Flying metal in Plymouth, MA

[Brad_Blazer]

My guess is somebody hit a heavy duty boundary stake or hidden scrap while rough mowing. The piece looks like it got chewed up pretty good before it went sailing.

5-pound hunk of metal crashes into Mass. warehouse - Boston.com

Any other guesses?

 

[Soundguy]

i wonder what it turns out to be.

i'm surprised no metalurgy has been done yet...

 

[creekbend]

Possibly space debris?

 

[powerstroke444e]

I am betting on some good old boys playing with large fireworks.

 

[Soundguy]

'projectile' looks too good for a cannon shot. IMHO..

 

[mjncad]

As usual for the media, it doesn't give enough information. What other industrial facilities if any are nearby? Something manly sure chewed up that chunk of metal.

 

[SensibleNick]

"likely came from a piece of heavy machinery, possibly a wood chipper"

"Police are also stumped"

Badoom-Tish!!

 

[mpham]

From the picture I saw it reminds me of a broken truck axle. I saw quite a few pieces just like that working at the concrete plant/garage.

 

[Soundguy]

whatever it is.. the diameter of it and the cylindrical shape and shear faces, sure makes it look like it was a hard axle or similar.. not a plain cold rolled round stock..e tc. but yeay.. some sort of solid machine shaft..e tc..

 

[tungularafishcamp]

where is this picture of metal you are all talking about