Australia baffled as unidentified mystery object washes up on beach (BBC News)soyagi@yiffit.net to World News@lemmy.world – 174 points – 12 months agobbc.com27Post a CommentPreviewHotTopNewOldChinese underwater weather balloon.Someone already posted this somewhere. It's a second stage from a rocket (India?). Can't recall the exact one.Yes, BBC posted it on their site. "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.Or radioactive ☢️ like in some sad stories of the past."It wasn't glowing green like in the movies so we didn't worry!"Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.For those who aren't in the know: https://youtu.be/GmqeZl8OI2MHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/GmqeZl8OI2M Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.Even if it glowed bright green some people would have played with it.Just an exhausted rocket stage. Definitely not explosive.Yeah, but they didn't know that.I mean, like how an exhausted aerosol can is 'definitely not explosive'.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?Might have residue of hydrazine or other nasty stuff, though. Definitely not safe to be around until it's been checked out.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.Looks very fuel tankishNo, no, must be aliens. Or the emus launched something from their secret underground base.UFO - - Unidentified Floating Object !Someone call the Power Rangers!So glad I saw your comment first! Also the Mighty Morphin' communicator beep is my phone's message sound.as opposed to an 'identified mystery object', lolI was truly baffeld how easily it was to identify. Martha, look at this easily identifiable objectAliens
Someone already posted this somewhere. It's a second stage from a rocket (India?). Can't recall the exact one.Yes, BBC posted it on their site.
"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.Or radioactive ☢️ like in some sad stories of the past."It wasn't glowing green like in the movies so we didn't worry!"Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.For those who aren't in the know: https://youtu.be/GmqeZl8OI2MHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/GmqeZl8OI2M Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.Even if it glowed bright green some people would have played with it.Just an exhausted rocket stage. Definitely not explosive.Yeah, but they didn't know that.I mean, like how an exhausted aerosol can is 'definitely not explosive'.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?Might have residue of hydrazine or other nasty stuff, though. Definitely not safe to be around until it's been checked out.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.
Or radioactive ☢️ like in some sad stories of the past."It wasn't glowing green like in the movies so we didn't worry!"Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.For those who aren't in the know: https://youtu.be/GmqeZl8OI2MHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/GmqeZl8OI2M Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.Even if it glowed bright green some people would have played with it.
"It wasn't glowing green like in the movies so we didn't worry!"Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.For those who aren't in the know: https://youtu.be/GmqeZl8OI2MHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/GmqeZl8OI2M Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.Even if it glowed bright green some people would have played with it.
Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.For those who aren't in the know: https://youtu.be/GmqeZl8OI2MHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/GmqeZl8OI2M Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.
For those who aren't in the know: https://youtu.be/GmqeZl8OI2MHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/GmqeZl8OI2M Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/GmqeZl8OI2M Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.
Just an exhausted rocket stage. Definitely not explosive.Yeah, but they didn't know that.I mean, like how an exhausted aerosol can is 'definitely not explosive'.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?Might have residue of hydrazine or other nasty stuff, though. Definitely not safe to be around until it's been checked out.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.
Yeah, but they didn't know that.I mean, like how an exhausted aerosol can is 'definitely not explosive'.
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?
Might have residue of hydrazine or other nasty stuff, though. Definitely not safe to be around until it's been checked out.
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.
Looks very fuel tankishNo, no, must be aliens. Or the emus launched something from their secret underground base.UFO - - Unidentified Floating Object !
No, no, must be aliens. Or the emus launched something from their secret underground base.UFO - - Unidentified Floating Object !
Someone call the Power Rangers!So glad I saw your comment first! Also the Mighty Morphin' communicator beep is my phone's message sound.
So glad I saw your comment first! Also the Mighty Morphin' communicator beep is my phone's message sound.
as opposed to an 'identified mystery object', lolI was truly baffeld how easily it was to identify. Martha, look at this easily identifiable object
Chinese underwater weather balloon.
Someone already posted this somewhere. It's a second stage from a rocket (India?). Can't recall the exact one.
Yes, BBC posted it on their site.
Good thing it wasn't some sort of explosive! Idiot parents.
Or radioactive ☢️ like in some sad stories of the past.
"It wasn't glowing green like in the movies so we didn't worry!"
Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
For those who aren't in the know:
https://youtu.be/GmqeZl8OI2M
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/GmqeZl8OI2M
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.
Even if it glowed bright green some people would have played with it.
Just an exhausted rocket stage. Definitely not explosive.
Yeah, but they didn't know that.
I mean, like how an exhausted aerosol can is 'definitely not explosive'.
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?
Might have residue of hydrazine or other nasty stuff, though. Definitely not safe to be around until it's been checked out.
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.
Looks very fuel tankish
No, no, must be aliens. Or the emus launched something from their secret underground base.
UFO - - Unidentified Floating Object !
Someone call the Power Rangers!
So glad I saw your comment first!
Also the Mighty Morphin' communicator beep is my phone's message sound.
as opposed to an 'identified mystery object', lol
I was truly baffeld how easily it was to identify. Martha, look at this easily identifiable object
Aliens