Ok, so they didn't really come from outer space. I've had these tubular hematite beads for a while now. I created a necklace with them that I wasn't happy with, so snip, snip, snip...
I thought they might look interesting in tatting, so I loaded some of them on a shuttle and just like pod people, they sprang out!
Seems a matching alien necklace is in order now!
