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A farmer got a big shock when he found something that fell from the stars...
It was a moment Aussie farmer Mick Miners could never have imagined – an alien-like three-metre-high object appearing in a remote part of his sheep paddock.
Mick, from Numbla Vale, south of Jindabyne, NSW, stumbled upon the debris just weeks after people living between Canberra and Bendigo reported hearing a mysterious loud boom on July 9.
“I didn’t know what to think, I had no idea what it was,” he told the ABC.
Mick called neighbouring farmer Jock Wallace, who then found some similar pieces. Jock’s sister Gabby visited the site and told Woman’s Day her brother’s piece of debris is similarly big and the only one that has a serial number on it.
“It’s quite incredible seeing it in person. It’s about 1.5 metres wide. It’s out of this world, literally!” she says. “It’s an extraordinary story but I think we’re all just really thankful that no people or animals were damaged in the process.
“Everyone is joking it could become a local tourist attraction!”
EARTHLY ORIGIN
Australian National University College of Science astrophysicist Brad Tucker visited the sites and says it is possibly the largest piece of documented debris to fall in Australia for 40 years. It’s now thought the debris may be part of Elon Musk’s Spacex Dragon spacecraft. “It’s very rare to see, because they don’t usually land on land, but in the ocean,” he explains.
The charred remains have been checked out by technical experts at the Australian Space Agency and NSW Police, with the objects to remain at the properties while authorities wait for Spacex to confirm ownership.
‘It’s quite incredible. It’s out of this world, literally!’