People commenting on the blogosphere came out with the best explanation (to this moment) about the origin of this unusual object that was found in a farm in central Brazil this weekend.
Many people are saying the object is a Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels, or COPV.
Object found in Brazil
COPV's are containers for storing inert gases throght a wide range of varying pressure during space missions.
Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels
2 comments:
Works for me! Now which vehicle did it fall off of?
And... do meteors always burn up in the atmosphere and little things like this make it through intact?
You might be interested in this article I ran for the Universe Today - looks like these things are falling on Australia too!
http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/28/the-mysterious-case-of-two-spheres-falling-to-earth-in-australia-and-brazil/
I've included your story.
Many thanks, Ian
Post a Comment