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This really is space junk: Russian space experts examine 200-kilo metal 'UFO dustbin lid' which fell from the sky in Siberia

• Six foot metal fragment fell near remote village in Siberia
• Does not appear to be from earthly missiles or rockets
• Russian space experts say, 'The object is not related to space technology'
• Under police guard as experts examine it

By Will Stewart
PUBLISHED: 16:00 GMT, 21 March 2012 | UPDATED: 23:40 GMT, 21 March 2012

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Space experts are trying to solve the mystery of ‘a UFO fragment’ which crashed close to a village in Siberia.
Locals insist the metallic object – which resembles a large rubbish bin – fell from the skies but initial checks by experts have concluded it is neither from a rocket nor a missile.
It is now under police guard as interest in the ‘visitor’ intensifies.


http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/...09_634x477.jpg The 'fragment' does not appear to come from any known missile or space technology. Russian space experts will make an announcement shortly



http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/...92_634x477.jpg The six-foot metal object is now under police guard as the Russian space agency prepares to examine it

Weighing 200 kilograms and around two metres in height, locals fixed it onto a trailer and took across the snow to the village where local inspectors checked it.

‘The object found is not related to space technology. A final conclusion can be made after a detailed study of the object by experts,' said the Russian space agency Roscosmos.

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Locals insist the metallic object - resembling a large shiny rubbish bin - fell from the skies. The object is six feet long and is at least partially made of titanium steel.
It's now under police guard as interest in the 'visitor' intensifies.

It was found near a village called Otradnensky some two thousand miles and three time zones east of Moscow.

The Russian media immediately claimed ‘fragments of a UFO’ were discovered in the remote forest.

Locals had heard strange sounds in the thick woodland in December, it was claimed.

But it was only on Sunday that the find was reported to local police who then alerted Moscow.
Yuri Bornyakov, head of rescue service department of Kuibyshevski district of Novosibirsk region, said: ‘We measured the radiation level near and inside the object. We found no radiation here.’

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/...90_634x477.jpg The 200-kilo metal fragment was examined for radiation. A theory that it's a remnant from a rocket launch in Kazakhstan also appears to be mistaken

Initial theories that it was part of a space rocket or a satellite form a failed launch in Kazakhstan have been denied.

Head of Department for Civil Defence and Emergency Situations of the Kuibyshevski, Valery Vasiliev, said part of the fragment was made of ultra strong titanium.

Finder Sergey Bobrov undertook in an official statement that he would keep the UFO safe, but locals reported that ‘police came during the night and secretly removed it’.

A local police spokesman confirmed the object was now under guard by the force on orders from unspecified authorities.

‘You can see inside it, all is open, it's empty, no danger here. We were asked to take and store it. We brought it here. And now we are going to wait until they come to take it if they need it’ said Sergei Sulein.

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I thnk it's off an industrial boiler or fermenter. Its' the top blown off. Perhaps the Beer Baron can shed some light on this. Could be a hog steamer? I have nooooo idea

No re-entry damage.

It's so large and light that it's terminal velocity probably isn't very high.

The helmet of Thor!

Aren't these the same guys who thought 400 million years old custacean fossils were machine gears? The third photo is a bathroom dildo fixture, popular in Paris during La Belle Époque. It was installed next to the bidet.

Some observations.

It looks like a pressure vessel. The outside curve dome portion is partly covered by a smooth surface that seems to have been blown away. Notice the textured or structured design of the curve. It looks like something that was designed to expand under extreme pressure.

Up on the edges are latches These are holding "teeth" in place. Those teeth seem to be what is left of the other side of the vessel. There must have been so much pressure in this thing, that it first deformed the cover from flat to dome, and then violently burst the entire cover off.


My guess is that somebody is being quiet and embarassed now with this failure. I would think this could be an expansion chamber of a nuclear powered satellite that ran away in its reaction. No radiation? It probably was spread throught the upper atmosphere.... and dumped mostly into an ocean.

Damn, I thought we shot some congress critters into space.

Appears too lite for an Earthly pressure vessel (he was able to tip it with two fingers)

The top is a strange configuration to produce a dome, from the under side in the video it almost appears transparent.

Whatever it is, it is of highly specialized and technical construction.

It's part of a emergency jettison pod. They should start looking around for cp30 or r2d2 type units...