Suspected Space Debris on WA Beach Declared Safe

A supplied image obtained on Monday, July 17, 2023, of a cylindrical piece of equipment that has washed up on the beach at Green Head, about 250 kilometres north of Perth, WA. AAP Image/Supplied by Australian Space Agency

A large mystery object that washed up on a remote West Australian (WA) beach has been declared safe as experts try to confirm if it is part of a space rocket.

Multiple state and federal agencies have been called in to help determine what the cylindrical piece of equipment is and where it came from.