Australia baffled as unidentified mystery object washes up on beach

Police person been baffled by a mysterious "unidentified" dome that washed up connected a West Australian beach.

The elephantine metallic entity was recovered by locals astatine Green Head beach, astir 250km (155 miles) northbound of Perth.

State and national authorities are investigating the item, which is not presently believed to beryllium from a commercialized aircraft.

It is being treated arsenic hazardous, and constabulary person requested radical support a harmless distance.

"We privation to reassure the assemblage that we are actively engaged successful a collaborative effort with assorted State and Federal agencies to find the object's root and nature," constabulary said successful a statement.

Green Head formation residents said the cylinder was astir 2.5m wide and betwixt 2.5m and 3m long, Australia's nationalist broadcaster reported.

Residents visited the tract connected Saturday nighttime to spot the cylinder, the ABC reported, with 1 section describing it arsenic a "great societal evening".

"It was a lovely, inactive night, the kids were digging soil castles astir it," he told the ABC.

Aviation adept Geoffrey Thomas said the point was perchance a substance vessel from a rocket that had fallen into the Indian Ocean astatine immoderate signifier successful the past 12 months.

While determination was immoderate speculation the cylinder whitethorn person been a portion of MH370 - a level that went missing disconnected the westbound Australian seashore successful 2014 with 239 passengers connected committee - Mr Thomas said determination was "no chance".

"It's not immoderate portion of a Boeing 777 and the information is MH370 was mislaid 9 and a fractional years agone truthful it would amusement a large woody much deterioration and teardrop connected the debris," helium said.