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A Glowing Ring of Metal Fell to Earth
It has been more than a week since reports first emerged about a "glowing ring of metal" that fell from the sky and crashed near a remote village in Kenya.
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A glowing ring of metal fell to Earth, and no one has any idea what it is arstechnica.com/space/2025/0 ... [image or embed] -- Jennifer Ouellette (@jenlucpiquant.bsky.social) January 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A glowing ring of metal fell to Earth, and no one has any idea what it is arstechnica.com/space/2025/0 ... [image or embed]
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... According to the Kenya Space Agency, the object weighed 1,100 pounds (500 kg) and had a diameter of more than 8 feet (2.4 meters) when measured after it landed on December 30. A couple of days later, the space agency confidently reported that the object was a piece of space debris, saying it was a ring that separated from a rocket. "Such objects are usually designed to burn up as they re-enter the Earth's atmosphere or to fall over unoccupied areas, such as the oceans," the space agency told The New York Times. Since those initial reports were published in Western media, a small band of dedicated space trackers have been using open source data to try to identify precisely which space object fell into Kenya. So far, they have not been able to identify the rocket launch to which the large ring can be attributed. ...
Since those initial reports were published in Western media, a small band of dedicated space trackers have been using open source data to try to identify precisely which space object fell into Kenya. So far, they have not been able to identify the rocket launch to which the large ring can be attributed. ...
#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-10 11:50 PM | Reply
Biden fell asleep at the Jewish space laser and shot down Obamas spy drone!?
Right after Michelle and Hillary authorized a drag reading of My Pet Goyem..
This stinks of Konspiracy.
#2 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-01-11 01:11 PM | Reply
This could have been the start of a cargo cult situation if this occurred 100ish years ago
#3 | Posted by GOnoles92 at 2025-01-11 01:16 PM | Reply
Well Kenya is the "Cradle of Mankind" perhaps just checking in
#4 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-01-11 09:04 PM | Reply
Is it made out of Vibranium?
#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-01-12 07:49 PM | Reply
...or Mrs God coughed out her IUD.
#6 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-01-13 03:52 AM | Reply
8' diameter, gear notches, half a ton weight. It's a turret ring. It's a turret ring from a Russian tank.
#7 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2025-01-13 08:44 AM | Reply | Funny: 3
#7 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2025-01-13 08:44 AM | Reply | Flag:
Is it just me, or do we normally see those falling out of the sky?
#8 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-01-13 09:32 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
A glowing ring?
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
#9 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-01-13 10:57 AM | Reply | Funny: 2
Johnny Cash Burning Ring Of Fire
youtu.be
#10 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-01-13 11:01 AM | Reply | Funny: 2
#8 | Posted by lfthndthrds
Well since February 24, 2022 it has become a daily occurrence...
#11 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2025-01-14 10:49 AM | Reply
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