Comments on: UFO Found in Austria https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/14/ufo-found-in-austria/ Mon, 19 Mar 2012 04:45:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: g724 https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/14/ufo-found-in-austria/#comment-491888 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 04:45:59 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/03/14/ufo-found-in-austria/#comment-491888 1) UXO: un-exploded ordnance, left over from WW2. Given this possibility, he needs to call his local fire department ASAP, who will know how to reach the correct branch of the military to deal with this possibility.

2) Buried water or fuel tank. If fuel, then possibly still a fire or explosion hazard, if the fuel has not all leaked out or evaporated. Still something to call the fire department about. If it’s water-related infrastructure, they will refer it to the municipal water & sewage agency to deal with.

3) Some other object related to military or civilian infrastructure from decades past. Once again, the fire department is the best place to start.

Word to the wise: if you find unknown objects in or under the ground in your yard, don’t call the news media. Because even if you’re completely rational about the whole thing (plus or minus cat-magnets:-) they will turn it into a freak show.

]]> By: F https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/14/ufo-found-in-austria/#comment-491887 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:29:53 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/03/14/ufo-found-in-austria/#comment-491887 So this guy has an otherwise normal magnet which he had expected to also work on cats?

]]> By: Michael https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/14/ufo-found-in-austria/#comment-491886 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:20:30 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/03/14/ufo-found-in-austria/#comment-491886 According to authorities, the hole was drilled in September 1962 in a search for oil (and there is more than one). Originally it was 52 m deep. An explosive charge was detonated at its bottom to generate shock waves which were detected with geophones – to survey the underground structure. The hole was later sealed using soil etc. It probably collaped due to ground water activity.
If you know German, you can read it here:
http://kurier.at/nachrichten/oberoesterreich/4488330-loch-hat-nichts-mit-ufos-zu-tun.php

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/14/ufo-found-in-austria/#comment-491885 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 04:32:51 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/03/14/ufo-found-in-austria/#comment-491885 Link fixed.

Of course, this is a lot more interesting if you’ve seen the movie “Chronicle”

]]> By: george.w https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/14/ufo-found-in-austria/#comment-491884 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:39:41 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/03/14/ufo-found-in-austria/#comment-491884 Um… I’d be pretty damn careful about large buried metallic objects in Austria. The word “Boom!” comes to mind.

]]> By: Dave X https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/14/ufo-found-in-austria/#comment-491883 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 02:33:59 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/03/14/ufo-found-in-austria/#comment-491883 Try http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/13/buried-spacecraft-found-austria-_n_1341622.html

]]> By: Doug Alder https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/14/ufo-found-in-austria/#comment-491882 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 02:03:24 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/03/14/ufo-found-in-austria/#comment-491882 Greg check that URL it requires an admin password 🙂

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