And strange and huge red hot object descended from heaven in Chickena small town in Kenyathe past monday afternoon.
As local residents told Kenya’s national broadcaster, the incident sparked a rapid intervention of the Kenya Space Agency (KSA), which initiated a investigation to determine the origin of the object.
The KSA confirmed on Wednesday that the object is a “fragment of a space object“. In a statement, the agency described the discovery as “a metal ring approximately 2.5 meters in diameter and weighing 500 kilograms“, which classifies it as “space junk“.
“This is a fragment of a space object, probably a separation ring from a rocket,” the KSA said. Although this type of debris usually disintegrates as it enters the Earth’s atmosphere or falls into the ocean, the impact on Mukuku appears to be a exceptional case.
Research underway
Mbooni sub-county police commander Julius Rotich reported that the object was still hot when authorities arrived at the scene. By securitya perimeter around the area until the object cooled.
The KSA is carrying out detailed analyzes to determine exactly the provenance of the object. So far, preliminary evaluations suggest that it could be a component detached from a rocket.
This unusual event has awakened the curiosity of experts and inhabitants equally, although the agency has already explained that this is an isolated case that does not pose a security threat of the area’s population.
