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Not Alien Spaceships: Origin of Mysterious Metal Spheres on the Beach Identified by Australian Space Agency

Little Cove Road, Noosa Heads Queensland, Australien (For illustration purposes only). (Credit: Lukas Spirig lukaski / Unsplash)

The mysterious metal spheres that washed up on a beach in northern Queensland over the weekend are likely to be debris from a space launch vehicle rather than anything extraterrestrial, according to the Australian Space Agency.

The agency said on Monday it had identified the 'likely source' of the six objects discovered on Forrest Beach and is now working with international authorities to confirm exactly which rocket they came from.

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