Friday, December 23, 2011

Life Imitates "The Gods Must Be Crazy"

Mysterious metal ball from space falls in Namibia
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.

Here's the object in question:

(image from article)

Really, I got nothing else here; just thought it was pretty darn weird...

That is all.

8 comments:

LMB said...

What I've heard is is that's tankage from a booster that survived reentry.

Irish said...

I saw that earlier and was surprised to see it happened before. Back in 2000 it was parts from a US rocket.

I have a post going up at 1:00 with the YAhoo story.. the comments are HILARIOUS!!

PISSED

Farmee said...

"They call it Sputnik!"

Dave H said...

Wasn't there a cheesy SF/porn movie where those things dropped out of the sky, then in the dark of night they unfolded Transformer-like into alien killer she-bots intent on destroying the men of Earth?

Or did I just imagine that?

Alan said...

Everyone knows that's an Imperial Probe Droid.

Texas Sean said...

That's obviously a single bead from the plumber's chain on God's washroom sink drain stopper. Sheesh!

BobG said...

It's a Borg egg.

Ritchie said...

Celestial toilet tank float. This could be the key to a lot of explanations.