18 Jul 2023

Chunk of junk washes up on Aussie beach, prompts speculation on origin

From Checkpoint, 5:51 pm on 18 July 2023

A chunk of junk that's quite literally appeared out of the blue, on a western Australia beach is causing some head scratching.

Speculation is rife about what the giant golden cylindrical object on sandy Jurien Bay is; space junk, part of a downed aircraft? A UFO? Your guess is as good as ours.

So it's time to phone an expert.

Australian National University astrophysicist Dr Brad Tucker spoke to Lisa Owen.