YANGON: A large metal cylinder thought to be from a Chinese satellite or aircraft fell from the sky and slammed into a jade mining area in northern Myanmar, state media reported on Friday.

The large barrel-shaped object, 4.5 metres (15 foot) long and just over a metre in diameter, crashed onto property owned by a jade mining company in Kachin State's Hpakant township on Thursday, reported the Global New Light of Myanmar.

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