State and federal authorities are looking into the large metal object, which was discovered by locals at Green Head beach, about 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Perth. It is being treated as hazardous, and police have asked the public to keep a safe distance.
Residents of Green Head beach said that the cylinder was between 2.5m and 3m long and approximately 2.5m wide.
Residents came to the location on Saturday night to view the cylinder, according to the ABC, and one local called it a “great social evening”.
Geoffrey Thomas, an aviation expert, speculated that the object might have been a fuel tank from a rocket that had crashed into the Indian Ocean at some point in the previous 12 months.
The Australian Space Agency stated that it was likely that the enormous cylinder may have fallen from a “foreign space launch vehicle” and that it will coordinate with other international organizations.
Experts think it might be a fuel cylinder from an Indian rocket and that it might contain dangerous elements if it is.
It is hoped that a serial or catalog number will make this determination.
There was considerable conjecture that the cylinder was from MH370, a plane that vanished off the coast of western Australia in 2014 carrying 239 people, but Mr Thomas claimed there was “no chance” of that.
Since MH370 was missing nine and a half years ago, there would be far more wear and tear on the debris, he claimed. “It’s not any part of a Boeing 777.”
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