The Unexplained Outer Space Sphere: Namibia's Extraterrestrial Remains Explained

A little over a month ago at the end of November, the undivided attention of scientists and layman alike were interested in the African country of Namibia. The Namibian government announced the detection of a compact metal spherical object which had supposedly fallen from space. Even though the item itself had actually fallen a few weeks before the announcement, the government refrained from making the account public until they were able to confirm whether or not the unknown sphere was a danger to national security and safety. Having identified that the machine was not a weapon platform or especially dangerous, the Namibian representatives requested NASAs help out with identifying it.

The sphere was found by a nearby farmer, a couple of days after he and a few other locals claimed hearing various explosions. He noticed it some 60ft. from a small crater (about 12in. tall and around 13ft. in width)., about 480 miles from the Namibian capital, Windhoek.

A picture was published of the abnormal little device, and the details was quickly picked up by the world's largest news providers. Message boards and chat rooms were filled with ‘industry experts' spouting space specifics and throwing out suggestions as hypothesis ran uncontrolled on news websites and through the rest of the internet. Hypotheses ran the field from the clever to the ludicrous: was the object a weapon platform? Could it perhaps be a scientific instrument of some kind dropped coming from a weather balloon? Most fascinating of all, was the ball earthly in origin, or did it suggest at life beyond everything we understand?

In all probability the truth is at once incredibly easier and more than a bit boring. Adrian Chen f Gawker has submitted the speculation that the object is probably a fuel tank for storing hydrazine: the fuel commonly used when firing unmanned rockets. While no official word has been circulated about the exact nature of the object, a press release has been issued to debunk the uncontrolled speculation that this is the manifestation of some diminutive alien incursion.

Police forensics director Paul Ludik said that even though the ball consists of an extremely ‘sophisticated material‘ it was still plainly man-made. The explosions that the people heard were very likely the noise of the device breaking the sound barrier when it fell, or failing that the noise of the ball's particular impact. The Chief of Police added the sphere did not pose any imminent danger. Clearing up why the Namibian officials felt warranted in waiting the disclosing the situation, police deputy inspector general Viho Hifiindaka said, “It isn't an explosive unit, but instead hollow, but we had to analyze all this first.”

He continued to state, while yet unidentified, was positively a metallic alloy that is certainly ‘known to man'. The spheres composition is actually stated to be just like the compound applied to the construction of most outer space instruments, putting to rest any ideas the ball might be evidence of alien life. Although the certain vehicle that launched the item may never be identified, it can be said for certain that the device is unquestionably man-made.

This situation came on the heels of a somewhat more pressing statement by NASA about the loss of one of its satellites earlier this year. The satellite separated and crashed down to Earth somewhere south of the equator.