Officials examine the mysterious sphere found on a beach

 Police and locals in a coastal town in Japan are perplexed by a giant iron ball that has washed up on a nearby beach. Authorities acknowledge they have no clue what it is, other than the fact that it isn’t likely to explode, reports theguardian.com

Since it washed ashore on Enshu beach in the city of Hamamatsu on the nation’s Pacific coast, the 1.5 m in diameter sphere has been the subject of hysterical rumors, according to local media sources.

When specialists employed X-ray equipment to look inside the object and discovered that it was hollow, their concerns that it may be a wayward mine were allayed.

 But, according to reports, officials still don’t know what the sphere is or where it came from. Authorities cordoned off the area and brought in explosives specialists who were equipped in protective clothes to look into it further....<<<Read More>>>...