6kg metallic ball drops from the sky in Namibia

[satanboy]

I want my ball back!

 

[Gielie Geelmielie]

Ironman did it with an ostrich.

 

[VioAdmin]

IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD!!!!

 

[w1z4rd]

I wonder what these things are: http://www.news.com.au/top-stories/...ack-space-oddity/story-e6frfkp9-1111115902754

Seems balls for outta space often: http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/ne...804/Government-report-on-space-balls-released (this link has video, and the ball looks like the one in Namibia.)

Space to space weapons or kinetic weapon or weights/ballast for something up there? I see one forum rumour is it might be some kinda fuel source.

I think this is the one from Namibia

Apparently there was an impact in "Latin America" as well, but my Google skills could not find an authoritative source for this. Anyone know about the "Latin" American one?

 

[satanboy]

 

[zahpat]

Ironman did it with an ostrich.

LMAO super

 

[Lounger]

I would have taken it home and kept it, maybe saw it open.

Not if it glows in the dark!

 

[ShaunSA]

It is...

The Golden Snitch of the Geek Gods!

 

[w1z4rd]

Ok .... looks like something like this:

The report concluded the balls were part of the Russian rocket Kosmos 482 which failed when launching a Venus probe. The balls, which had Russian markings, were used to pressurise fuel tanks or as stabilisation jets, the report states.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/ne...804/Government-report-on-space-balls-released

Probably one of the failed Russian launches. They been having a lot of those lately.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

One of the presents given to us by nature to mark the passing of the Dear Leader....

 

[Gielie Geelmielie]

6kg metallic ball? Wow! Who ripped out one of Chuck Norris' nuts? A Green Lantern?

 

[w1z4rd]

If I was the finder of one of those balls I would so list them on ebay.

 

[koeksGHT]

Its hailing! Haha and in a alternate reality..

 

[waynegohl]

You know who to sue should a russian made ball come crashing through your roof.

 

[mercurial]

Spherical Object Drops from the Sky in Namibia

A photo provided by the National Forensic Science Institute shows a giant metallic ball, 1.1 metre in diameter and weighing some 6 kilograms (13 pounds), that fell out of the sky on a remote grassland in Namibia. Credit: AFP

Officials from Namibia have been examining a hollow ball that fell from the sky back in November 2011. So far, they haven’t had much luck identifying it, so have called in NASA and ESA, hoping the space agencies can provide some answers. The spherical object has a circumference of 1.1 meters (43 inches) and was found in a remote area in the northern part of the country, about 750 kilometers (480 miles) from the capital Windhoek, according to police forensics director Paul Ludik, quoted in an article by AFP.

Ludik described it as made of a “metal alloy known to man” (so cross alien spacecraft part off the list), weighing six kilograms (13 pounds).

This isn’t the first time balls from space have dropped in on unsuspecting countries.

Back in 2008 spherical objects fell to Brazil and Australia, and there have been previous reports of similar objects, as well.

After some post-crash forensics, the two objects in 2008 were identified the as a Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel (or COPV), which were carried on the space shuttles, and are a high pressure container for inert gases. COPVs have been used for a variety of space missions.

They are built with a carbon fiber or Kevlar overcoat to provide reinforcement against the vast pressure gradient between the inside and outside of the container, and so can survive re-entry through Earth’s atmosphere.

The one in Namibia was found 18 meters from its landing spot – it created a mini-crater 33 centimeters deep and 3.8 meters wide.

Other suggestions of what the object could be is a piece from a space gyroscope, a satellite part, a tank from one of the Apollo missions, or a part of a Russian spacecraft, (which have been known to crash to the ground, as well)

Source

 

[Srack0verflow]

Russia can be happy it didn't land in Australia, customs would fine them for not declaring

 

[Elimentals]

They all got it wrong, its Plane eggs

If you sit on it long enough a Cessna will hatch.

 

[porn$tar]

Somebody's taken Angry Birds to a whole new level...

 

[Nicodeamus]

The Gods must be crazy.

 

[HavocXphere]

Its a big world...you need big ball bearings to keep it spinning.