On December 30, a mysterious 1,100-pound object in the shape of a massive, 8-f00t metal ring was discovered in a remote Kenyan village, prompting widespread speculation it had fallen from space.As the New York Times reported at the time, the Kenya Space Agency identified the “red-hot” object as a piece of space junk that survived reentry, indicating that it was still trying to identify the originator of the mysterious ring.”Such objects are usually designed to burn up as they re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere or to fall over unoccupied areas, such as…
