0EPII1 All American 42569 Posts user info edit post |
Video in link.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-16754531
Quote : | "Bournemouth resident mystified by 'blue sphere shower'
A man in Dorset has been left mystified after tiny blue spheres fell from the sky into his garden.
Steve Hornsby from Bournemouth said the 3cm diameter balls came raining down late on Thursday afternoon during a hail storm.
He found about a dozen of the balls in his garden. He said: "[They're] difficult to pick up, I had to get a spoon and flick them into a jam jar."
The Met Office said the jelly-like substance was "not meteorological".
Mr Hornsby, a former aircraft engineer, said: "The sky went a really dark yellow colour.
"As I walked outside to go to the garage there was an instant hail storm for a few seconds and I thought, 'what's that in the grass'?"
'No smell' AdvertisementMr Hornsby said he was keeping the balls in his fridge while he tried to find out what they were
Walking around his garden he found many more blue spheres were scattered across the grass.
He said: "The have an exterior shell with a softer inner but have no smell, aren't sticky and do not melt."
Mr Hornsby said he was keeping the balls in his fridge while he tried to find out what they were.
Josie Pegg, an applied science research assistant at Bournemouth University, speculated that the apparently strange phenomena might be "marine invertebrate eggs".
"These have been implicated in previous 'strange goo' incidents," she said. "I'd have thought it's a little early for spawning but I suppose we've had a very mild winter.
"The transmission of eggs on birds' feet is well documented and I guess if a bird was caught out in a storm this could be the cause."

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[Edited on January 28, 2012 at 6:54 AM. Reason : ] 1/28/2012 6:53:59 AM
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BIGcementpon Status Name 11321 Posts user info edit post |
That's pretty crazy.
Quote : | "MARINE
INVERTEBRATE
EGGS" |
1/28/2012 10:19:52 AM
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ncstatetke All American 41128 Posts user info edit post |
airplane toilet water 1/28/2012 10:23:18 AM
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Kiwi All American 38546 Posts user info edit post |
Obviously, the only answer is aliens. And we're gonna die. 1/28/2012 10:28:18 AM
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wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |

1/28/2012 10:29:48 AM
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ClassicMixup All American 3877 Posts user info edit post |
Birds having abortions...on the fly
Quote : | " PUN
TOTALLY
INTENDED " |
[Edited on January 28, 2012 at 11:43 AM. Reason : .] 1/28/2012 11:40:33 AM
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justinh524 Sprots Talk Mod 28531 Posts user info edit post |
HALLELUJAH 1/28/2012 11:52:06 AM
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GREEN JAY All American 14180 Posts user info edit post |
hah, that looks like silica beads 1/28/2012 11:56:59 AM
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