Suspected Chinese rocket debris were found by fisherfolk off Zambales, the Philippine Coast Guard said on Sunday. | FMangosingINQ /PDI
FLOTSAM The Philippine Coast Guard and local fishermen successfully recover an apparent piece of rocket debris floating near Subic, Zambales, on Saturday. —PCG PHOTO
Suspected Chinese rocket debris were found by fisherfolk off Zambales, the Philippine Coast Guard said on Sunday. David Gervacio, boat captain of the Filipino fishing boat “Akiyo,” discovered “a white cylindrical shaped object” believed to be Chinese rocket debris floating in waters approximately 100 kilometers west of Subic, Zambales, on Saturday and reported it to the coast guard through radio, said Commo. Armando Balilo, spokesperson for the PCG.The Coast Guard Station Zambales immediately responded and assisted the crew in retrieving the said debris, which measured two meters long and four meters wide.
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