A large metal ball which washed up on a shore in Japan has confused people and started a flurry of speculation. .BBC News reported Wednesday authorities cannot say what it is, and the police and bomb squad have not been sent in to investigate. .What is known is the object is hollow and not a threat. Many people suspect it to be some type of buoy. .People living in Hamamatsu, Japan, called the sphere Godzilla egg, mooring buoy, and from outer space. .Japanese news outlet NHK obtained footage of two officials on Enshuhama Beach looking at the rusty, metal sphere, which appeared about 1.5 metres wide. .It had been found by a Hamamatsu resident who alerted police after noticing the object on the shore. .Police cordoned off the area and conducted x-ray exams, which did not reveal much other than confirm the object was safe. .A runner on the beach said he was surprised by the commotion, as the object had been around for some time. ."I tried to push it but it wouldn't budge," said the runner. .Local authorities said the object will be removed soon. .This ordeal comes after an unknown object hovering over Lake Huron was shot down by pilots from the United States Air Force and the National Guard on February 12. .READ MORE: US takes down unidentified object flying over Lake Huron.“Great work by all who carried out this mission both in the air and back at headquarters,” said Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin (MI-07). .“We’re all interested in exactly what this object was and its purpose.”
