Another theory came from Dan Mitruț, then-vice president of the Romanian Astronomical Society, who claimed that the explosion came from a small meteorite. He said that a larger meteorite of a couple of tonnes would have left a crater, while a smaller one of a couple of hundred of kilograms would only leave traces in the trees. Similar to the Tunguska event in Russia, there is no evidence of a meteorite impact crater in the area. There was skepticism about this theory from other specialists, who believed that there must have been some traces left in the aftermath of the event.