  All astrophysical explanations of the knee in cosmic ray spectrum accept the
hypothesis of its existence {\it a priori} without any doubt. But, there exist
experimental evidences against this hypothesis. Experimental data on the knee
in various secondary cosmic ray components obtained by KASCADE array as well as
by many other arrays reveal the existence of the knee
($\Delta\gamma\approx0.4\div0.5$) in electromagnetic component (e and $\gamma$
including Cherenkov light) and the absence of it or a very small knee
($\Delta\gamma\approx0.1\div0.2$) in muonic and hadronic components. But, one
could expect the inverse relationship in case of the astrophysical knee origin.
A brief review of experimental data concerning this problem is given.
