Great balls of ice

Madrid - Ice balls the size of melons have been bombarding southern Spain in a phenomenon that has baffled scientists

Madrid - Ice balls the size of melons have been bombarding southern Spain in a phenomenon that has baffled scientists. A team of scientists has been wrestling with conflicting theories: are they pieces of a comet, human excrement ejected from high-flying aircraft, or an elaborate hoax?

Mr Enrique Martinez, head of a team at the Higher Council of Scientific Investigation, said the excrement theory was rejected.

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