They revealed more details about the giant iron ball that appeared on a beach in Japan

The appearance of a large metallic sphere on a beach in Japan was denounced Tuesday by a resident of the district and triggered a mega operation by the local authorities who have not yet been able to determine the origin of this mysterious object.

Explosives Specialists They ruled out that it was a bomb. Several experts dressed in protective gear restricted access to Enshu Beach in Hamamatsu City to examine the giant ball and concluded there was no risk of an explosion.

A witness told Japanese television NHK that he had recently been to this beach for a run and was surprised by all the attention this unidentified object was receiving since, according to him, He’s been there for a month. “I tried to push her, but she wouldn’t move,” he said in an interview with the station.

The local press noted that the one and a half meter diameter iron sphere is rusty and it has a handle-like protrusion that would allow it to be hooked to another element. Besides, it’s hollowaccording to a study carried out by experts with an X-ray scanner.

According to Hamamatsu authorities, the balloon It will soon be removed from the beach. And they warned that rakes have been carried out in the area to rule out that there are more foreign objects that pose a threat to the local community.

Local television reports said photos of the object had already been sent to experts from Japan’s Self-Defense Force and the Coast Guard.

On the other hand, social networks have generated a lot of speculation among users on the origin of this sphere and, through some comments, they have compared it to objects from disaster and science fiction films. There are also people who suspect that it is a type of buoy and they estimate that it comes from the ocean since it apparently has crustaceans attached to its surface.

Moreover, this appearance occurs at a time when there is great interest in the discoveries of unidentified objects in different parts of the world after the United States shot down a Chinese balloon on February 4 which Washington says is part of a spy program and which Beijing only had for meteorological purposes.

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