Strange object found in sea off southern Japan today...

There's a thread like this lalready on ATS, but it's not the same object, and this was a bit back. Less... I think it was strange object off of Greenland.

I had another thought perhaps its not a propane tank , but an avian flu
canister.

Thanks to Internos for clearing this up! Nice work as usual!

I've been struggling to translate the Japanese article!!

Sorry for the wild goose chase!!

By the way...

Not related, but I've been seeing some interesting 'activity' here in southern Japan. About three months ago, whilst driving with my wife, we both saw what can only be described as a huge golden droplet falling very rapidly to earth. Although quite far off this thing must have been enormous, judging by it's distance from us and the size of the buildings in the foreground...

Then just last week, whilst cycling, I again saw a strange object in the sky. This at first appeared to be a plane but then it's movements suddenly became very erratic - zig-zagging from side to side. It seemed to consisit of a row of five or six multi-coloured lights.

Not sure if any of this is of interest.

I'll keep my camera handy from now on...

Ha ha ha! well played sir.

I think it would be a blue wales tampon... just silly

Wonder if the Chinese wording is a warning about lead content.

If it fell of a ship one would think someone would notice. Sounds like a giant thermos bottle. (nitrogen and vacuum)

These also look like the tubes which hold portable nukes (sounds odd I know)
check around 3:32

www.youtube.com...

Part of their s-400 air defense system,.

They've found similar things like this before, they looked like they had been in the water for many years. Definitely man-made.

I remember one being posted here that had washed up, just numbers on it. Don't remember what the final outcome was.

Damn I like your signature...so true.

Hmmm, this is extremely peculiar, not the fact that this object is unknown but the fact that it's in Japanese waters and has not been harpooned, brutally murdered and then eaten...(for scientific purposes of course)

Very odd indeed.

clap and whistle

4 meters in diameter is roughly 13 feet in diameter.... thats a big friggin tube. deffinately not anything from another planet though. interesting find but not ET buddy.

I can almost garauntee that no ones gonna pick that thing up and it will either float listlessly around the planet or end up sinking.

13 feet across is about the width of the payload bay of the shuttles.. Yet this object is 25 meters long.....WOW....




get the stats here...
en.wikipedia.org...

So yeah that is one large object floating around the Oceans.....


my 0.00007 cent worth!!!

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reply to post by mopusvindictus

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Grain storage silo, or water tank. Either way, the pic of the vertical looks similar. Sorry folks, no alien artifacts today.

reply to post by clanky2008

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Im kind of amazed... that your calling this object strange... like its mysterious or something???? The title of your thread indicates that we should be expecting to see some kind of strange object afloat asea. Then up comes the picture of a white cylinder that anyone can put some kind of identification to it. Were you actually at awe of seeing this object???

I headed the thread 'strange object' because that was a direct translation/interperation at the time...

Sad to see so many negative and borderline racist comments on the thread. Don't you think this site deserves just a little more intelligent dialogue and respect for others of all race?

Just a thought...

The last big one like that was a beer chiller being shipped to a brewery.

Could be anything though.

It's a vertical pressure vessel, most likely used in oil or some other process. If you look at the left end, that is the base ring which is bolted to a base. On the right end you can see a lifting lug which is used to lift the vessel into a vertical position. The marking talking about nitogen is just a warning, there is no beathable air inside because it's a "nitrogen purge" and the vessel would be sealed for this. The purge helps to prevent corrosion while the vessel waits to be put into production.

Most likely it fell off a ship and now someone is gonna pay roughly $60k-$200k to replace this. Depending on internals the cost could be even higher.

FYI I spent too many years drafting up blueprints for these to make a mistake here....I hope lol

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I don't know whats worse, the fact that you took the time post your extra special bit of juvenile smutty humor or the fact that your post has the most stars in this thread. Lord knows there a probably 3 or 4 people that want to hear about gigantic lizards masturbating and the tools they use, but ATS really isn't the place for this kind of crap. It really is hard enough trying to be taken seriously already on this site without everyone that has poor impulse control deciding they have too crack a dirty and pointless joke at everything/

What the hell is happening to ATS?!?!?!?!

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