Another smaller piece of metal bearing Chinese writing tore through the roof of a house in a nearby village at the same time, the paper said. Pictures circulated on social media showed what appeared to be pieces of technological equipment and wiring attached to the inside of the vast cylinder. The bizarre events came the same day Chinese state media reported Beijing had recently launched a satellite into space. "It could not be confirmed whether the launch of the satellite and the metal objects found in Kachin state were related," the Global New Light said. A string of deadly landslides in the mine-pocketed area have killed scores over the past year.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 11, 2016 04:16 UTC