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

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the origins of mysterious metal balls that have reportedly fallen from space in various locations, including southern Africa, Australia, and Latin America over the past two decades. Participants explore potential explanations, including manmade origins and skepticism regarding alternative theories.

Discussion Character

  • Debate/contested
  • Exploratory
  • Technical explanation

Main Points Raised

  • Some participants speculate on the origins of the metal balls, noting their appearance in multiple regions over the years.
  • One participant references a NASA article suggesting that the balls may be manmade objects, specifically Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels (COPVs), and argues that this explanation is reasonable.
  • Another participant emphasizes that the presence of manmade objects in the sky makes it unsurprising to find such objects falling, suggesting that further investigation into their origins may not be necessary.
  • There is a humorous exchange regarding misreading "metal balls" as "meat balls," which lightens the tone of the discussion but does not contribute to the main topic.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express differing views on the origins of the metal balls, with some supporting the manmade explanation while others seem skeptical of this conclusion. The discussion remains unresolved, with multiple competing perspectives present.

Contextual Notes

Some participants reference specific articles and images that they believe support their claims, but the discussion does not clarify the details of these sources or the assumptions underlying the arguments presented.

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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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