Near Green Head, a coastal town about 240km north of Perth, the ocean washed up a mysterious object. The find was reported to the police on Sunday by a person who was walking on the beach, but according to media reports earlier, the object was “pulled out of the water by a couple using a four-wheel drive vehicle”, he writes. The object caused quite a sensation because it is very large. It has a diameter of approx. 2.5 meters and measures from 2.5 to 3 meters in height.
Hypotheses about the origin of a mysterious object off the coast of Australia
The mysterious object immediately interested local residents. As Garth Griffiths told the portal, a neighbor alerted him about the strange find on Sunday afternoon. “It’s a kind of semi-cylindrical object made of a lightweight material, carbon fiber” – he said. He added that on Monday, the services fenced off the item to preserve potential evidence and make it easier for experts to examine the item, but there were already plenty of people there before. “Kids were digging sandcastles around it, there could have been 20-30 people there,” he explained.
In a press release, she stressed that “the item is being treated as dangerous until its origin is established.” The services appealed to residents to stop speculation about its origin. “The investigation is ongoing and until further information is available, we urge everyone to refrain from jumping to conclusions,” Western Australia Police said in a statement. However, the pleas were to no avail. Photos of the object appeared on the Internet, and in social media, users had a lively discussion about what the mysterious object could really be.
One of the most popular was the hypothesis that it was a fragment of a missing Malaysia Airlines plane in 2014. However, this concept was rejected by a specialist in an interview with . Aviation expert Geoffrey Thomas said it was likely the fuel tank of a suborbital rocket that was launched by India last year and crashed into the Indian Ocean. “No chance. It’s not a part of the Boeing 777,” he added. Another of the hypotheses of Internet users and experts in the space industry was the theory that the object came from space, and more specifically, it was part of a rocket launched into orbit. On Twitter, one user posted photos showing almost identical cylinder components and a fragment of the Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket.
The Australian Space Agency joined the investigation. “We are currently investigating an object located on a beach near Jurien Bay in Western Australia. The object may come from a foreign launch vehicle and we are in contact with global partners who can provide more information on this matter” – they wrote.
It is known where the strange object found in Australia came from
As he writes, citing a statement from the Australian police, the item is believed to be “space debris”. Analyzes carried out by the fire brigade and other services have shown that the facility is safe and currently does not pose a threat to the community. In addition, according to , India was about to admit that the mysterious find is their property. “Although the Australian Space Agency has not yet issued an official report, the Indian Defense Research Wing organization has already admitted to the loss. As the specialists explain, the PSLV rocket from which the found element comes is a key unit of the Indian space program” – writes the portal.
Source: Gazeta
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