# Any idea what these objects are? (in MH17 wreckage) **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-these-objects-are-in-mh17-wreckage/700263 **Category:** Factual Questions **Created:** [October 3, 2014, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-these-objects-are-in-mh17-wreckage/700263 "2014-10-03T09:15:39Z") **Posts on this page:** 10 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon) #### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-these-objects-are-in-mh17-wreckage/700263/1 "2014-10-03T09:15:39Z")
See photo [here](http://i.imgur.com/0coFJ3X.png). I’m talking about the round things. There are five of them, and they were made in Bulgaria. A photo of a damaged single one lying on the ground separately was speculated to be some kind of missile part. That’s obviously not the case, but I am curious as to what they are. ---
### Author: ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon) #### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-these-objects-are-in-mh17-wreckage/700263/2 "2014-10-03T09:27:13Z")
Whole photo, for context and scale. I would estimate them to be 4-5 inches across. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/2918/14725458801_8a5c400eb6_b.jpg "donetsk 212") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeroenakkermans/14725458801/in/set-72157645471359080) ---
### Author: ![kellner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c2a13f/32.png) [@kellner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellner) #### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-these-objects-are-in-mh17-wreckage/700263/3 "2014-10-03T10:22:31Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > I would estimate them to be 4-5 inches across. Perhaps 100mm (just under 4")? ---
### Author: ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder) #### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-these-objects-are-in-mh17-wreckage/700263/4 "2014-10-03T10:45:31Z")
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### Author: ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon) #### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-these-objects-are-in-mh17-wreckage/700263/5 "2014-10-03T10:48:03Z")
> [@Isilder](#): > > Compare > [Dexpan Non-Explosive Demolition Agent: Concrete Removal, Rock Breaking](http://www.dexpan.com/concrete-polishing-disc-CPP80D-A-0100.aspx) Could well be. And yes, the 100 figure is probably 100mm. Hadn’t thought of that. ---
### Author: ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead) #### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-these-objects-are-in-mh17-wreckage/700263/6 "2014-10-03T10:50:47Z")
As a total WAG, I was thinking foot pads off of some sort of cabinet. ---
### Author: ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon) #### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-these-objects-are-in-mh17-wreckage/700263/7 "2014-10-03T11:00:42Z")
I’m 99% certain they’re floor polishing pads, as **Isilder** suggested. Mystery solved. Thanks. [Link to thread that sparked enquiry](https://www.metabunk.org/threads/mh17-is-this-part-of-a-missile.4619/). ---
### Author: ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ) #### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-these-objects-are-in-mh17-wreckage/700263/8 "2014-10-03T14:33:22Z")
What kind of board is that? People agreed they were “maybe rubber bumpers” but no one suggested “rubber baby buggy bumpers”? Sheesh. ---
### Author: ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian) #### Post date: [October 3, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-these-objects-are-in-mh17-wreckage/700263/9 "2014-10-03T15:10:47Z")
You mean ruggy bagy bubby bmprs, right? Or is that the Bulgarian term? ---
### Author: ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder) #### Post date: [October 5, 2014, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-these-objects-are-in-mh17-wreckage/700263/10 "2014-10-05T09:46:43Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > I’m 99% certain they’re floor polishing pads, as **Isilder** suggested. Mystery solved. Thanks. [Link to thread that sparked enquiry](https://www.metabunk.org/threads/mh17-is-this-part-of-a-missile.4619/). F1 is a model/system of polisher. SO its more than 99% 100 is the grade … like the grade of sand paper.