Panicked villagers in a remote area of Northern Brazil took video of a "space ball" UFO which crashed into a grove of cashew trees on Wednesday. Luckily, no one was hurt.
The Brazilian military immediately took possession of the spherical, unidentified flying object, admitting publicly they have no idea what it is, nor the facilities to examine it properly. So what is it?
Whatever the UFO is, the villagers of Riacho dos Poços became suspicious of the space ball, even invoking Doomsday 2012 fears of death from the sky. As it turns out, such fears are well founded, even if this bit of weird news is not the result of some alien invasion.
It's pretty obvious that the object is man-made, intended to endure the rigors of space flight and re-entry into Earth's atmosphere. Its spherical shape appears to have helped the cylinder to land nearly intact, rather than being consumed in a fireball as it entered the atmosphere.
Space junk is becoming a widespread and more dangerous phenomenon as the proliferation of satellites orbiting the planet increases. Currently there are plans by some countries in the European Space Agency to meet a new need by launching spacecraft which will actually try to clean up some of the garbage floating hundreds of miles up.
It's just a matter of time until one of these objects kills a human being or causes some real serious damage.
Here's the video:
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by Rachel Dillin
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January 28, 2010
Hollow 'Space Ball' Falls from Sky in Namibia
December 22, 2011 04:35 PM EST
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A strange, metallic space ball fell out of the sky in Namibia, and authorities are not sure what it is or where it came from. Both NASA and the European space agency were contacted to figure out what the unusual sphere is.
The hollow space ball is 43 inches around and 14 inches across and weighed 13 pounds. It was discovered in a village that is 480 miles from the Namibian capital of Windhoek. It may have been the result of small explosions heard in the village a few days before the hollow ball was found.
While the unusual ball did not appear to be a danger to the village, it is still unclear where it came from. Apparently several such things have fallen from the sky in Africa, Australia, and Latin America over the past two decades. How bizarre.
What do you think this space ball is? Why would it randomly fall from the sky in rural areas? Maybe it fell from an airplane or something like that. If that was the case, though, you would think authorities could solve the case.
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this object matches the object found in the article above. it also seems to be in better condition than the one listed above..it still has the 2 side mounts that were melted off on the one listed above..very shiny..the tapping sounds in this video definitely shows that it is hollowlike(it could still have something inside) and i surmise that it is made of titanium..aluminum has a different metallic sound when struck. the orb shape would help it survive the re-entry IF it was in orbit for some reason..the mount looks like the object is supposed to spin on an axis..a missing ball-bearing from GOD's skateboard? heh..no clue as to what it is..but i hope this minor observational breakdown will provide a clue.