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Found on Australian beach - what is it?

07/17/2023 11:14 AM

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-66220494

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Re: Found on Australian beach - what is it?

07/17/2023 12:01 PM

Not much to go on here.

Might be non-terrestrial origin. Sure, I will go with that.

I’ll see if Georgia Tsoukalos has an opinion about it...

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Re: Found on Australian beach - what is it?

07/17/2023 12:38 PM

Some different views would be helpful, but it sure does resemble something that could have been part of a rocket would be my best bet.
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Re: Found on Australian beach - what is it?

07/17/2023 3:10 PM

Looks like a sonar or radar dome off a plane or ship...

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Re: Found on Australian beach - what is it?

07/17/2023 11:02 PM

Except that it's obviously metal that's been corroded away; wouldn't work very well as a radiometric. Some hint of size would be helpful. Teacup? Main boiler?
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Re: Found on Australian beach - what is it?

07/18/2023 5:22 AM

From the linked article:-

"Green Head beach residents said the cylinder was about 2.5m wide and between 2.5m and 3m long, Australia's public broadcaster reported."

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07/20/2023 5:08 AM

GA several people now seem to be saying it's carbon fibre eg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_cXFXAN_M0 so this gets my vote.

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07/17/2023 11:14 PM

It does look like some part of a rocket fuel system.

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07/18/2023 12:41 AM

seems correct.

https://www.theaustraliatoday.com.au/mystery-object-on-australian-beach-could-be-debris-from-indias-chandrayaan-1-launcher/

https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2023/07/17/mysterious-object-on-australian-beach-could-be-isro-satellite-debris.html
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07/18/2023 1:01 AM

Color is right, looks like titanium...Size and shape look right, about 5' across...Looks like it has been submerged for quite some time, I'd say at least a year....

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07/18/2023 2:19 AM

https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=49715.100

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07/20/2023 5:54 PM

Nice job. I think you nailed it well before the Reddit folks linked this to the PSLV.

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Re: Found on Australian beach - what is it?

07/18/2023 5:28 AM

Fermenting vessel.

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07/18/2023 7:34 AM

Mystery object on Oz beach could be 'space junk' | Watch (msn.com)
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07/19/2023 6:46 AM

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07/19/2023 6:48 AM

These parts

Look like something far more mundane than parts of a rocket.

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Re: Found on Australian beach - what is it?

07/19/2023 6:21 PM

Looks a little less mundane from this angle:

https://www.outlookindia.com/international/australia-unidentified-huge-metal-object-surfaces-on-the-shore-of-green-head-beach-news-303693

. . . or this angle:

https://odishabhaskar.in/news/chandrayaan-3-debris-australian-beach-mysterious-objects-47153/
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