Under the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, a team of explorers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has discovered mysterious holes, all of them in a line, that although they seem almost man-made, the small piles of sediment around the holes They do appear to have been the product of some sort of excavation.
What would have produced them?
NOAA scientists, at the moment, do not know very well what explanation to give to these cavities in the flat and sandy surface of the depths of the Atlantic. “We observed several of these sublinear sets of holes in the sediment. These holes have been previously reported in the region, but their origin remains a mystery,” NOAA Ocean Exploration reported. “While they look almost human-made, the small piles of sediment around the holes make them look like they’ve been dug by… something.”
The scientists invited the public, via their social media, to offer theories, but commenters have raised more questions, including some who wondered if the holes were made by someone who took core samples.
More than 60 Facebook users commented and provided a variety of different theories as to what could have formed the prominent and fairly uniform-looking indentations on the ocean floor, each one more diverse.
“I wonder if any company may be sampling the seafloor,” one user wrote. This explanation is plausible, since it could explain the straight lines and the spacing of the holes.
Another user, somewhat amused, commented : “I’m not saying it was the aliens… but it was the aliens.”
Another person offered a less supernatural explanation: “This looks to me as if sediment is falling, or water is flowing up from a crack in a geological platform or cave ceiling.”
Reference: NOAA
