It would be a neat Xmas tree topper.
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Funny you say that. I ran across something similar while hiking in Nevada in the fall or winter, It was dented and spiked on a metal fence post. I am pretty sure I was on BLM (Bureau of Land Management) land. And oddly, that is one of the things that crossed my mind. I don’t think I took a picture of it, but if I did, I don’t think I could find it. I did not take it, as it was definitely spiked on the post by somebody.
I was staying at the Little AleInn and the locals knew exactly what it was, a Radar Calibration Sphere. Radar Calibration Spheres, from what I was told, are dropped from high altitude and hit by multiple radar beams simultaneously to get very accurate positioning data. Finding them was apparently uncommon but not unheard of, and if found were quite the souvenir, that said a few people were convinced that the government was watching everything and everyone, and that picking one up would cause one to be arrested and disappeared. As a side note, it is worth spending a night at the Little AleInn for the stars, and if one happens to be there for Red Flag exercises you will get quite the show, in particular at night. The locals do not suffer fools gladly, but if it is slow, as it was when I was there, a night at the bar can lead to some interesting conversations. The people watching and listening was suburb, so were the fries.
