6kg metallic ball drops from the sky in Namibia

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Someone up there has a beeeeeg BB Gun! :twisted:

Probably space junk...


<dons tinfoil hat> wayne: they're here!!!!

A metallic ball weighing six kilograms fell out of the sky and landed in north-east Namibia, the National Forensic Science Institute (NFCI) said Thursday, adding that it was conducting tests in order to find out what it was.

Paul Ludik from the NFCI was quick to dismiss any notion that it was foreign to the planet, saying the metal alloy was known to man and used in spacecraft.

The ball, which has no markings, has a circumference of 110 centimetres and made a loud exploding sound when it landed in late November in the Omusati region, a relatively populated part of the vast southern African nation.

Ludik said the noise could have been a sonic boom or just the sound of the object hitting the ground.

No space agency has yet claimed the item, which remains in Namibian police custody.

"We are awaiting the final outcome of our analysis before we release more information," Ludik told dpa by telephone.

Similar incidents in the southern hemisphere have been recorded before.
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If it was in Cape Town, it would probably have been scooped up by the bergies and sold for scrap metal before it even hit the ground. :D
 
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ITCynic said:
If it was in Cape Town, it would probably have been scooped up by the bergies and sold for scrap metal before it even hit the ground. :D
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LIEZ!

The hippies would claim it, build a shrine and start a new cultist religion!
 
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MickeyD said:
LIEZ!

The hippes would claim it, build a shrine and start a new cultist religion!
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Most hippies I know have no interest in religion of any kind. Just saying.

More likely the Hipsters.
 
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The gods must be crazy!

Ronald McDonald, let it be known that the time for repenting is almost up.

When they come for us we must make sure we went to pee, as it's gonna be a long trip, and that we are wearing clean underwear.
 
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waynegohl said:
The gods must be crazy!

Ronald McDonald, let it be known that the time for repenting is almost up.

When they come for us we must make sure we went to pee, as it's gonna be a long trip, and that we are wearing clean underwear.
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And don't forget your towel !!! :D
 
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First thing I thought of..
 
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It was a projectile left over from the SADF bush war in the 1980's, fired so high that it orbited for 30 years and only now plummeted to earth. You don't think the army are going to paint a flag on it, or "made by Denel, call 012-2345678" do you?
 
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Luckily it never hit anybody on the head. :wtf:

Would have left a mess
 
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