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The recent story of a mysterious "space ball" found in Namibia, Africa last November, mà left mà country's National Forensic Science Institute baffled, has now Been Identified as a type of space debris.
The 'Space Balls' - A Case of Mistaken Identity
Posted by: Antonio Huneeus December 27, 2011 0 The "space ball" Recently print found Namibia, now in the Possession of mà country's National Forensic Science Institute. (Credit: AFP Photo) The recent story of a mysterious "space ball" found in Namibia, Africa last November, mà baffled for a while mà country's National Forensic Science Institute, has now Been Identified as a type of space debris known as a Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel (COPV), theo a story posted by Discovery News. The metallic ball Discovered in a Namibian grassland is 1.1 meter diameter and weighs 13 pounds print. One of the space spheres on display at the UFO Museum in Victoria Vision, Argentina; photo of George Adamski in the background. (Credit: Open Minds Production) I am, printed fact, quite familiar with since I published những objects a short article about added as a feature story to my sidebar, "3 International UFO Crashes" Open Minds magazine printing Issue 8 (June / July 2011). The gist of mà article Dealt with three mysterious incidents involving possible The Shag Harbour UFO crashes print, Canada (1967), Tarija (1978) and Dalnegorsk, Russia (1986), all of mà là Officially investigated at the time and still unexplained Remain . The sidebar, "The Metallic Spheres - a Case of Mistaken Identity," Tuy nhiên, did not Remain unidentified, and was put there as an example of over-gọi space Explained mysteries có thể successfully, although some prefer to keep the mystery ufologists alive and đề chúng lẽ of alien origin. These metallic balls falling to khác được parts of the Earth-mostly in Africa and Latin America for a number of years-, sometimes a bit of stir Causing in the local press. They are printed on Exhibit at two museums nhất print Argentina. Hoping to discourage Further confusion with real UFO-related stuff, chúng below my post from Open Minds magazine article, adding vài mà photos used were not in the original print copy. THE METALLIC Spheres - A CASE OF Mistaken Identity Two spheres on display print space the patio of the Museum in Santa Fe Firmat, Argentina. (Credit: Open Minds Production) Project Moon Dust Some of the documents declassified by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) include reports of mysterious metallic print many spheres found scattered around the world Countries like Bolivia, Chad, and New Zealand. Other similar Cases Were not in the DIA documents Argentina and Mexico báo print. These Cases Were Identified Thường readily as some kind of space junk, but occasionally They were fragments from crashed UFOs Treated as. A couple of These spheres are even level on display at the "Vision OVNI" (UFO Vision) Museum in Victoria in the province of Entre Ríos, Argentina. Among the Mexican Cases, one was found in Chiapas printed in 1996, two in 1994 and 1996 print print Tamaulipas, and another by famous TV journalist Jaime thu được Maussan printed in 2008, all of mà là là possibly UFO-related tuyên bố fragments. Yet there can be little doubt mà all những "space balls" are mundane parts of the Russian or American space programs and not real UFO artifacts. Here is a Representative Moon Dust memo from the Republic of Chad in Africa, dated October 10, 1970: This report forwards Photographs of objects believed to come under Project 'MOON DUST'. The object was seen falling in an area of 30 kms NE of LAI (0924N-1618E) on 1 August 1970. The three loud explosions It Produced on landing and was said to have Burned for five days. The sphere weighs 30 pounds and has a circumference of four feet. A second object was found in the same general area. It Tuy nhiên, resembles an automobile shaft. Photographs of this object are forwarded. A longer Moon Dust document, dated August 17, 1979, Concerns "an unidentified object found on a farm having được near Santa Cruz" print Bolivia, tả as "about three times the size of a basketball." The document quoted the director of the Air Force Academy, Col. Ariel Coca, as stating, "The sphere is made of special alloy light but very resistant, possibly a fuel tank or a part of a satellite! The object does not have any signs or marks could mà origin nor the country its diện mà it belongs to. " Two views of the space sphere That Fell In Mexico printed in 2008, now in the Possession of Jaime Maussan. Notice the extensive damage inflicted Due to reentry. (Credit: Open Minds Production) The argument favor of the extraterrestrial origin printing of những spheres made by some ufologists Mexico and Argentina đã print chúng extremely hard, almost impossible to burn or cut. Cover of the Mexican magazine in the 1990s OVNI contacto with the headline, 'The Mystery of the Spheres.' (Credit: contacto OVNI) But this is what you would expect of a fuel tank for a spacecraft, Designed to be ejected for earth reentry once the fuel is used; it has to be made of metals thể withstand the space launch or the satellite or spacecraft could be in danger. Mexican engineer Luis Ruiz Noguez, a well-known UFO Skeptic, Explained rằng alloy, composed of titanium mà, vanadium, and aluminum, in the 1994 and 1996 Shown Mexican spheres "is chiefly utilized in the manufacture of fuel tanks for artificial satellites Due to ask for their high resistance to corrosion and temperature. "While the spheres at Argentina's Vision OVNI Museum are exhibited as true UFO artifacts, the local Firmat Museum in Santa Fe, Argentina has a couple of similar spheres rằng Russian space program has Acknowledged as part of a Russian space probe. If you still have any doubt about the provenance of objects những, Paul Maley's Space Debris checkout website, to see images of a number of những "space balls" of varying sizes and conditions found around the world. These cautionary tale spheres cung a print ích learning how to Distinguish man-made space objects prosaic true from unknown devices. There is a good Possibility That So-Called many UFO crashes have a terrestrial origin, but others are still enigmatic and so far unexplained. inShare Previous: UFO Daily Headlines 12.27.11 Next: UFO Daily Headlines 28/12/11 ABOUT ANTONIO HUNEEUS Open Minds Investigative Reporter Covered J. Antonio Huneeus has the UFO field from an international perspective for over 30 years. His articles have appeared, dozens of publications printed in the US, Latin America, Europe and Japan. He was the co-author cũng Laurance Rockefeller-Funded of the "UFO Briefing Document - The Best Available Evidence" and edited the book "A Study Guide to UFOs, Psychics & Paranormal phenomena in the USSR." Huneeus studied at the Sorbonne University in French in Paris and Journalism at the University of Chile in Santiago in the 1970s printed. He has lectured at dozens of UFO Conferences all over the world and được Interviewed by many media Outlets gồm The Washington Post, the Sy-Fy and History Channels, Nippon-TV, etc. He received the "Ufologist of the Year" award at the National UFO Conference in Miami Beach Print 1990 and the "Courage in Journalism" award at the X-Conference print Gaithersburg, Maryland, printed 200
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