A University building at 49 Symonds Street has been the target of “curious” incidents involving unknown projectiles. A University spokesperson has confirmed that none of the objects have been found, so they remain unknown. Police investigations are ongoing as of Thursday 19 May.
On the morning of Tuesday 10 May, a window was found broken on the 10th floor of the building, which houses the UniServices team. The security team and police were alerted. The police determined there was no immediate risk, so it was business as usual that day.
However, on the morning of Thursday 12 May, it was discovered that two more strikes on the building had occurred, seemingly overnight. Another window had been broken on the 11th floor, and another object had hit the floor plate between the 10th and 11th floors. As a precaution, staff were advised via email to work from home or at other University buildings that day as police carried out their investigation.
Students were alerted to the incidents in a brief note in the Vice-Chancellor’s update last Monday.
“Everybody was pretty calm about it, and just a bit curious as to what was going on,” said a University spokesperson. “Everybody’s just scratching their heads, a bit perplexed.”
The University emphasises that there is no threat to staff or students, and staff returned to the building last Monday.
Although the University “can’t speculate”, Craccum can. Given the incredible height and force of these unknown projectiles, our top guess is that several of the surrounding robot birds malfunctioned, flying at ultrasonic speed through the glass and into another dimension. Our second guess is that the alien invasion has finally happened, but they’re too small for the naked eye to see.