Self-styled research scientist Michael Horn argued that sci-fi disaster films have helped create the narrative that a city-destroying asteroid is only an issue for the city in question. Mr Horn, who says Billy Meier, the Ufooglist he represents has spoken to aliens, explained that there would be many more ramifications beyond the initial impact. A massive impact from an asteroid could result in Earthquakes, tsunamis and drastic changes in the climate that would have its own knock-on effects.
Mr Horn said: “I can’t think of a best-case scenario for a city-destroying asteroid.
“There is no good news connected to that.
“An asteroid big enough to destroy London doesn’t just destroy London.
“We are speaking about an event where a space rock has the capability of impact.
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“You have utter destruction.
“We have a little bit numbed by all of the movies where the hero saves any given story from an asteroid or fails to.
“Things that are out of the realm of reality only exist in historical reference.
“These things are not preparing us for what could happen.
Because of the destructive power of an asteroid impact space agency NASA has begun preparations for missions on how to best deal with asteroids heading towards earth.
Asteroid researches and spacecraft engineers from the US, Europe and around the world gathered in Rome earlier this year in September to discuss the latest progress in their common goal.
It will be an ambitious double spacecraft mission, entitled HERA, to deflect an asteroid in space, to prove the technique is a viable method of planetary defence.
The mission would be conducted using the might of NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and other asteroid specialists.
