[jgoodknight]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_tower

Throwing molten lead down a tall tower was how round musket balls used to be made, so melted meteorite in the atmosphere being really super round by the time it gets to earth seems normal to me…. Those shot towers are all around Harvard

[klyrs]

> "They have colors of gold, blue, brown, and some of them resemble a miniature of the Earth."

I'd love to see pictures of this claimed "miniature Earth." Because this really sounds like poppycock.

[simonblack]

"microscopic". At that size, their terminal velocity would be very slow. Ideal for your 'shot tower' effect.

Wake me when they find an actual working machine made by aliens.