They dome believe their eyes!
An Indiana community was left baffled when a supposedly weatherproof “radome” typically used to protect antennas plummeted from the sky during extreme weather that tore through the Midwest Wednesday night.
The dinged-up sphere that landed on a residential street blew away from a nearby property, neighbors told CBS4.
Radomes are most commonly used to protect electrical systems during severe weather, namely antennas and radar systems, according to Radome Services LLC.
The dome, an achromatic nightmare straight out of a war movie, was scuffed from the fall, and a side hatch was partially open.
“It kinda looks like an eyeball,” CBS 4 news anchor Chelsea Helms said.
An employee with V2X, an aerospace and defense company with a location in Indianapolis roughly one mile away from the street now dented by the dome, told CBS4 Thursday that the radome was theirs.
The employee, though, said that the company is also perplexed and has no idea how the radome blew all that way.
“I think it probably got turned over and caught in the wind and unfortunately, it flew away. We’re really thankful no one got hurt or anything. No one got injured. But that’s what it is, I can confirm it’s not an alien satellite or an alien spaceship,” Andrew Belush, a V2X site executive, told the outlet.
The radome in question was not in use and was set off to the side of the Indianapolis V2X building ahead of the storm, according to the outlet.
For the last year, it seems like the sky has consistently been falling.
In late 2024, a drone disaster struck the tri-state when inexplicable fleets were spotted around New Jersey for more than a month.
In February, black tar balls suddenly washed ashore several beaches in Florida, sparking concerns about the quality of public beaches and possible overlooked health hazards.