A giant “iron ball” discovered on a beach in Japan has stunned locals and officials as the mysterious object’s origins remain unknown.
The orb, about 4.9 feet in diameter, was found by a runner on Enshuhama Beach in the coastal city of Hamamatsu and reported to police, state broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday.
Local police and a bomb squad investigated the discovery and confirmed through X-rays that the sphere appears to be hollow. Local officials said the object posed no threat and could be some kind of buoy.
But news of the strange object has since been circulating online, leading to a range of speculations that the metal ball could be a “Godzilla Egg” or a “Dragon Ball” from the popular Japanese manga Dragon Ball.
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A local runner called police after finding the mysterious metal object on a beach in Hamamatsu, a coastal town about 150 miles from Tokyo. (Twitter/@XMiS10C4M6QthSG via Portal)
Others online have suggested the unidentified object may have come from outer space.
X-rays showed the object appeared to be hollow, and officials determined there was no danger to the public, state broadcaster NHK reported. (Twitter/@XMiS10C4M6QthSG via Portal)
Masaki Matsukawa, head of the coastal maintenance department of the Shizuoka Hamamatsu Prefectural Civil Engineering Bureau, told the news agency it was unclear what the metal object was.
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“We have not been able to determine what type of debris it is, but it has been confirmed to be safe, so we will dispose of it in the same manner as normal flotsam,” the official said.
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The object was due to be removed from the beach on Wednesday.