Mystery cylinder washes up on Australian beach

UPI ^ | JULY 17, 2023 / 12:18 PM | By Ben Hooper

[Red Badger]

Australian Space Agency

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We are currently making enquiries related to this object located on a beach near Jurien Bay in Western Australia.

The object could be from a foreign space launch vehicle and we are liaising with global counterparts who may be able to provide more information.

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July 17 (UPI) -- Officials in Australia are trying to identify a mysterious cylinder that washed up on a beach, and the country's space agency said it could be from "a foreign space launch vehicle."

The unidentified object washed up on a beach in Green Head, Western Australia, and police said it was examined by the Department of Fire and Emergency Services and the Chemistry Center of Western Australia to confirm it did not pose a danger to the public.

"WA Police will maintain security of the object until it is removed and members of the public are requested to stay away from the location," police said in a statement provided to the Australian Broadcasting Corp.

The Australian Space Agency said on Twitter that it is working with authorities to try to identify the object.

"The object could be from a foreign space launch vehicle," the agency tweeted. "We are liaising with global counterparts who may be able to provide more information. As the origin of the object is unknown, the community should avoid handling or attempting to move the object."

[Red Badger]

Yeah, I thought that as well..................

[al baby]

yes oysters

[Red Badger]

[paulcissa]

This Master Cylinder?

[citizen]

Diameter, etc?

[Red Badger]

Just judging from the size of the barnacles, I’d say its a good 4 feet in diameter............

[ptsal]

Hunter’s crack pipe

[Chad C. Mulligan]

Wars,

homelessness,

street crime,

cocaine in the White House,

illegal immigration,

Chinese aggression,

inflation,

BLM/CRT racism,

rampant pedophilia,

trans athletes,

criminals running amok in the DOJ..............

"HEY LOOK, UFOS!!!!!

[nomorelurker]

“I’d say its a good 4 feet in diameter...”

Judging by the tire tracks in the background I would say you are correct.

[Red Badger]

[MtnClimber]

Chinese rice cooker? Or a failed North Korean nuclear weapon?

[Red Badger]

Now it looks closer to five or six in the last pics. Unless the Aussies are short.......................

[Hatteras]

First question... Is it ticking?

[sit-rep]

wires out the top? solar powered once? I say its a beat up tsunami detection bouy...

[BlueLancer]

Some sort of mooring buoy?

[Larry Lucido]

Master Shake doesn't roll that way.

[T.B. Yoits]

Ha ha. Beat me to it with the ‘Joe Dirt’ reference (Post 8).

[null and void]

You found a shell on the beach?

[ConservativeMind]

UFO. Definitely evidence that needs to get to Washington, D.C., STAT!

[tje]

Looks like part of a rocket. I used to live on Vandenburg and watch many minute man launches - and some failures. I’ve seen chunks of rockets like this on a beach.