Here's the real science behind the seafloor 'UFO.'
, a series of enormous geoglyphs built by the Nazca people almost 2,000 years ago. These lines are a common fixation for conspiracy theorists, who sometimes claim aliens were involved in their construction.
So, what did Waring find? A circle, some 4.2 miles in diameter, visible about 352 miles off the coast of Lima. The circle appears to rise from the seafloor like a hill or mountain. A weird, circular structure spotted in Google Earth images is located near Peru’s Nazca Lines, a series of enormous geoglyphs built by the Nazca people almost 2,000 years ago.
Most likely, though, this ocean floor nubbin is a data artifact. Strange shapes can appear for many reasons on the ocean floor in Google Earth. The company uses data from multiple sources to map out the seafloor. These sources have different resolutions, or levels of details, and when they are stitched together, strange shapes sometimes appear.
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