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Some farmers reported to the Guardia Civil finding a spherical object, one meter in diameter, of unknown origin
Meritorious activated immediately CBRN protocol (nuclear, radiological, bacteriological and chemical) to secure the object, ensure public safety and develop the appropriate research
Early reports do suspect that it could be an auxiliary fuel tank of an aerospace rocket
The Civil Guard in the region of Murcia, thanks to the cooperation of citizens, an aerospace object is located in the municipality of Cagitán Mula place that once considered and discarded the radiological risk to the population, it has been removed.
Yesterday afternoon, November 3, the Civil Guard received notice of a farmer who reported the discovery of a strange object characteristics, whose origin was unknown, on a crop in a rural area of ​​the municipality of Mula.
Meritorious troops went to the site and verified that it was a spherical object, one meter in diameter and surrounded by some sort of insulating black.
In view of the type of object in order to establish the appropriate security perimeter, the Civil Guard immediately activated protocol NRBC (nuclear, radiological, bacteriological and chemical) to ensure order, ensure public safety and develop investigation.
The ocular inspection of the area determined the lack of fingerprints or traces related to the arrival and location of the object at that point, so once bounded perimeter, specialists Group EOD (GEDEX) they moved to where After an initial examination ruled out the presence of substances or elements that would constitute an explosive device.
The investigation carried out by researchers and information obtained on similar objects fallen characteristics in other parts of the world do suspect that it could be an auxiliary fuel tank of a rocket.
This morning, specialists GEDEX Civil Guard have moved back to the site to assess the potential environmental risk and for the people.
This work, which has contributed a supervisor of radioactive facilities, under the SEF (Regional Employment and Training) of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, and which has been used an ionization chamber, were negative for alpha rays, beta and gamma, with lower values ​​to natural radiation.
The object has been removed and placed at the disposal of an organization that could claim it.
Source: Ministerio del Interior
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