posted 11-11-2016 11:49 AM               

It was found in Kachin state, where it plunged into a jade mine and then bounced 50 metres into a mud pit.

A Chinese satellite is believed to have blasted into space aboard a rocket on the same day, although it is not yet known whether this launch is connected to the wreckage.

Residents of a nearby village heard a huge crash when the 4.5m long and 1.2m wide object smashed into the ground.

A piece of metal emblazoned with Chinese writing also sliced through a nearby house, but its residents miraculously escaped injury.

posted 11-12-2016 03:20 AM               

At first glance, the object looks like it may have come from an aircraft.

"I think it was an engine because I found a diode and many copper wires at the tail of the body," villager Ko Maung Myo told The Myanmar Times. "It also looks like a jet engine block."

However, government officials say that they haven't identified the object and are sending experts to examine it. One former government official with the Department of Aviation said that the image shown on Facebook of the metal "UFO" looked more like a rocket booster than part of a commercial plane.

posted 11-12-2016 04:18 PM               

It is the 2nd stage of the CZ-11 (Long March 11) rocket that went up from China on November 9. [It] flew south over Burma on the way up.