Australia baffled as unidentified mystery object washes up on beach (BBC News)
Australia baffled as unidentified mystery object washes up on beach (BBC News)
The item is under police guard as state and federal authorities work to identify its origin.
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Chinese underwater weather balloon.
91 0 ReplySomeone already posted this somewhere. It's a second stage from a rocket (India?). Can't recall the exact one.
56 0 ReplyYes, BBC posted it on their site.
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"It was a lovely, still night, the kids were digging sand castles around it," he told the ABC.
Good thing it wasn't some sort of explosive! Idiot parents.
52 7 ReplyOr radioactive ☢️ like in some sad stories of the past.
31 1 Reply"It wasn't glowing green like in the movies so we didn't worry!"
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Just an exhausted rocket stage. Definitely not explosive.
11 1 ReplyYeah, but they didn't know that.
27 0 ReplySo probably housing all sorts of dangerous fuels?
Anyone remember the Chinese one that crashed in China a few years back and was super toxic?
15 0 ReplyMight have residue of hydrazine or other nasty stuff, though. Definitely not safe to be around until it's been checked out.
10 0 ReplyIt’s weird how the “experts” cited in the article defaulted to guessing it’s from an airplane. You’d think they’d default to rocket debris.
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Looks very fuel tankish
15 0 ReplyNo, no, must be aliens. Or the emus launched something from their secret underground base.
5 0 ReplyUFO - - Unidentified Floating Object !
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13 0 ReplySo glad I saw your comment first!
Also the Mighty Morphin' communicator beep is my phone's message sound.
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as opposed to an 'identified mystery object', lol
6 0 ReplyI was truly baffeld how easily it was to identify. Martha, look at this easily identifiable object
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Aliens
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