have tracked it for generations before the impact.
I look at that idea in more detail on Could the Taurid meteor shower have caused the great flood?
That event is linked to a Taurid meteor fragment striking Earth.
Understanding the Taurid meteor stream and the risk of impacts.
Early cultures could have tracked celestial events like Taurid meteor impacts, but this knowledge was lost.
Modern ideas that link the flood to an impact from the Taurid meteor stream or to the collapse of ice sheets are speculation that these texts do not support.
The Taurid meteor stream is a well-documented meteor shower linked to Comet Encke.
Both the Talmud and Genesis describe a flood tied to the heavens, which raises the question of whether a Taurid impact event could have played a role.
Earth meets the Taurid stream twice a year.
The night-time Northern and Southern Taurids peak in October and November.
In June and July Earth crosses the stream again, but these showers (the Beta Taurids and Zeta Perseids) come from the daytime side and cannot be seen in the usual way.
The Southern Taurids come from Comet Encke, and the Northern Taurids from the asteroid 2004 TG10, possibly a large fragment of Encke.
Some researchers suggest that Earth passes through denser streams of Taurid debris every few thousand years, leading to higher impact probabilities.
Some supporters link the event to the Taurid stream.
Possible cometary explosions in the atmosphere (similar to Tunguska, June 30, 1908, which the astronomers Duncan Steel and Bill Napier have linked to the Beta Taurids)
Some hypothesized impact sites linked to the Taurid stream include:
If a Taurid fragment impacted an ocean, it would displace vast amounts of water, sending megatsunamis across continents.
If the Taurid meteor stream was denser 12,000 years ago, Earth may have faced increased impact risk.
Supporters of the idea see the Taurid meteor stream as a candidate for a flood-triggering celestial event, for these reasons:
Taurid impacts may have triggered earthquakes, tsunamis, and glacial floods.
If these fragments were part of the Taurid meteor stream, they would be traveling at an average velocity of 27–30 km/s relative to Earth.
If these fragments were slowly breaking off from a larger Taurid progenitor, they might have been visible as a faint cometary debris cloud for hundreds to thousands of years.
The Taurid Meteor Impact, linked to the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis, is believed to have occurred around 10,800 BCE.
Silva links global myths about the Great Flood and Younger Dryas impact to scientific events, such as the Taurid meteor shower and solar cycles, which may have caused massive climate shifts.
Taurid Meteor Shower - Great Flood
See: Bashar - Taurid Meteor Shower
The Taurid meteor stream, associated with comet Encke, is believed to be the source of the impact.
This phenomenon is termed "coherent catastrophism." During the Younger Dryas, the Taurids may have appeared less dispersed, emanating from different constellations than today.
Taurid Meteor Stream ActivityCurrent Characteristics: Largest meteor stream affecting Earth, although not currently the most intense due to its age and dispersion.
The Taurid meteor showers, remnants of the comet, still remind you of those days.
The Taurid meteors seem to come from near the Pleiades in Taurus.