Posted on 02/22/2023 5:49:22 AM PST by Red Badger
A giant metal ball, around 1.5 metres in diameter, has appeared on a beach in Japan, astounding officials, residents and online spectators. . Picture: NHK World News
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The giant metal ball, around 1.5 metres in diameter, appeared on a beach on Japan's south coast, astounding officials, residents and online spectators.
After the ball was reported to authorities by a local resident on Tuesday morning, explosive experts quickly dismissed any immediate threat that it could be a mine, but are yet to uncover what the ball could be.
Police closed off the area on Enshu beach in Hamamatsu city while two agents in heavy protective gear appeared to examine the sphere.
X-ray technology revealed the ball to be hollow while the outside has a rusty appearance and two raised handles, raising speculation it is normally hooked onto something.
Restrictions to the beach were then lifted at 4pm after the object, thought to be made of iron, was deemed to be safe. The Japanese armed forces and coastguard officials are continuing to examine photographs of the ball.
The ball sparked a flurry of speculation online as curious onlookers wondered about the origins of the ball.
One user took to Twitter to say: "Please be UFO, please be UFO."
While another suggested that the ball resembled something from manga series Dragon Ball, writing: "This washed up on the shores of Japan yesterday. It’s a Dragon Ball, right?"
Another Tweeter theorised: "It's one of those baubles that went flying down Oxford Street at Christmas."
It comes after the US was forced to shoot down three balloon-like objects in the sky, initially thought to be used for Chinese surveillance.
Mine? Buoy?
Just surprised they didn’t slice it up and eat it.
Yes its a buoy.
This is exactly what it is. For Pete's sake. We're getting stupid with this UFO crap over the last couple of weeks...
Well there you go…
“It’s a buoy. Mystery solved”.
“Yep.”
Way to be sane and pragmatic, there guys. No fun at all. No panic, no wonder , no excitement . Bet you’re fun at Charades. “It’s a book.”
I AM BEING SARCASTIC ( but the sane ones among us already knew that.)🤭
Good morning!
Does it say Made in China on the bottom?
Bouy most likely, or a float for a submarine net that broke off its mooring chain..............
That looks like the thing that use to chase number 6
Anchor chain float.
Someone should collect all the names reporting “this is a ufo” when discussing buoys or weather balloons so I can avoid paying any attention to them in the future
Godzilla wants his ball back.
It is indeed. I don’t know if it is encouraging or not to learn that the Japanese society is as stupid as ours.
I think it is one of the balls our Republican legislators use to have (once upon a time).
When, exactly, did they ever have any?.................
“What pound test line do you need for a sinker like that?”
It FLOATED ashore! Lousy “sinker”.
STEEL ships FLOAT too.
“”It’s some kind of buoy””.
Yes……but is it a Transbuoy? What are its pronouns? Buoya? Buoyo? Yo! Buoy!
It’s a fuel tank from either a Soviet or Russian (or maybe Chinese) rocket, separated from the disintegrating rest of the device. IMHO of course.
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