First Man-made Object in Space – A Manhole Cover?
http://awesci.com/first-man-made-object-in-space-a-manhole-cover/
This falls under the general scientific heading 'What the *@$% were you thinking?'
Reminds me of the old Bill Cosby routine about someone putting a bullet in a furnace.
Or maybe Mythbusters for the deranged.
aye wonder who helled the beer four the guy initiating that bomb.