- Over the past few decades, miners near the little town of Ottosdal in Western Transvaal, South Africa, have been digging up hundreds of mysterious metal spheres. These spheres measure between 25 and 100 mm in diameter, and some are etched with three parallel grooves running completely around the equator. Two types of spheres have been found. One is composed of a solid bluish metal with flecks of white, the other is hollowed out and filled with a spongy white substance.
- These spheres are reportedly so delicately balanced that even with modern technology, they would need to be made in a zero gravity environment to attain these characteristics. These objects have become known as the Klerksdorp spheres.
Well that was interesting. My favorite part (besides wikipedia-ing the sensationalism and learning a thing or two about shit I didn't know was a thing) was this comment: Great article! Honest, educated and no agenda behind it! Thank you for sharing this valuable information so that educated minds can process this logically!MediaMagic19/06/2014 at 11:19 pm
Doesn't seem like they are out of place at all. According to the linked Wikipedia entry, they are the perfectly natural result of normal geological processes. This seems incredibly exaggerated. Just look at the pictures in the Wikipedia entry and you can see they have numerous imperfections.These spheres are reportedly so delicately balanced that even with modern technology, they would need to be made in a zero gravity environment to attain these characteristics.
Seems like a cool seed for science fiction novel. Remnants of a ancient galactic spanning civilization leaving clues to their existence to future species. Once they develop they proper technology to probe their secrets they send out a signal to the dormant machines who awaken to kill all sentient life. Like in Revelation Space.