NASA To Investigate Mysterious 'Space Ball'

redletterdave writes "In mid-November, a hollow space ball fell from the sky and crashed into the earth in Namibia, the African nation situated above South Africa and west of Botswana and Zimbabwe. Authorities recovered the sphere in a grassy village north of Windhoek, the country's capital. The hollow ball, which appears to be made of 'two halves welded together,' has a rough surface, a 14-inch diameter and measures 43 inches around. The strange globe created a crater 13 inches deep and almost 12.5 feet wide, but was found almost 60 feet from the landing spot. Paul Ludik, the police forensics director investigating the case, says the dense ball weighs 13 pounds and is made of a 'metal alloy known to man.' NASA and the European Space Agency will both help investigate the strange occurrence."

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Thanks for shearing

[SpaghettiPattern]

14-inch diameter and measures 43

Thanks for sharing numbers that almost defy pi.

It's obvious

[mwvdlee]

Considering the timing, it's obviously just a giant christmas ball which fell from a geostationary christmas tree put there by our future intergalactic cruisading space-christian overlords. It is almost 2012 afterall.

Re:SPACEBALLS?

[kdemetter]

The Gods must be crazy ?

Re:SPACEBALLS?

[Attila Dimedici]

I am utterly confused. Why would anyone need it explained to them what a space ball is? In this context a "space ball" is a ball from space. There is no connection between this story and Mel Brooks, except that Mel Brooks made a movie named SpaceBalls and this story is about a ball that fell from space.