Monday 20/October/2025 – 04:46 PM
Preliminary investigations revealed a new development in the incident of a UFO falling in the Australian desert, as it was found that the debris found near an iron ore mine belongs to a Chinese missile recently launched into space.
The fall of a mysterious object in Australia raises widespread controversy
According to what was published by the British newspaper Daily Mail, scientists revealed details of the discovery of a mysterious object during the past hours in a remote area near the town of Newman, within the Pilbara region of Western Australia, by a number of miners who were surprised by a huge, charred piece of metal that fell near their work site.
The local authorities, led by the Western Australian Police, explained that they had opened an investigation in cooperation with transportation authorities and competent scientific authorities to determine the nature of the object and its source, ruling out at the same time that the debris belonged to a commercial aircraft, and likely that it was a missile tank or a pressure vessel belonging to a spacecraft.
A Chinese rocket in Earth orbit
In the same context, space archaeologist at Flinders University, Alice Gorman, provided a scientific explanation for the incident, noting that the piece most likely belongs to a Chinese missile called Geelong that was launched in late September. Gorman said that the missile remained in Earth’s orbit before it was suddenly pulled into the atmosphere, which led to the fall of one of the fuel tanks that the vehicle had discarded during its space flight.
The researcher added that such pieces are known as space balls, and they are parts of empty, heat-resistant rocket tanks that often remain intact after entering the atmosphere. She stressed that finding them is common around the world, but what is interesting about this incident is their discovery shortly after their fall.
Traffic congestion in space
Gorman indicated that the object may have fallen as a result of what is known as uncontrolled return, which is the case in which space objects fall without prior determination of the time or location of their fall, warning that the increase in space debris represents an escalating danger with the congestion of traffic in space.
She also pointed out that Australian airlines, such as Qantas, have expressed concerns about not receiving sufficient notifications about missile launches or the return of space objects to the atmosphere, stressing that the world is now living in a new phase that requires constantly monitoring the sky to know what is going on above us.
At the conclusion of its statement, the Western Australian Police confirmed that the object does not pose any threat to public safety, while specialized teams continue to examine the debris to determine additional details about its source and path before it fell.
