After the
discovery of a huge orange ball on a beach in Japan, a strong wave of
speculation
was unleashed
.
However, until now, much has been said but
little has been confirmed
.
The ball is huge - it measures more than
1.5 meters in diameter
-, orange in color and suddenly appeared on the shore of a beach in the city of Hamamatsu, located in Shizuoka prefecture.
Initially, the local media announced that a resident of the area -on the southeastern coast of the country- alerted the authorities to this strange presence at 8:45 on Monday, February 21.
The authorities have already ruled out that the giant ball could explode.
Photo: REUTERS
What is known about the giant ball that appeared in Japan
At first there was
fear that the object could explode
, so it was isolated.
For this reason, the local authorities prohibited access to that area of the beach, cordoning off the area for about 200 meters around it, indicated from the
Daiichi TV
channel .
Now, after carrying out the strange object with X-ray equipment, the Police
ruled out that it was a bomb,
although they do not have much more information about what it is.
They only confirmed that it is hollow.
On
social networks
, users posted
all kinds of comments
about the origin of the huge iron ball.
So much so, that they began to call it "Godzilla egg" or "Object from Outer Space".
About what it is, some experts were encouraged to say that it could be a
ship buoy
.
Because?
Because the sphere has two raised attachment points on top, which could mean it was tied to a boat.
In addition, they indicate that it surely came from the sea since it had
crustaceans attached to its surface.
The Police announced that they are going to remove the giant ball from the beach.
Photo: Social Networks
At
the moment, the authorities confirmed that
they will remove the ball
from the place where they found it.
complicated context
It should not be forgotten that this rare find comes shortly after the episode of the
alleged Chinese spy balloon shot down by the United States
in its airspace earlier this month.
Even, also of other unidentified objects that NASA
did
not rule out that they had extraterrestrial origin, although one of which is suspected to be another artifact launched by a hobby club in Illinois.
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