{"id":20090,"date":"2011-12-23T07:05:17","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T07:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/namibia-space-ball-falls-out-the-sky\/"},"modified":"2011-12-23T07:05:17","modified_gmt":"2011-12-23T07:05:17","slug":"namibia-space-ball-falls-out-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/23\/namibia-space-ball-falls-out-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Namibia: &#8216;Space Ball&#8217; Falls Out the Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rnw.nl\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/rnw180.png\" alt=\"Radio Netherlands Worldwide (Hilversum)\" title=\"Visit Radio Netherlands Worldwide (Hilversum)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>22 December 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Locals had heard several small explosions a few days beforehand, he said.<\/p>\n<p>With a diameter of 35 centimetres (14 inches), the ball has a rough surface and appears to consist of &#8220;two halves welded together&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It was made of a &#8220;metal alloy known to man&#8221; and weighed six kilogrammes (13 pounds), said Ludik.<\/p>\n<p>It was found 18 metres from its landing spot, a hole 33 centimetres deep and 3.8 meters wide.<\/p>\n<p>Several such balls have dropped in southern Africa, Australia and Latin America in the past twenty years, authorities found in an Internet search.<\/p>\n<p>The sphere was discovered mid-November, but authorities first did tests before announcing the find.<\/p>\n<p>Police deputy inspector general Vilho Hifindaka concluded the sphere did not pose any danger.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is not an explosive device, but rather hollow, but we had to investigate all this first,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><em>ANP\/AFP<\/em><\/p>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 22 December 2011 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. 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