Metal objects from air cases in Myanmar

A large cylindrical metal object on Thursday from the sky fallen into a mining area in northern Myanmar.

The pieces of metal could be elements of a Chinese rocket, which was launched Wednesday aboard an experimental satellite. The large piece of metal, which has a diameter of 1 meter and 4.5 meters long, ended up in a muddy part of the mining area. Local residents said they heard a loud bang.

Around the same time was a metal piece of about 3 to 12 centimeters with Chinese inscriptions on the roof of a house near the mine. There were no injuries.

'Everyone thought that a gun had gone off, but when I walked up to it I saw that it was a piece of an engine. It gave much copper wires from the tail of the part, 'said a villager at the Myanmar Times.

The pieces of metal could be elements of a Chinese rocket, which was launched Wednesday aboard an experimental satellite. The large piece of metal, which has a diameter of 1 meter and 4.5 meters long, ended up in a muddy part of the mining area. Local residents said they heard a loud bang.

Around the same time was a metal piece of about 3 to 12 centimeters with Chinese inscriptions on the roof of a house near the mine. There were no injuries.

'Everyone thought that a gun had gone off, but when I walked up to it I saw that it was a piece of an engine. It gave much copper wires from the tail of the part, 'said a villager at the Myanmar Times.