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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Linda on December 23, 2011, 01:24:23 PM

Title: "Space ball" drops on Namibia
Post by: Linda on December 23, 2011, 01:24:23 PM
"Space ball" drops on Namibia
http://news.yahoo.com/space-ball-drops-namibia-133326985.html

(http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PTZx7nxO2TGXGqgsSLiwMw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Y2g9MTI3Nztjcj0xO2N3PTE5MDI7ZHg9MDtkeT0wO2ZpPXVsY3JvcDtoPTEyODtxPTg1O3c9MTkw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/TRPar6736134.jpg)

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A large metallic ball fell out of the sky on a remote grassland in Namibia, prompting baffled authorities to contact NASA and the European space agency.

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Several such balls have dropped in southern Africa, Australia and Latin America in the past twenty years, authorities found in an Internet search.

The start of a good conspiracy. They drop the story with a description of the balls and leave you hanging to figure the rest out for yourself.

One of the commentors left this as an explanation:

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104 Litre Hydrazine Propellant Tank: Model OST 31/0. Google it.

So I did and here is a picture of  a 104 Litre Hydrazine Propellant Tank: Model OST 31/0.

(http://cs.astrium.eads.net/sp/spacecraft-propulsion/propellant-tanks/images/105-litre-propellant-tank.jpg)
Title: Re: "Space ball" drops on Namibia
Post by: CG6468 on December 23, 2011, 01:43:53 PM
It most likely came from this (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094012/).
Title: Re: "Space ball" drops in on Namibia
Post by: DefiantSix on December 23, 2011, 02:56:25 PM
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9MxTRspXpQ[/youtube]