A large metal ball that fell from space into the Namibian grasslands last month is not alien, officials say, but that's about all they know for certain about the object.
According to a report on The Namibian website, the 13-pound metal sphere with two bumps on its poles was found by a farmer near Onamatunga in the Omunsati region between November 15 and November 20. Explosions were heard in the area before the discovery, but no evidence of an explosion was seen around the area where the object was found.
Paul Ludik, director of the country's National Forensic Science Institute, told The Namibian the sphere, with a circumference of 3.6 feet, is made of a "sophisticated" metal alloy that is known to man, but he said it has no markings that would identify it. No international space agency has claimed ownership, he said.
“A number of tests have been performed on the object, and it appears to be hollow. We are still busy with a detailed examination of the object,” The Namibian quotes him as saying.
Ludik told The Namibian that the object poses no cause for alarm, and that such reports of metallic spheres falling from space are common in the Southern Hemisphere.
So should we expect a run on helmets at sporting goods stores south of the equator?
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Kinda look like a piece of the Phobos Grunt probe, could it have already fallen? Or is it another space junk?
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It looks like a hydrazine fuel tank. They are used on some satellites for maintaining the satellite's orbital position.
Nah. I'm going with the giant toilet tank float.
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This is pretty heavy. It's movie material if you ask me. I'm thinking "Space Balls". Could we get Mel Brooks to produce?
Jim, and I'm a she.
Doesn't make a difference, you are fun!
I grew up in the RCC; I no longer follow it, but old lessons die hard!
You *are* fun..and some of the reactions were priceless.
You don't mean any malice; there are some who do.
I'm trying to spot you...you're a tricky one!
(That's a bass-akwards compliment)
Thanks, banasy. I still attend Mass sometimes. I like the the sight, sound and smell of a good Mass. Sometimes I wish I could believe. Life would be easier.
I guess it's too much trouble for CNN to get a consult from NASA on what it *probably* is. I bet there's an engineer out there somewhere who can immediately say "yep, that's an oxygen tank" - American, European, or otherwise.
Also, this has been around since November and they're just now reporting on it?
Cr0we found the right answer quite awhile ago. An even larger one landed in Colorado, it was still warm.
Check the link it is complete with pictures in the field.
Identical:
Cr0we
But seriously... It's a pressure tank from a Russian rocket.
http://www.craigdailypress.com/photos/galleries/2011/apr/09/it-fell-sky/
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OMG! It's a thermal detonator!!
Just google Soviet satellite fuel tank
Its full of poooooooo (Joe Dirt)
Actually, it looks a lot like Sputnik.
"Ludik told The Namibian that the object poses no cause for alarm, and that such reports of metallic spheres falling from space are common in the Southern Hemisphere."
How common? once a year, ten times a year? Gimme a break.. it is from some drug running aircraft
To be honest, to any girls out there, it looks like a Lush Bath Bomb...
Nope. It's two b00bs. BOOOOOOBIES!!!!!!!
"Hey! You up there! Stop throwing s h i * down at us!"
May be there is a message in side the metal ball.