occupier of a small , outback Kampuchean village were wake up to quite an strange – and somewhat dangerous – surprisal last week when pieces of alloy were seen raining from the sky . At the time of publishing , official are still stumped as to what could be the cause , lead some to believe extraterrestrial military force could be behind the incident .
In a statement air to IFLScience , occupier of Preah Vihear Province said they discover a loud sound around 6 am local fourth dimension . They ran outside to find dozens of while of atomic number 13 count more than 40 kg ( 88 Irish punt ) striking homes and causing harm across a 10 - klick ( 6.2 - Swedish mile ) spoke . Fortunately , nobody was injured .
'' I hear a big noise in the morning . I was shocked and thought something bad had happened , " said villager Sok Nol . “ When I went to look there was one big firearm in a field and other smaller piece around . We thought an airplane had doss down but there was no big engine . ”
occupier collected the wreckage and reported it to police , who were unable to discover where it came from . Yin Chamnan , police chief of Preah Vihear , confirmed that detritus had been recovered in the small town , continuing that regional police have not been able to pinpoint where the pieces came from . The typeface will now be handed over to a team of specialiser .
'' We have line up more than 17 fall fragment of aluminum and golosh . But , we are cover the hunting and are collecting further info from the people at the scene , ” he said .
It has some thinking something out - of - this - world could be responsible .
'' Now I think that it has come from space and landed in our village . It ’s confusing because nobody do it what it is , ” said Nol .
Chamnan , however , has a different account : '' Maybe these fragments are parts of a lagger that someone fly . The piece were not relatively big , ” he tell .
