12-23-2011, 08:07 PM
<p>A large metallic ball has fallen out of the sky on a remote grassland in Namibia, prompting baffled authorities to contact NASA and the European space agency.<br /><br />The hollow ball with a circumference of 1.1 metres was found near a village in the north of the country some 750km from the capital, Windhoek, according to police forensics director Paul Ludik.<br /><br />Locals had heard several small explosions a few days beforehand, he said.<br /><br />With a diameter of 35cm, the ball has a rough surface and appears to consist of "two halves welded together".<br /><br />It was made of a "metal alloy known to man" and weighed six kilograms, said Ludik.<br /><br />It was found 18 metres from its landing spot, a hole 33 centimetres deep and 3.8 metres wide.<br /><br />Several such balls have dropped in southern Africa, Australia and Latin America in the past 20 years, authorities found in an internet search.<br /><br />The sphere was discovered mid-November, but authorities first did tests before announcing the find.<br /><br />Police deputy inspector-general Vilho Hifindaka concluded the sphere did not pose any danger.<br /><br />"It is not an explosive device, but rather hollow, but we had to investigate all this first," he said.<br /><br />AFP<br /><br />Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tec...OfVtFsd<br /><br /></p>
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