It was an ordinary day for tending to sheep – until two shepherds in southeastern Spain saw a strange object fell from the sky.
In a field in Calasparra in Murcia, Spain, a UFO-type orb fell on the ground and was spotted by two farmers, brothers Francisco and Juan Espín del Amo, while they were tending to their herd. According to the goat farmers, the dark-grey orb was not previously seen by anyone in their area.
The unidentified object was suspected to be part of military equipment, as the army conducted tests near the vicinity.
Spain’s national police form, the Guardia Civil –which ordered Protocol NRBQ to quarantine the object and spur an investigation upon being informed of the orb’s presence – confirmed in a news report that it could have come from a satellite or rocket, and may likely come from aerospace equipment.
The emergency planning protocol was intended for any form of nuclear, radiological, bacterial, or chemical threat.
The object was soon declared free of any potential explosive substance or element, and was taken away in a squad car.
A couple of bomb squad experts negated claims that such objects had been found for the first time. “A couple of years ago, similar pieces of equipment were discovered in Brazil and Australia,” they said, as quoted in Spanish.
A separate report noted that the object was cylindrical, weighed about 44 pounds, and was around 39.4 inches across in measurement. The mysterious orb was wrapped in a type of black insulation material.
By Wednesday, Nov. 4, scientists also cleared the object of any alpha, beta, or gamma ray content. Spanish officials are keeping the orb in custody until a person or organization claims it.
The cousin of Juan and Francisco investigated on his own via online research, and speculated that the object could be part of a space station.
As he told the Spanish media, the orb showed signs of being a composite over-wrapped pressure vessel (COPV), which is made out of a material resistant enough to survive a re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere without being shattered to pieces.
Watch the video below for a good look at the mysterious sphere.
