明尼苏达州玉米地发现直径约11英尺金属物体 警长办公室称推测为太空物体 官方尚未证实来源
据《今日美国》等媒体报道，明尼苏达州史蒂文斯县 Scott 镇一处玉米地里发现一个直径约11英尺（约3.35米）的金属物体。史蒂文斯县警长办公室10月14日约15时30分接报，次日发布消息称该物体「推测为太空物体」。
警长办公室表示，该物体带有序列号，已在地里躺了约六周，经检查没有危险，州与联邦有关部门已经介入。县警长 Jason Dingman 办公室未公布物体的确切来源。
科技媒体 Ars Technica 分析认为，该物体可能与中国蓝箭航天朱雀二号E运载火箭的上面级有关：该火箭9月15日自酒泉发射，将10颗卫星送入轨道，其再入轨迹经过堪萨斯至明尼苏达一带。但蓝箭航天未承认这一说法，官方亦未证实物体的来源。
（图为明尼苏达州玉米地资料图。）
Metal Object About 11 Feet Wide Found in Minnesota Cornfield; Sheriff's Office Calls It a Suspected Space Object, Origin Unconfirmed
A metal object about 11 feet (3.35 meters) in diameter has been found in a cornfield in Scott Township, Stevens County, Minnesota, according to USA Today and other outlets. The Stevens County Sheriff's Office received the report at about 3:30 p.m. on October 14 and said the following day that the object was "believed to be a space object."
The sheriff's office said the object bears a serial number, had been lying in the field for about six weeks, and posed no hazard, and that state and federal authorities are now involved. Sheriff Jason Dingman's office has not announced a definitive origin for the object.
Technology outlet Ars Technica has suggested the debris may be the upper stage of a LandSpace Zhuque-2E rocket, launched from Jiuquan on September 15 with 10 satellites, whose re-entry path crossed from Kansas toward Minnesota. LandSpace has not acknowledged the claim, and officials have not confirmed the object's origin.
(Pictured: a Minnesota cornfield, file photo.)
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