Kenya Space Agency (KSA) has said the mysterious object that fell from the skies on Monday evening in Mukuku, Makueni county, is a separation from a rocket.
The Agency in a statement on January 1, 2025 clarified that the metallic ring with an estimated diameter of 2.5 metres weighing 500 kilograms ad detached from a mother rocket-and this might be a special case since only large rocket fragments survive through the space to hit the ground. "Preliminary assessment indicate that the fallen object is a separation ring from a launch vehicle (rocket).
Such objects are designed to burn up as they re-enter the earth's atmosphere or fall over unoccupied areas such as oceans," read the statement in part.
Kenya Defence Forces officer, Major Alois Were who works for KSA, visited the scene on Tuesday evening, and told the locals that they couldn't immediately establish the origin of the object but said that they will consult United Nations for further inquiry. "This was unlikely occurrence although we have many foreign bodies transiting the space.
