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According to eyewitnesses, the UFO weighs about 50 kilograms and measures roughly one meter in diameter. The sphere fell on Wednesday in a village of Riacho dos Poços in Brazilian Maranhão state. No casualties were reported apart from an unfortunate cashew tree that was severed by the object as it plunged to the ground, according to MR Notícias, a Mata Roma news site.
Valdir José Mendes, 46, told police the sphere landed several meters from his house leaving a one-meter-deep hole in the yard. “I heard the noise and I went out to see what caused it. I thought it was a plane that had fallen, or an earthquake,” he said. The noise was such that Mendes was too scared to go outside. Some 20 villagers joined Mendes to help him extract the object from the ground and examine it. “It was a huge uproar here. > Metal ‘Teletubby head’ falls near Namibian village. UFO Shoots At Missile - a News &Politics video. Dailymotion - UFO Shoots At Missile - a News &Politics video. UFO mainstream news coverage MASS SIGHTINGS WORLDWIDE what is going on?! National UFO Reporting Center.