Giant 'UFO fragment' falls from the sky in Siberia

The Telegraph ^ | 3/22/2012

[bruinbirdman]

The U-shaped object, resembling a silvery dome, is currently under inspection by Russian experts, after being covertly removed under cover of night from the possession of villagers who found it.

After discovering the device on Sunday, locals from the village of Otradnesnky had managed to drag the “UFO fragment” from the thick forest where it had fallen. They attached it onto a trailer and took it through the snow to their village, where local inspectors then examined it before alerting Moscow authorities.

In an official statement, Sergey Bobrov, who found the object, agreed to keep it safe.

But following their stealthy removal of the 200-kilogram metal fragment, police have it under close guard, on orders from unnamed authorities.

The device has not had its provenance confirmed as of yet. However, the object does not come from a rocket or missile or be in any way associated with terrestrial space technology, it has been announced.

“The object found is not related to space technology. A final conclusion can be made after a detailed study of the object by experts,” said Roscosmos, theRussianspace agency.

Experts have also examined the object to determine whether it poses a hazard.

“We measured the radiation level near and inside the object. We found no radiation here,” said Yuri Bornyakov, who heads the rescue service department of the Kuybyshevsky district in the Novosibirsk region.

Part of the fragment is made of ultra-strong titanium, said Valery Vasiliev,

[Army Air Corps]

The diameter of a Proton is 4.1 metres, and this object looks like it has a diameter less than four metres.

[Sacajaweau]

Looks like some kind of fan unit....Is there a prize if we guess right?

[Norm Lenhart]

Sigh...

Once, FR was filled with critical thinkers.

OK..Facts in evidence: Unknown object falls from sky covered in shaving cream.

Pretty much stands to reason that someone was going to shave it DON’T YA’ THINK????

God, some people.....

[Yosemitest]

I don't know your expertise. I'm just a retired military air traffic controller,
but my brother worked at Kwajalein Island Long Range Radar for several years.
My guess is it came off that rocket lauched Feb 15th, stayed in a decaying orbit for a few days and reentered the atmosphere as filmed.

As you suggested, a Zenit rocket with Phobos-Grunt lifted off on November 6, 2011.

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[Army Air Corps]

Either way,we both think it is some bit of debris from a rock.

[Army Air Corps]

Rocket, not rock.

[tet68]

If it was from the earth it would have writing on it,
NO STEP, Beware of explosive bolts, Passengers will
please refrain...

[Army Air Corps]

Your brother served on Kwajalein? Man, I knew a guy who was there for a bit in the early 1990s; he said that was the most remote duty assignment he had.

[bruinbirdman]

"My guess is it came off that rocket lauched Feb 15th, . . ."

As good a guess as any.

But, the object was found last Sunday. There is no indication of how long the thing might have been there before it was found. Could have been a year, a . . . . .

yitbos

[Yosemitest]

The evidence of how long it was there is in the video,
but how to find the date the video was taken, I can't find.

[Yosemitest]

My brother said that people there tend to forget things.
He said his supervisor there, had been there 7 years, suddenly said,

"Oh no, I'd better go back to California and get a divorce.
I just remembered, I'm married."

[bruinbirdman]

"The evidence of how long it was there is in the video, . . ."

You guys are on the ball.

yitbos

[Bon mots]

→ PING! ←

[Las Vegas Dave]

Interesting video..

UFO over DALLAS - Filmed from Plane - 03/21/2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMgvSqmULFE&feature=related

[Las Vegas Dave]

Interesting video to the group,(as a FYI).

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2863185/posts?page=56#56

[advertising guy]

bttt