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Dec 22, 2011, 06:22 PM
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Space balls falling to Earth!
A large metallic object resembling a ball has fallen to Earth in Namibia apparently other such objects have been found in other parts of the world.
Are aliens trying to contact us? Or is this some sort of refuse from satellites burning up in the atmosphere?
No one is quick to claim the objects
http://www.news.com.au/technology/sc...-1226228983568
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Dec 22, 2011, 07:38 PM
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My first thought on it was that it looked like sputnik. And it almost fits the description.
Sputnik
History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball (58 cm.or 22.8 inches in diameter), weighed only 83.6 kg. or 183.9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. While the Sputnik launch was a single event, it marked the start of the space age and the U.S.-U.S.S.R space race.
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Dec 22, 2011, 07:41 PM
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It is also possible it may be part of the first space station. Skylab.
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Dec 22, 2011, 09:37 PM
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 Originally Posted by califdadof3
My first thought on it was that it looked like sputnik. And it almost fits the description.
Sputnik
History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball (58 cm.or 22.8 inches in diameter), weighed only 83.6 kg. or 183.9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. While the Sputnik launch was a single event, it marked the start of the space age and the U.S.-U.S.S.R space race.
Yes it's description makes it bigger than that. We have no comment on the weight. Yes I remember going out to see sputnik pass overhead. This ball appears to be some sort of constructed object which is part of something else, it has lugs on each side. Perhaps it's a probe
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Dec 23, 2011, 03:33 AM
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Where did that illudium Q-36 ornament go ?
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Dec 23, 2011, 07:59 PM
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I see someone has nothing better to do than change headings on threads, taking monitoring too far!
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Dec 23, 2011, 09:16 PM
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 Originally Posted by paraclete
I see someone has nothing better to do than change headings on threads, taking monitoring too far!
Who did that?
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Dec 24, 2011, 05:48 AM
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 Originally Posted by califdadof3
Who did that?
Who knows, perhaps that chinese gentleman, but it appears to have become a popular pastime.
I had a thought about the ball it is about the size of a gym exercise ball so perhaps it didn't come from space after all
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Dec 26, 2011, 03:35 AM
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Dec 26, 2011, 03:05 PM
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 Originally Posted by tomder55
Where did that illudium Q-36 ornament go ?
The rabbit took it to save the earth.
Tut
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Dec 26, 2011, 03:38 PM
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Merry Christmas Tut (if I may safely say that )
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Dec 26, 2011, 09:49 PM
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 Originally Posted by tomder55
Merry Christmas Tut (if I may safely say that )
Hi Tom merry Christmas to you, down here we don't have a rash of PC except in Sydney, that centre of all things weird and pecular, so you can say merry Christmas without offending anyone.
Me I don't care if I am offending anyone as you well know but those who think they should get a different greeting I can only say as you like it, one man's poison is another's cup of tea, so you have a good 25th December
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Dec 26, 2011, 09:56 PM
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 Originally Posted by ;
Mystery Solved
Namibia ?space ball? mystery solved
Apparently it's a fuel tank, strange it took so long for someone to say so.
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