Where Did the Mysterious Metal Balls Falling from Space Come From?

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Mysterious metal balls have been reported falling from the sky in regions like southern Africa, Australia, and Latin America over the past two decades. Speculation suggests these objects are manmade, possibly linked to Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels (COPVs) from space missions. The discussion emphasizes that the appearance of such objects is not surprising given the presence of manmade items in orbit. Proper investigations are underway, and the existing explanations, including those from credible sources, are considered reasonable. Overall, skepticism is encouraged, but there is little evidence to suggest these objects are anything other than manmade debris.
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Any idea where these space balls came from? Its speculated that several such balls have dropped in southern Africa, Australia and Latin America in the past 20 years.
 
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You don't buy the http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wstf/laboratories/composite/index.html then? That what the others have turned out to be.
 
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surajt88 said:
Any idea where these space balls came from? Its speculated that several such balls have dropped in southern Africa, Australia and Latin America in the past 20 years.

Did you actually read that article?? They give a perfectly reasonable explanation of the balls.
 
surajt88 said:
Any idea where these space balls came from?
Simon Bridge said:
You don't buy the http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wstf/laboratories/composite/index.html
The images from these two articles match very well.
 
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The images from these two articles match very well.
I thought so.

Since this is the skepticism forum I suppose someone should point out that the skeptical approach at this stage would need some special reason to suppose anything different.

From the outset, the objects are clearly manmade, there are manmade objects in the sky, therefore it is not surprising to find manmade objects falling from the sky. Even without knowing about COPVs that should be enough to show there is no problem in the appearance of these objects. We would automatically suspect they were bits of something we put in the sky and look for likely candidates ... which has happened.

The likelyhood we need to look any further is very small.
The proper investigations are happening.

The article isn't even particularly bad. In fact it's one of the better reports I've seen.
 
Okay, without my glasses I was reading this as "meat balls falling from space". :smile: This isn't quite so bad.

I've heard of a lot of strange reports, but meat balls would be a first.
 
Ivan Seeking said:
Okay, without my glasses I was reading this as "meat balls falling from space". :smile: This isn't quite so bad.

I've heard of a lot of strange reports, but meat balls would be a first.

Better than me. I was thinking of Mel Brooks' movie. :biggrin:
 
Ivan Seeking said:
Okay, without my glasses I was reading this as "meat balls falling from space". :smile: This isn't quite so bad.

I've heard of a lot of strange reports, but meat balls would be a first.
Thank you! That's what I keep reading!
 
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