Small Metal Spheres: The Sky Really Was Falling

 A surprising amount of early unidentified objects had them being described a silver, shiny, and sometimes white spheres. An easy and vague enough description to be easily placed within the "weather balloon" classification. Trouble was sometimes these "spheres" were smaller 10 inches to three feet and moved against the wind and made other maneuvers that were hard to explain away. 

It has been theorized that such objcets might have been an early form of drone or remote controlled device.  

In the 1960's and 1970's some show up around the globe and bring mystery and lingering wonder to those who delve into them.

In Australia - In the November 1963 issue of A.P.R.O. Bulletin was a story from April 8th near Broken Hill in New South Wales, Australia. An odd sphere was found on the property of Mr. J. McLure. It could not be cut or sawed with a hacksaw or a file. It was 14 inches in diameter and weighed twelve pounds. It was spherical and hollow. An analysis at the Zinc Corporation noted it had been subjected to great heat. No one could recall seeing anything fall. A later spectrographic study revealed the object contained beryllium, titanium and magnesium. Officials denied it was a water or well weight. Later, an announcement came from Canberra the object was part of a "space vehicle."  The sphere was not going to be opened because negotiations with the foreign government were ongoing. News slowed hut then a storycarried in a Nebraska paper said a second sphere had been found to have follow also and it was located some 25 miles from the first. This second one was 16 inches in diameter and weighed 19 pounds. (pg. 6).

In Japan - a larger metal sphere fell in Japan. The Kera Object, Small Japanese UFO found by kids in 1972 Japan.

Republic of Chad - October 1970, a 4 inch steel ball landed and Operation Moon Dust personnel reported on the finding and location of this space debris. Apparently, also found near was something with the appearance of drive shaft. moondust-oct1970-chad.pdf (theblackvault.com)

In Florida- The Betz Ball of 1974 - an eight inch diameter, 22 pound sphere of metal - is a maze of a tale that has a lot of information but no clear and absolute resolution. A family found a metal sphere in the remains of a burned building; the young son thinking it might be a cannon ball, lugged it home. Over time it appeared to them to have unusual properties. Tests were run failing to find welding marks, hinting at objects inside the ball, and a makeup that was unique. The Wikipedia article is an apparent mouthpiece to the skeptical debunker camp and fails to address any issues become the limited scope of their investigation. For a bit wide range of information see this Nick Redfern article on the topic: The Betz Mystery Sphere: Alien Artifact or Doomsday Device? | Mysterious Universe. 

Chicken Little was right ....the sky was falling, or at least things orbiting high overhead were falling to earth.   The only clue to the Betz ball was a tiny triangle, a hollow center. How well those aspects might be found in the other accounts a trail might be found leading back to the nation with the falling space metal.