Mystery ball washes ashore Enshu beach, leaving everyone puzzled 

Something strange happened in the Japanese beach Enshu recently. A mysterious iron ball washed ashore out of nowhere, leaving locals, tourists and even the cops puzzled. It was found by a middle-aged local woman who reported to the police that an orange-brown ball was lying on the beach that she discovered during her stroll and found extremely suspicious. Why? Because no one knows where it came from, its purpose and whether or not it is safe to investigate. For those unaware, Enshu beach lies on the Hamamatsu city along the Pacific coast.  

The metallic orb measures roughly 5 feet in diameter. It has prompted a wide number of wild and conspiracy theories. The popular speculation is that it is a surveillance or espionage device deployed by any of the neighbouring enemies such as China and North Korea. While both the nations have denied responsibility, there is another section of people who think that the giant ball is an explosive device. As a result, bomb disposal squads were also called in and a 600 feet sea mine was dug out to analyse it in closer details. Meanwhile, public access to it was completely prohibited.  

Interesting, Japanese authorities didn’t waste much time to conduct an X-Ray of the object. This revealed that the rusted metal shell was nothing more than an outer casing, while its insides were entirely hollowed out. Once this was confirmed, slowly, experts concluded that the ball was nothing more than a simple mooring buoy which was characterised by a raised handle. This may have been used to hook a rope but had accidentally become detached from its source and drifted away.  

However, others refused to believe this theory and rightly so. Turns out, such kinds of large metallic buoys usually contain more components inside to help in the buoyancy and are almost never really hollow. Moreover, such buoys can usually be pushed using a pulley, but this didn’t seem to budge.  

So, the investigation is likely to continue. For now, images from the scene have been sent to the coast guard and the armed forces for further and detailed inspection.  

Amidst ongoing tensions between Tokyo and Beijing, Japan was already on its way to shoot down any and all unidentified and uncrewed aircraft that might violate its airspace, especially in the aftermath of USA downing one suspected Chinese spy balloon last month. Meanwhile, Japan also worries that China will forcefully take over Taiwan, just like Russia has done with Ukraine. In addition, as many as 5 suspected aerial spy balloons have been seen in the Japanese sky in between 2019 and 2022, all of them presumed to be Chinese in origin.