Space balls have arrived.

[SunnyD]

"Space ball" drops on Nambia.

She's apparently gone from suck to blow.

A large metallic ball fell out of the sky on a remote grassland in Namibia, prompting baffled authorities to contact NASA and the European space agency.

The hollow ball with a circumference of 1.1 metres (43 inches) was found near a village in the north of the country some 750 kilometres (480 miles) from the capital Windhoek, according to police forensics director Paul Ludik.

Locals had heard several small explosions a few days beforehand, he said.

With a diameter of 35 centimetres (14 inches), the ball has a rough surface and appears to consist of "two halves welded together".

It was made of a "metal alloy known to man" and weighed six kilogrammes (13 pounds), said Ludik.

It was found 18 metres from its landing spot, a hole 33 centimetres deep and 3.8 meters wide.

Several such balls have dropped in southern Africa, Australia and Latin America in the past twenty years, authorities found in an Internet search.

The sphere was discovered mid-November, but authorities first did tests before announcing the find.
Police deputy inspector general Vilho Hifindaka concluded the sphere did not pose any danger.

"It is not an explosive device, but rather hollow, but we had to investigate all this first," he said.

Edit: Appropriately fitting clip.

 

[Saint Nick]

Why didn't somebody tell me my ass was so big?

 

[sdifox]

that is a very solid weather balloon.

 

[mmntech]

Uh oh, there goes the planet.

 

[Zedtom]

They only think it's hollow. Wait till they open it up and that thing from Alien will jump out and attach itself to the face of the guy that's standing there. :awe:

 

[Murloc]

interesting...
too bad we'll not hear what is was all about.

 

[Howard]

Secret Russian trebuchet testing. They can't be found on infrared.

 

[shortylickens]

I knew it.
I'm surrounded by assholes.

 

[gevorg]

Probably just a piece from one of the rockets launched to space. Russia has been very active in launching rockets in recent years, something is being launched every couple of weeks or so. Add EU/US/China to the list too.

 

[BUTCH1]

That ball has nipples, what's going on here??

 

[xanis]

They've gone to plaid!

 

[dr150]

 

[Rastus]

The gods must be crazy.

 

[Ken g6]

I'm guessing it's a fuel tank of some kind.

 

[UberNeuman]

May the Schwartz... be.... wid..... youuuu.........

 

[zinfamous]

Funny, it doesn't look Drewish.

 

[kranky]

The gods must be crazy.

LOL! That's what I thought of too.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

i see your schwartz is bigger than mine

 

[Sentrosi2121]

i see your schwartz is bigger than mine

I see your schwartz and raise you a fat bearded bitch.

 

[Kaido]

It's just marketing for Portal 3:

http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Wheatley

:awe:

 

[dawp]

They only think it's hollow. Wait till they open it up and that thing from Alien will jump out and attach itself to the face of the guy that's standing there. :awe:

it a tardus, much bigger on the inside that what it looks.

 

[MotionMan]

They only think it's hollow. Wait till they open it up and that thing from Alien will jump out and attach itself to the face of the guy that's standing there. :awe:

Watch out for the meteor shit.

MotionMan

 

[Analog]

http://news.yahoo.com/space-ball-drops-namibia-133326985.html


http://news.yahoo.com/photos/scienc...-metre-14-inch-diameter-photo-133326908.html#

 

[sixone]

it a tardus, much bigger on the inside that what it looks.

TARDIS

They're here...

 

[Raduque]

I see your schwartz and raise you a fat bearded bitch.

You idiots! These are not them! You've caught their stunt doubles!