Shortly after 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, people around the Twin Cities metro reported seeing a “metallic” or “flaming ball” falling from the sky. Emergency dispatchers around the metro reported calls from around the metro of people seeing the object. Calls came in from Edina, Maple Grove, Inver Grove Heights and Brooklyn Park. picked by DrNothing 11 months ago tags object metallic falls minnesota sky |
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A mysterious metallic object that crashed through the roof of a New Jersey home earlier this year was not a meteorite after all, but probably a piece of space junk, scientists said Friday. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share science |
In this farming community where nightfall usually brings clear, starry skies, residents are abuzz over reported sightings of what many believe is a UFO. Several dozen people — including a pilot, county constable and business owners — insist they have seen a large silent object with bright lights flying low and fast. Some reported seeing fighter jets chasing it. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago 6 comments edit related share weird |
A new class of cosmic object has been found by a Dutch schoolteacher, through a project which allows the public to take part in astronomy research online. Hanny Van Arkel, 25, came across the strange gaseous blob while using the Galaxy Zoo website to help classify galaxies in telescope images. picked by AutumnLotus 4 weeks ago 3 comments edit related share science |
A Romanian man has been fined for making 6,442 profane phone calls to an emergency number, police said Thursday. 7 comments edit related share plime.comTm, any thoughts? picked by doggylives 5 months ago |
The unidentified falling object was first seen at about 8:40 p.m. by people on Normandy Beach in Ocean County, and was also spotted as far away as Fire Island and South Carolina, officials said. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
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The mystery about the origin of a 16-inch, unidentified falling object that fell from the sky Monday and sliced “like butter” through the hood of a parked vehicle deepened Tuesday, after an official with the Federal Aviation Administration announced that whatever it is, it’s not a piece of aircraft. picked by DrNothing 11 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
This find further tests the boundary between high-mass gas planets, like Jupiter, and the smallest brown dwarfs. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
The Chilean navy and marine scientists say they may have found Latin America's first submarine, a steel tube topped by cannons, which sank off the coast of Chile 141 years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
On June 8th a Police helicopter crew observed an "unusual" aircraft in the skies near Cardiff that has yet to be accurately identified. 3 comments edit related share plime.comAuthorities are at pains to stress the mundaneness of the event. picked by pocksucket 3 months ago |
Following on from the story of an unidentified object in the skies above Cardiff, some of you may be surprised to learn that the explanation is something of terrestrial origin picked by pocksucket 2 months ago 7 comments edit related share science |