{"id":11929,"date":"2010-04-30T18:13:34","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T09:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.dailynk.com\/en\/?p=11929"},"modified":"2020-01-17T08:55:46","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T23:55:46","slug":"alien-substances-found-at-cheonan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/alien-substances-found-at-cheonan\/","title":{"rendered":"Alien Substances Found at Cheonan Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

The team investigating the Cheonan sinking continues to look for pieces of unusual metal or some other chemical indicators which can lead to the definitive truth of how the Cheonan was sunk, and a number of alien items have now been found. However, the providence of the evidence is hard to establish.<\/p>\n

Regarding one particular piece of metal found at the spot where the Cheonan went down, Minister of National Defense Kim Tae Young said on Friday, \u201cIt is a piece of aluminum, and it is not one of ours.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking at a meeting of the National Defense Committee of the National Assembly, Kim was replying to a question from a ruling Grand National Party lawmaker about the results of the analysis of the collected evidence. According to Kim, \u201cWe have discovered that it is a different material from those on the ship.\u201d <\/p>\n

In a report released by the Ministry of National Defense, also today, it was revealed, \u201cOut of 549 pieces collected from the scene, 297 have been examined. Four pieces of metal and one piece of plastic have been confirmed as alien.\u201d It continued, \u201cAmong another 143 pieces, analysis has not revealed chemical components on the surface.\u201d <\/p>\n

The Ministry also revealed in the report, \u201cIt has not been confirmed where the four pieces of aluminum came from; the detection work is still going on.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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