Australia baffled as unidentified mystery object washes up on beach (BBC News)

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-66220494

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Cabrio@lemmy.world · 91 pts · 3y

Chinese underwater weather balloon.

Dr_Chocolate@lemmy.world · 56 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Someone already posted this somewhere. It's a second stage from a rocket (India?). Can't recall the exact one.

KickAssDuke@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3y

Yes, BBC posted it on their site.

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 45 pts · 3y (12 replies)

"It was a lovely, still night, the kids were digging sand castles around it," he told the ABC.

Good thing it wasn't some sort of explosive! Idiot parents.

XTornado@lemmy.ml · 30 pts · 3y (5 replies)

Or radioactive ☢️ like in some sad stories of the past.

KiofKi@kbin.social · 9 pts · 3y (4 replies)

"It wasn't glowing green like in the movies so we didn't worry!"

IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.

ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y (1 reply)

For those who aren't in the know:

https://youtu.be/GmqeZl8OI2M

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Bandicoot_Academic@lemmy.one · 2 pts · 3y

Even if it glowed bright green some people would have played with it.

sycamore@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3y (5 replies)

Just an exhausted rocket stage. Definitely not explosive.

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Yeah, but they didn't know that.

sycamore@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y

I mean, like how an exhausted aerosol can is 'definitely not explosive'.

Deceptichum@kbin.social · 15 pts · 3y

So probably housing all sorts of dangerous fuels?

Anyone remember the Chinese one that crashed in China a few years back and was super toxic?

Xeelee@kbin.social · 10 pts · 3y

Might have residue of hydrazine or other nasty stuff, though. Definitely not safe to be around until it's been checked out.

EeeDawg101@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 3y

It’s weird how the “experts” cited in the article defaulted to guessing it’s from an airplane. You’d think they’d default to rocket debris.

seacocker@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Looks very fuel tankish

Xeelee@kbin.social · 5 pts · 3y (1 reply)

No, no, must be aliens. Or the emus launched something from their secret underground base.

A_A@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

UFO - - Unidentified Floating Object !

DoctorTYVM@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 3y (1 reply)
orphiebaby@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

So glad I saw your comment first!

Also the Mighty Morphin' communicator beep is my phone's message sound.

livedeified@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y (1 reply)

as opposed to an 'identified mystery object', lol

BruceTwarzen@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y

I was truly baffeld how easily it was to identify. Martha, look at this easily identifiable object

Feidhlim@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Aliens

orphiebaby@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

Nothus@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 3y
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