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200 kg titanium object falls from the sky; lands in Siberia

It‘s not from a spacecraft, neither is it from a satellite nor from a rocket; fumble officials from the Russian Federal ...

March 24, 2012 / 16:30 IST

It’s not from a spacecraft, neither is it from a satellite nor from a rocket; fumble officials from the Russian Federal Space Agency and NASA as they struggle to find the origin of a mysterious titanium object, weighing 200 kilograms, which fell from the sky, reports The Telegraph. The cylindrical-shaped object, with a dome dotted by ridges was found in Otradnesnky, in Siberia, Russia, in a forest and has since been inviting curious villagers, who haven’t been able to fathom such a giant piece in their village. The villagers, however, know that the titanium object (parts of which has been of ultra-strong titanium) landed in a nearby forest on March 18. They then attached the giant dome to a trailer, and dragged it to their village in the snow.  Once there, local inspectors carefully assessed the piece, before informing the higher authorities in Moscow. While local reporters are increasingly of the belief that they may be from a fallen Meridian satellite or a ballistic missile, the Russian Federal Space Agency thinks otherwise. Click here for full story

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first published: Mar 24, 2012 04:20 pm

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