Some young Saudis found strange steel balls in the Empty Quarter desert in southern Saudi Arabia while traveling.
While a video clip circulating on communication sites documented the moment the iron cylinders were found in the desert, the photographer said he did not know what they were or what they were for.
According to the video, when a boy tried to pick up one of them, the video documentarian believed it might be an explosive object and warned him, and the boy immediately threw it on the ground.
The cameraman inquired about the condition of these cylinders after they were found, and expressed that he was surprised by their presence in the desert and their intended use.
If anyone knows about this thing that the youth found, please help us 🤦🏻♀️ pic.twitter.com/pqheMLyWUz
– Wasabiat ﮼haym (@2022uuu) March 13, 2023
These strange balls and their whereabouts are making headlines on social networking sites, and one tweet commenting on the clip read, “These iron balls are cylinders used as a warning sign for highway or railroad at night before the seventies, and filled up. with kerosene and light them at night to give warning. Get on the road.”
“These balls are empty steel spherical cylinders that can be used as torches or oil lamps for night lighting,” said Ahmed Al-Mobayed, a second tweeter.
Some young men in the Empty Quarter find iron balls in the desert of the Empty Quarter while on a wild ride.
And they documented the moment they found those balls,
Most of those who saw it were amazed as if a bomb had been dropped on them.
They are like hollow spherical iron cylinders that can be used as torches or oil lamps for night lighting. pic.twitter.com/sMX8eynOSW– Ahmed Al-Mobayed Almobydh (@f4ahm) 15 March 2023
As for blogger Samir Junaid, he confirmed that these are old torches used by soldiers to light up areas and roads, and are now being sold as a kind of decoration after being painted and decorated.
These are old flares
It was used by soldiers to illuminate places and roads.Now, after being painted and decorated, it is sold as a kind of decoration. pic.twitter.com/4wz8jcLh3L
– Samir Junaid (@SamirJunaid) 14 March 2023
Source: Saudi media + Twitter.
Source: Arabic RT
