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A Strange Grid Pattern in the Gobi Desert | What On Earth? (Full Episode)

A Strange Grid Pattern in the Gobi Desert | What On Earth? (Full Episode)

Science Channel

Science Channel

Western Australia Light Mystery (2012)

  • Suomi NPP satellite captured unexplained lights over Western Australia outback at night
  • Lights appeared where no cities exist - area size of 1 million square miles with population of Brooklyn
  • More light than biggest coastal cities in empty wilderness
  • Image was composite over 9 days April + 12 days October 2012
  • Theories considered:
    • Forest fires: dismissed as too bright and covering too large area
    • Oil fracking: ruled out as fracking sites 1,000+ miles away on eastern side
    • Ball lightning: researchers skeptical
    • Min Min lights: Aboriginal phenomenon witnessed for centuries
      • Frances Fire Brace described childhood experiences
      • Described as shimmering balls of fire dancing through trees
      • Thousands of reports but none scientifically verified
  • Lights have since disappeared from satellite imagery

Antarctic Door Structure

  • Satellite captured apparent cave entrance or door-like structure in Antarctic wilderness
  • Structure appears 120 feet across (calculated by pixel counting)
  • Resembles curved gray metal door with rivets around rim
  • Nazi Antarctic connection theories:
    • Germans had 3 expeditions to Antarctica, third in 1938-39 under Hermann Goering
    • Goering founded Gestapo, second only to Hitler
    • Purpose: reconnaissance to build base
    • Two U-boats arrived in Argentina July/August 1945 after war ended
  • US Operation Highjump (1946):
    • Large military task force: 2 icebreakers, 1 submarine, 1 aircraft carrier, 2 destroyers, multiple aircraft, 5,000 troops
    • Official purpose: military exercises, but location choice questioned
  • Most historians consider Nazi base theory unlikely due to logistical challenges
  • Antarctica: 5.5 million square miles, -30°F ground temps, 200 mph winds
  • Structure likely natural ice formation according to polar researchers

Midwest Crater Chain Discovery

  • Space Shuttle Endeavor (February 2000) captured 8 circular craters in straight line
  • Craters stretch 450 miles Illinois to Kansas along 38th parallel
  • Largest crater: Weaubleau structure, 12 miles across outer ring, 3.5-4 miles inner ring
  • Unique "Weaubleau eggs" found around craters:
    • Stone eggs size of acorn to basketball
    • Found nowhere else on Earth
    • Formed from red-hot siltstone fragments cooling over thousands of years
  • Shocked quartz discovered - indicates meteor impact, not volcanic activity
  • Theory: Comet broke apart (like Shoemaker-Levy 9 on Jupiter) creating chain impacts
  • Probability of random crater alignment: 1 in 2.5 billion
  • Impact equivalent to Hiroshima-level bomb at each site
  • Catastrophic comet impacts occur every 30 million years - last was 30 million years ago

Ubar Lost City Discovery (Arabian Peninsula)

  • Space Shuttle Challenger (April 13, 1994) used radar over Oman's Empty Quarter
  • Discovered ancient track networks invisible to naked eye, 100 miles from nearest city
  • Tracks converge at ruins of fort discovered in 1948
  • Ubar legends:
    • Called "Atlantis of the sands"
    • Founded by Noah's grandson according to legend
    • Quran describes "city of lofty pillars"
    • Wealthy trading center for frankincense (valuable as gold)
    • Lawrence of Arabia sought to find it
  • Excavation results:
    • Found pottery and city evidence
    • Discovered 8 towers matching Quran description
    • Sinkhole theory: city built over underground cave that collapsed
    • Satellite images show outline of vast hole beneath sand
  • Debate continues whether this is actual Ubar - too dangerous to fully excavate

Bermuda Triangle Hexagonal Clouds

  • NASA Terra MODIS satellite (February 2002) captured hexagonal cloud formations over Bahamas
  • Hexagons range 20-55 miles across with straight edges (unusual for clouds)
  • Located at western tip of Bermuda Triangle
  • Similar hexagons found over North Sea (35,000 square miles)
  • Radar revealed 100 mph winds beneath clouds generating 45+ foot waves
  • Theory: Hexagons are "air bombs" or microbursts
    • Blasts of air hitting ocean at 170 mph
    • Can flip ships and down aircraft
    • Linked to Pan Am Flight 759 crash (1982) - 153 deaths
  • Potential explanation for Bermuda Triangle disappearances:
    • SS Cyclops (1918) - 300+ crew vanished
    • Carroll A. Deering (1921) - found abandoned
    • Flight 19 (1945) - 5 torpedo bombers disappeared
  • Satellite systems now monitor for microburst warnings

Gobi Desert Grid Pattern

  • QuickBird satellite (April 4, 2009) captured mile-long grid pattern in Gobi Desert
  • Grid: 1 mile long, 0.5 mile across with white lines contrasting black desert rock
  • Lines wide as highways, clearly man-made and well-planned
  • Location: remote area 300 miles from Jiuquan space program base
  • Theories considered:
    • Ancient city ruins: no historical records found
    • Satellite calibration target: dismissed as old technology
    • Weapon testing target: grid may represent strategic location for space weapons
  • China's military space program concerns:
    • Potential Star Wars-type space weapon development
    • Chinese authorities provide no explanation
    • Pattern compared to various world city layouts with no conclusive match