The Japanese have woken up baffled by the discovery of a giant iron sphere 1.5 meters in diameter on the beach of Enshu, located in the city of Hamamatsu, reports The Guardian. The authorities have admitted that they do not know what it is, the only thing they are clear about is that there is no danger of explosion. But what is that giant ball? Who has left it in that place?
The hypotheses about its origin have been diverse. Initially, it was believed that it could be a lost mine, but it was ruled out by the experts, who, using X-ray technology, discovered that it was hollow.
Orange in color and marked with rust, the sphere has two raised handles on top, meaning it could be carried by those items. The handles have led the agents to another hypothesis, could it be a mooring buoy that simply broke free and floated away?
Police arrived ashore after a woman tipped off officers that an unidentified object was found in the sand, local Asahi TV reported.
Agents approached the scene, inspected the object, cordoned off the area, and then called in explosives experts to investigate. At the moment, the investigation has not yielded conclusive data on its origin.
Photographs of the artifact have been sent to the Japanese self-defense forces and the coast guard for further examination.
According to statements by a local resident for the public broadcaster NHK, the ball had been in that place for the whole month. The man also stated that he “tried to push her, but she would not move from place.”
The assumptions about the origin of the object increased when the images were broadcast on television and social networks were filled with ingenious speculation. Some of them compared the object to something similar to a ball from the popular Dragon Ball manga series. Other users claimed that it could be a UFO fallen from the sky.
Shortly after, the Japanese authorities commented that they “strongly suspected” that several spy balloons of Chinese origin had been sighted over their territory in recent years.
