Mystery after metal falls from the sky in Ubon Ratchathani

[snoop1130]

Mystery after metal falls from the sky in Ubon Ratchathani

By The Nation

 

 

Metal pieces of unknown origin fell from the sky onto a villager’s rubber plantation following the sound of an explosion reported by residents of Tambon Na Pho Klang in Ubon Ratchathani’s Khong Chiam district on Wednesday morning.

 

Police’s initial inquiry with the Ubon Ratchathani Flight Control Centre found that no airplane crash had been reported, said Khong Chiam precinct superintendent Pol Colonel Alongkorn Sanookpan.

 

The explosion was heard at about 2am, after which Ban Na Pho Tai resident Paijit Yotharak alerted police that metal pieces had fallen onto his rubber plantation and residence. 

 

Police collected the pieces for inspection while flight control centre director Makkawan Suwankud said he would have a team inspect the scene and metal pieces to determine what had happened.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30331676

 

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[oldgent]

to much whisky / yaba maybe 

[ubonjoe]

A off topic post has been removed.

[AGareth2]

space junk

[watcharacters]

Area 51?

[Rally123]

Jets from Korat were up today. 

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

The explosion was heard at about 2am

More than likely a sonic boom resulting in parts of a jet skin becoming detached. Obviously that doesn't happen to Thai Airforce so there'll be no acknowledgement of that happening.

 

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 As a kid (1960s and 1970s) we would find shredded metal rolled into a loose ball similar to the shredded paper one might find in an Easter basket, in the hills surrounding our farm. We had the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) based about 60 miles north of us in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, and the jets used to fly over the farm quite often. We were told that this metal came from the jets when they broke the sound barrier.

 

[4MyEgo]

[janclaes47]

1 hour ago, Rally123 said:

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 As a kid (1960s and 1970s) we would find shredded metal rolled into a loose ball similar to the shredded paper one might find in an Easter basket, in the hills surrounding our farm. We had the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) based about 60 miles north of us in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, and the jets used to fly over the farm quite often. We were told that this metal came from the jets when they broke the sound barrier.

 

So probably pieces of the sound barrier.

[tifino]

I sit riveted to my seat,

to find whoever lost the rivets to his seat

[KhunBENQ]

I have no idea

[saakura]

Any numbers visible?

[SneekyPete]

27 minutes ago, saakura said:

Any numbers visible?

If there are, the local lottery tickets with all the numerical permutations will be snaffled up...

[dinsdale]

12 hours ago, Rally123 said:

More than likely a sonic boom resulting in parts of a jet skin becoming detached.

[dinsdale]

New headline

Homemade Still Explodes

[Rally123]

So the still explodes and the mystified locals report the metal fragments to the police because they're baffled as where the metal came from.Yeah right. 

 

 

[terminatorchiangmai]

No finger pointing but looking up to the sky this time , thats a new one.

[RichardColeman]

"I need some whiskey , but have no money. Maybe if I collected some nearby rubbish, and made something up , I could sell my story for a few baht to a paper"

[TKDfella]

Hey hang on a minute...Thailand's own Roswell Incident. I bet the small aliens have already been taken away and...no, second thoughts...must be new tourist attraction;

[masuk]

16 hours ago, oldgent said:

to much whisky / yaba maybe 

Sometimes space debris re-enters with a sonic boom, but this metal shows no signs of burning.

[robertthesculptor]

Interesting...I hope to hear what is found. Hate when an interesting story pops up and is then dropped. 

 

[DefaultName]

3 hours ago, dinsdale said:

New headline

Homemade Still Explodes

Perhaps a still attacked by a thirsty giant hedgehog.  

[dinsdale]

2 hours ago, Rally123 said:

So the still explodes and the mystified locals report the metal fragments to the police because they're baffled as where the metal came from.Yeah right. 

 

 

Maybe it wasn't their still. 

[Maejo Man]

Looking at the welding, I would venture to say that a pressure vessel has let go somewhere in the neighbourhood

[marko kok prong]

Klingon .

[tandor]

22 hours ago, watcharacters said:

Area 51?

..rocket man at it again.

[Jdietz]

20 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

 

 

I must say the neighbor's still sounds very plausible, seeing the wreckage, doesn't exactly look like space grade materials and welding. Love the picture though, reminds me of KSP.