Scientists at Bournemouth University have announced they have solved the puzzle. There is no need to prepare a welcome for extra-terrestrials. The blue balls are almost certainly sodium polyacrylate or waterlock, an absorbent polymer used in nappies and by florists and gardeners as a way of keeping soil moist. Read more
Scientists claim to have solved the mystery behind the strange blue jelly balls which 'rained' down on the garden of a UK resident a week ago. Researchers at Bournemouth University say the mysterious balls were merely a common substance found in nappies. Read more
The sky turned dark, then yellow, then blue balls began dropping out of the sky. Not the start of a science fiction film but Steve Hornsby's account of a strange happening in his back yard in Dorset. Read more