Mysterious phenomena on earth. Unexplained phenomena faced by astronauts (50 photos). Carroll A. Deering

People have always been interested in various mysteries, mysteries and phenomena. It's all about human psychology, which explains the presence of a craving for everything hidden and new. It is difficult to argue that inexplicable phenomena on Earth are of a mystical nature, and scientists are tirelessly engaged in trying to understand the cause of existing phenomena.

Unexplained phenomena in the ocean

The depths of the sea have always attracted people and the oceans have been studied by no more than 10%, so many phenomena are still inexplicable, and people associate them with various mystical manifestations. Mysterious phenomena in the ocean are fixed regularly, so there are whirlpools, huge waves, luminous circles. It is impossible not to mention, called triangles, where people, ships and even planes disappear without a trace.

Whirlpool Maelstrom

In the Norwegian Sea near Vestfjord Bay, a modest whirlpool appears twice a day, but sailors are afraid of it, because it has claimed the lives of a huge number of people. Many inexplicable natural phenomena are described in the literature and the work “The Overthrow into the Maelstrom” was written about the maelstrom whirlpool. It is also noted that once every hundred days the movement of the whirlpool changes. Scientists argue that the danger of the Maelstrom and the stories of people are greatly exaggerated.

michigan triangle

Among the famous mysterious places, not the last place is occupied by the Michigan Triangle, which is located in the north of America on Lake Michigan. It is clear that serious storms and storms can regularly occur on a large body of water, but even scientists cannot explain some disappearances:

1. Describing the most inexplicable phenomena, it is worth mentioning the mysterious disappearance of flight 2501. On June 23, 1950, a plane flying from New York disappeared from radar screens. The wreckage of the liner was not found either at the bottom or on the surface of the water. No one was able to determine the cause of the accident, and whether any of the passengers survived.
2. Another disappearance that could not be explained occurred in 1938. Captain George Donner went to his room to rest and disappeared. What happened, and where the person went, could not be established.

Glowing circles in the ocean

In different oceans, large rotating and luminous circles periodically appear on the surface of the water, which are called “Buddha wheels” and “devil carousels”. According to reports, for the first time such inexplicable natural phenomena were noticed in 1879. Scientists put forward many hypotheses, but it was not possible to determine the exact cause of the appearance. There is an assumption that the circles are formed by marine organisms that rise from the bottom. There are versions that this is a manifestation of underwater civilizations and UFOs.

Unexplained atmospheric phenomena

Although science is constantly developing, many natural phenomena still remain inexplicable. Many phenomena continue to amaze the minds of people, for example, various flashes in the sky, incomprehensible movements of stones, drawings on the ground, and so on can be attributed here. Scientists put forward many assumptions about how the mysteries of nature and other inexplicable phenomena could be provoked, but so far they remain only versions.

Fireballs Naga

Every year in October, in the northern part of Thailand, fireballs with a diameter of 1 m appear above the surface of the Mekong River. They fly into the air and dissolve after a certain time. People who have observed this phenomenon claim that the number of such balloons can reach up to 800, and during the flight they change color. People explain such mysterious natural phenomena in different ways:

1. Local Buddhists claim that Naga (a gigantic seven-headed snake) releases fireballs in honor of his devotion to the Buddha.
2. Scientists believe that these are not mysterious natural phenomena, but ordinary emissions of methane and nitrogen that form in the silt. The gas at the bottom of the river explodes and bubbles form, which rise up, turning into fire. Why this happens only once a year, scientists cannot explain.

The lights of Hessdalen

In Holland, near the city of Trondheim, in the sky of the valley, one can observe a phenomenon that is inexplicable today - glowing rays that occur in different places. In winter, flashes are brighter and appear more often. Scientists attribute this to the fact that the air is rarefied at this time. Studying incomprehensible phenomena, it was determined that the shape of the luminous formations can be different and the speed of their movement can be different.

Scientists have done a huge amount of research, and what is strange - the lights behaved differently, so sometimes the spectral analysis did not give any results, but there were cases when the radars recorded a double echo. To determine what these inexplicable phenomena are and what nature they have, a special station was created that constantly takes measurements. In one of the scientific journals, a hypothesis was put forward that the valley is a natural accumulator. The conclusion was made on the basis of the fact that large reserves of chemicals are concentrated in the territory.

black mist

Residents of London periodically cannot move normally around the city, as thick black fog envelops it. Similar inexplicable phenomena on earth were recorded by scientists in 1873 and 1880. It was noted that at that time the mortality rate of the inhabitants increased many times over. The first time, the figures increased by 40%, and in 1880 dangerous mixtures with high levels of sulfur dioxide were found in the fog, which claimed the lives of 12 thousand people. The last time an inexplicable phenomenon was recorded in 1952. It was not possible to determine the exact cause of the phenomenon.

Mysterious phenomena in space

The universe is huge and man is mastering it with leaps and bounds. This fully explains that the most mysterious phenomena occur in space, and many of them are still unknown to mankind. Some phenomena refute many laws of physics and other sciences. Thanks to the use of new technologies, scientists find confirmation or refutation of some phenomena.

Satellite of the Black Knight

Tens of years ago, a satellite was recorded in Earth's orbit, which, due to its external resemblance, was called the "Black Knight". It was first recorded by an amateur astronomer in 1958, and it did not appear on official radars for a long time. US military experts claim that this was due to the fact that the object was covered with a thick layer of graphite that absorbs radio waves. Such mysterious phenomena have always been considered a manifestation of UFOs.

After a while, thanks to ultra-sensitive equipment, the satellite was discovered, and in 1998 the space shuttle took photographs of the Black Knight. There is information that it has been spinning in orbit for about 13 thousand. After careful study, many scientists have concluded that there is no satellite and this is a simple piece of artificial origin. As a result, the legend was dispelled.

Space signal "WOW"

In the state of Delaware, on August 15, 1977, a signal was drawn on a printout of a radio telescope that lasted 37 seconds. As a result, the word “WOW” was obtained, which caused this phenomenon, it was not possible to determine. Scientists have established that the pulses came from the constellation Sagittarius at a frequency of about 1420 MHz, and, as you know, this range is prohibited by international agreement. Mysterious phenomena have been studied all these years, and astronomer Antonio Paris presented a version that the hydrogen clouds surrounding comets are the source of such signals.

tenth planet

Scientists have made a sensational statement - found the tenth planet of the solar system. Many strange phenomena in space, after much research, lead to discoveries, so scientists were able to determine that outside the Kuiper Belt there is a large celestial body that is 10 times more massive than the Earth.

1. The new planet moves in a stable orbit, making one revolution around the Sun in 15 thousand years.
2. In its parameters, it is similar to such gas giants as Uranus and Neptune. It is believed that it will take about five years to conduct all the research and finally confirm the existence of the tenth planet.

Unexplained phenomena in people's lives

Many can say with confidence that they have encountered various mystics in their lives, for example, some have seen strange shadows, others have heard footsteps, and still others have traveled in other worlds. Unexplained paranormal phenomena are of interest not only to scientists, but also to psychics who claim that this is a manifestation of the inhabitants of other worlds.

Ghosts of the Kremlin

It is believed that in ancient houses the souls of dead people live, who during their lifetime were associated with this structure. The Moscow Kremlin is a castle that has a turbulent and bloody history. Various assaults, uprisings, fires, all this left their mark on the building and do not forget that there was a torture chamber in one of the towers. People who have ever been in the Kremlin claim that supernatural phenomena are not uncommon here.

1. Cleaning ladies are already accustomed to the fact that frightening voices and other noises are heard in empty offices. Situations when objects fall by themselves are considered the norm.
2. Describing the famous inexplicable phenomena of the Kremlin, it is worth mentioning the most famous ghost of Ivan the Terrible. Often he walks on the lower tiers of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower. It is believed that the ghost of the king appears to warn of some kind of disaster.
3. There is evidence that periodically in the inner territory of the Kremlin you can see Vladimir Lenin.
4. At night in the Assumption Cathedral you can hear children crying. It is believed that these are the souls of children sacrificed in the temple, which used to be located on this territory.

Black bird of Chernobyl

The tragedy that occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is known in different parts of the world. For a long time, the information associated with it was hidden, but after that, evidence appeared that strange and inexplicable phenomena occurred before this event. For example, there is information that four employees of the station said that a few days before the accident they saw a strange creature with a human body and huge wings flying over it. It was dark and with red eyes.

Workers claim that after this meeting, they began to receive threatening calls, and at night they saw vivid and terrifying nightmares. When the explosion occurred, people who were able to survive after the tragedy claim that they saw how a huge black bird appeared from the smoke. Similar unexplained phenomena on earth in more are considered delusions and stress visions.

Near death experiences

The sensations that people experience before or during death are called near-death experiences. Many people believe that such sensations make a person understand that after earthly life other reincarnations await the soul. Strange phenomena associated with clinical death are of interest not only to ordinary people, but also to scientists. The most typical sensations include the following:

• unpleasant noise;
• a tunnel at the end of which light is visible;
• understanding of one's own death;
• the feeling that the space has changed;
• peace and tranquility;
• meeting with people who have passed away;
• feeling that the soul has left the body;
• fear and desire to return to your body.

Such inexplicable phenomena on earth are not mysticism for scientists. It is believed that when the heart stops, hypoxia occurs, that is, a lack of oxygen. At such moments, a person can see specific. The receptors begin to react sharply to any stimuli and flashes of light may appear before the eyes, which many consider to be the "light at the end of the tunnel." Parapsychologists believe that the similarity of near-death experiences means that there is life after death and this phenomenon needs to be sorted out.

The history of the planet Earth is full of amazing inexplicable mysteries. And a lifetime is not enough to unravel them. But you can look through the keyhole of the door, behind which lies a whole world of inexplicable mysteries on our planet.

12 photos of inexplicable things on planet Earth:

1. Obelisk, Egypt

The obelisk began to be cut down right in the rock, but cracks began to appear along it. It was left unfinished. The sizes are simply stunning!

2. Gate of the Sun, Bolivia

The Gates of the Sun are located in Tiwanaku, an ancient and mysterious city. Some scholars believe that in the first millennium AD it was the center of a vast empire. Until now, there is no idea what the drawings on the gates mean. Maybe they carried some astrological and astronomical value.

3. Underwater city, about. Yonaguni, Japan

The complex was accidentally discovered by diving instructor Kihachiro Aratake. This underwater city destroys all scientific theories. The rock in which it was carved went under water about 10,000 years ago, that is, much earlier than the construction of the Egyptian pyramids. According to the modern ideas of some scientists, in that distant era, people huddled in caves and only knew how to collect edible roots and hunt wild animals, and not build stone cities.

4. L'Anse-o-Meadows, Canada

This settlement was founded by the Vikings about 1000 years ago. And this means that they got to North America much earlier than Christopher Columbus was born.

5. Moa bird

Moas are flightless birds that lived in New Zealand and became extinct around 1500, destroyed (according to one theory) by the Maori natives. But during one of the expeditions, scientists stumbled upon a huge part of the bird's paw, which is incredibly well preserved.

6. Lunyu Grottoes, China

These grottoes were carved into the sandstone by humans - a difficult task that must have involved thousands of Chinese, but nowhere is there any mention of these grottoes and the hard work involved in creating them.

7. Sacsayhuaman Temple Complex, Peru

This temple complex amazes with its impeccable masonry without a single drop of connecting mortar (even a piece of paper cannot be inserted between some of the stones). And the way the surface of each block is perfectly processed.

8 Stone Age Tunnels

The discovery of a vast network of underground tunnels (stretching across Europe from Scotland to Turkey) suggests that Stone Age people spent their days not only hunting and gathering. But the real purpose of the tunnels is still a complete mystery. Some researchers believe that their task was to protect people from predators, while others believe that people traveled through this system, protected from weather and wars.

9. Mohenjo-Daro ("Hill of the Dead"), Pakistan

For many decades, archaeologists have been concerned about the mystery of the death of this city. In 1922, the Indian archaeologist R. Banarji discovered ancient ruins on one of the islands of the Indus River. Even then, questions arose: how was this big city destroyed, where did its inhabitants go? None of them have been answered by excavations.

10. Giant stone balls of Costa Rica

Mysterious stone formations are perfect round shape intrigue not only with their appearance, but also with their incomprehensible origin and purpose. They were first discovered in the 1930s by workers clearing the jungle for banana plantations. Local legends said that gold was supposed to be hidden inside the mysterious stone balls. But they were empty. It is not known by whom and for what purpose these petrospheres were created. It can be assumed that these were symbols of heavenly bodies or designations of boundaries between the lands of different tribes.

11. Golden figurines of the Incas

The golden figurines found in South America look like aircraft, and it's hard to believe. What served as a prototype for the creation of these figures is unknown.

12. Genetic disk

An incredible artifact - a genetic disk - depicts things and processes that a modern person can only observe under a microscope. The disk most likely shows the process of nucleation and development of the embryo. Also one of the strange drawings is the head of a man of an incomprehensible shape. The disk is made of durable stone called lidite. With its exceptional strength, this stone has a layered structure, and, despite the presence of this ancient artifact, it seems impossible to make something similar to it both practically and theoretically.

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Incredible Facts

Scientists for centuries have been trying to unravel the many secrets of the natural world, however, some phenomena still baffle even the best minds of mankind.

These phenomena, ranging from strange flashes in the sky after earthquakes to rocks that spontaneously move across the ground, seem to have no definite meaning or purpose.

Here are 10 of the most strange, mysterious and incredible phenomena, found in nature.

1. Reports of bright flashes during earthquakes

Light flares that appear in the sky before and after an earthquake

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One of the most mysterious phenomena is the inexplicable flashes in the sky that accompany earthquakes. What causes them? Why do they exist?

Italian physicist Christiano Feruga collected all observations of outbreaks during earthquakes dating back to 2000 BC. For a long time, scientists were skeptical about this strange phenomenon. But everything changed in 1966, when the first evidence appeared - photographs of the Matsushiro earthquake in Japan.

Now there are a great many such photographs, and the flashes on them are so different colors and shapes that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish a fake.

Among the theories that explain this phenomenon are heat caused by friction, radon gas and the piezoelectric effect- an electrical charge that accumulates in quartz rocks when tectonic plates move.

In 2003, NASA physicist Dr. Friedemann Freund(Friedemann Freund) conducted a laboratory experiment and showed that the flashes may be caused by electrical activity in the rocks.

The shock wave from an earthquake can change the electrical properties of silicon and oxygen-containing minerals, allowing them to conduct current and emit light. However, some believe that the theory may be only one possible explanation.

Huge figures painted in the sand in Peru by ancient people, but no one knows why

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The Nazca lines stretching over 450 sq. km of coastal desert, are huge works of art left on the Peruvian plains. Among them are geometric figures, as well as drawings of animals, plants and rarely figures of people, which can be seen from the air in the form of huge drawings.

They are believed to have been created by the Nazca people during a 1000 year period between 500 B.C. and 500 AD, but no one knows why.

Despite its World Heritage status, Peruvian authorities have a hard time defending the Nazca Lines from settlers. Meanwhile, archaeologists are trying to study the lines before they are destroyed.

At first it was assumed that these geoglyphs were part of astronomical calendar, but later this version was refuted. Then the researchers focused their attention on the history and culture of the people who created them. Are the Nazca lines a message to aliens or represent some kind of encrypted message, no one can say.

In 2012, Yamagata University in Japan announced that it would open an on-site research center and aim to study more than 1,000 drawings over 15 years.

Monarch butterflies find their way across thousands of miles to certain places

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Every year, millions of North American monarch butterflies migrate over a distance of more than 3000 km south for the winter. For many years no one knew where they were flying.

In the 1950s, zoologists started tagging and tracking the butterflies and found that they were in the mountain forest of Mexico. However, even knowing that the monarchs choose 12 of the 15 mountainous places in Mexico, scientists still can't figure out how they navigate.

According to some studies, they use the position of the Sun to fly south, adjusting to the time of day according to the circadian clock of their antennae. But the Sun gives only a general direction. How they set up is still a mystery.

According to one theory, geomagnetic forces attract them, but this has not been confirmed. Only recently, scientists began to study the features of the navigation system of these butterflies.

Fireballs that appear during or after a thunderstorm

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Nikola Tesla allegedly created ball lightning in his laboratory. In 1904, he wrote that he "never saw fireballs, but he was able to determine their formation and reproduce artificially."

Modern scientists have not been able to reproduce these results.

Moreover, many are still skeptical about the existence of ball lightning. However, many witnesses, starting from the era of Ancient Greece, claim to have observed this phenomenon.

Ball lightning is described as a luminous sphere that appears during or after a thunderstorm. Some claim to have seen ball lightning passes through window panes and down the chimney.

According to one theory, ball lightning is a plasma, according to another, it is a chemiluminescent process - that is, light appears as a result of a chemical reaction.

Stones that slide on the ground under the influence of a mysterious force

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In the Racetrack Playa area of ​​Death Valley, California, mysterious forces push heavy rocks across the flat surface of a dry lake when no one is watching.

Scientists have puzzled over this phenomenon since the beginning of the 20th century. Geologists tracked 30 stones weighing up to 25 kg, 28 of which moved over a 7-year period more than 200 meters.

Analysis of stone tracks shows that they moved at a speed of 1 m per second and in most cases the stones slid in winter.

There have been speculations that this is to blame wind and ice, as well as algae slime and seismic vibrations.

A 2013 study tried to explain what happens when the water on the surface of a dry lake freezes. According to this theory, the ice on the rocks stays frozen longer than the surrounding ice, as the rock removes heat faster. This reduces the friction force between the stones and the surface, and they are more easily pushed by the wind.

However, no one has yet seen the stones in action, and lately they have become immobile.

An unknown hum that only some people can hear

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The so-called "hum" is the name given to the annoying low frequency noise that worries people all over the world. However, few people can hear it, namely only every 20th person.

Scientists attribute "hum" ringing in the ears, distant pounding waves, industrial noise and singing sand dunes.

In 2006, a New Zealand researcher claimed to have recorded this anomalous sound.

Insects that suddenly woke up after 17 years to find a partner

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In 2013, in the eastern United States, cicadas of the species Magicicada septendecim, which have not been shown since 1996. Scientists don't know how the cicadas knew it was time to leave their underground habitat after 17 year sleep.

Periodic cicadas- These are quiet and lonely insects that are buried underground most of the time. These are long-lived among insects, and they do not mature until they are 17 years old. However, this summer, they woke up en masse to breed.

After 2-3 weeks they die, leaving behind the fruits of their "love". The larvae burrow into the ground, and a new one begins life cycle.

How do they do it? How, after so many years, will they know it's time to appear?

Interestingly, 17-year-old cicadas appear in the northeastern states, and in the southeastern states, a cicada invasion occurs every 13 years. Scientists have suggested that such a life cycle of cicadas allows them to avoid meeting with their predator enemies.

When different animals like fish and frogs fall from the sky like rain

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In January 1917 the biologist Waldo McAtee(Waldo McAtee) presented his paper entitled "Raining from Organic Matter", which reported on falling salamander larvae, small fish, herring, ants and toads.

Rains of animals have been reported in different parts of the world. So, for example, in Serbia it rained frogs, in Australia perch fell from the sky, and in Japan - toads.

Scientists are skeptical about the rain of their animals. One explanation was proposed by a French physicist back in the 19th century: winds lift animals up and throw them to the ground.

According to more complex theory, waterspouts suck out aquatic inhabitants, carry them and make them fall in certain places.

However, there has been no scientific research to support this theory.

Giant stone spheres whose purpose is not clear

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Why the ancient people of Costa Rica decided to create hundreds of large balls of stone is still a mystery.

The stone balls of Costa Rica were discovered in the 1930s by a company United Fruit Company when workers were clearing land for banana plantations. Some of these balls have perfect spherical shape reached 2 meters in diameter.

Stones that the locals call Las Bolas, belonged to 600 - 1000 AD Further complicating the mystery of this phenomenon is the fact that there is no written data about the culture of the people who created them. This happened because the Spanish settlers erased all traces cultural heritage indigenous population.

Scientists began to study stone balls in 1943, marking their distribution. Later, anthropologist John Hoopes disproved many theories explaining the purpose of the stones, including lost cities and space aliens.

The remains of long-dead creatures that appear in the wrong place

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Ever since the theory of evolution was announced, scientists have come across discoveries that seemed to challenge it.

One of the most mysterious phenomena has become fossil remains, especially the remains of people who appeared in unexpected places.

Fossilized prints and footprints were found in geographic areas and archaeological time zones to which they did not belong.

Some of these discoveries may provide new information about our origins. Others turned out to be errors or hoaxes.

One example is the 1911 find, when an archaeologist Charles Dawson(Charles Dawson) collected fragments of a supposedly unknown ancient man with a large brain, dated 500,000 years ago. Big head Piltdown man led scientists to believe that he was the "missing link" between humans and apes.

In the Sahara desert in Egypt lie the oldest known, astronomically aligned, rocks in the world: the Nabta. A thousand years before the creation of Stonehenge, people built a stone circle and other structures on the shore of the lake, which has long since dried up. Over 6,000 years ago, stone slabs three meters high were dragged over a kilometer to create this place. The depicted stones are only a part of the entire complex that has been preserved. Although the Western Egyptian Desert is completely dry at present, it was not so in the past. There is good evidence that there have been several wet cycles in the past (when up to 500 mm of precipitation fell per year). The most recent dates back to the interglacial period and the time of the beginning of the last glaciation, which was approximately 130,000 to 70,000 years ago. During this period, the area was a savannah and supported the life of numerous animals such as extinct bison and large giraffes, antelope different types and gazelles. Starting around the 10th millennium BC, this area of ​​the Nubian desert began to receive more rainfall, filling the lakes. Early humans may have been attracted to the region by the sources of drinking water. Archaeological finds may indicate that human activity in the area is known from at least sometime between the 10th and 8th millennium BC.

Chinese mosaic of lines.

These strange lines are located at 40°27"28.56"N, 93°23"34.42"E. There is not much information available about this "strangeness", but a beautiful mosaic of lines does exist, it carved in the desert of Gansu Sheng province in China. Some records indicate that the "lines" were created in 2004, but nothing seems to be found to officially support this assumption. It should be noted that these lines are located near the Mogao Cave, which is a World Heritage Site. The lines stretch for a very long distance, and at the same time retain their proportions, despite the curvature of the rough terrain.

Inexplicable stone doll.

In July 1889, in Boise, Idaho, a small human figure was found during a well drilling operation. The find aroused intense scientific interest in the last century. Unmistakably man-made, the "doll" was discovered at a depth of 320 feet, which allowed its age to be dated far before the arrival of man in this part of the world. The find has never been disputed, but only said that such a thing, in principle, is impossible.

Iron bolt, 300 million years old.

It was found almost by accident. The expedition of the MAI-Kosmopoisk Center searched for fragments of a meteorite in the south of the Kaluga region, in Russia. Dmitry Kurkov decided to inspect an ordinary, it would seem, piece of stone. What he found is capable of turning our ideas about earthly and cosmic history upside down. When dirt was brushed off the stone, on its chip was clearly visible somehow got inside ... a bolt! About a centimeter long. How did he get there? A bolt with a nut on the end (or - what this thing also looked like - a coil with a rod and two disks) was tight. This means that he got inside the stone back in those days when it was only sedimentary rock, bottom clay.

Ancient rocket ship.

This ancient cave painting from Japan dates back to over 5000 BC.

Moving stones.

No one, not even NASA, has yet been able to explain this. The best thing to do is just watch and marvel at the moving rocks in this dry lake in National Park Death Valley. The bottom of Lake Racetrack Playa is almost flat, 2.5 km north to south and 1.25 km east to west, and is covered with cracked mud. The stones move slowly along the clay bottom of the lake, as evidenced by the long tracks left behind them. The stones move on their own without the help of others, but no one has ever seen or recorded the movement on camera. Similar movements of stones were recorded in some other places. However, in terms of the number and length of tracks, the dry Lake Racetrack Playa is unique.

Electricity in the pyramids.

Teotihuacan, Mexico. Large sheets of mica have been found embedded in the walls of this ancient Mexican city. The nearest place is a quarry where mica is mined, located in Brazil, thousands of kilometers away. Mica is currently used in energy production technology. In this regard, the question arises as to why the builders used this mineral in the buildings of their city. Did these ancient architects know some long forgotten energy sources to use electricity in their cities?

Dog Death

Suicide of dogs on a bridge in Overtown, near Milton, Dumbarton, Scotland. Built in 1859, the Overtown Bridge became famous for a number of unexplained cases in which dogs apparently committed suicide by jumping from it. These incidents were first recorded in the 1950s or 1960s, when dogs - generally of the long-nosed species, like collies - were observed to quickly and unexpectedly jump off a bridge and fall fifty feet to their death.

fossil giants

The fossilized Irish giants were discovered in 1895 and are over 12 feet (3.6 m) tall. The giants were discovered during mining in Antrim, Ireland. This image is from the British magazine Strand, December 1895. “Height 12' 2", bust 6' 6", arm 4' 6". There are six toes on the right foot." The six fingers and toes are reminiscent of some characters from the Bible, where six-fingered giants are described.

Pyramids of Atlantis?

Scientists continue to explore the ruins of megaliths in the so-called Yucatan channel in the Cuban region. They have been found for many miles along the coast. The American archaeologists who discovered this site immediately declared that they had found Atlantis (not for the first time in the history of underwater archeology). Now the place is sometimes visited by scuba divers to admire the majestic underwater structures. All other interested parties can only enjoy the filming and computer reconstruction of the millennium-old city buried under water.

Giants in Nevada

A Nevada Indian legend about 12 foot red giants that lived in the area when they arrived. According to American Indian history, the giants were killed in the cave. During excavations in 1911, this human jaw was discovered. Here's what an artificial human jaw looks like next to it. In 1931, two skeletons were found at the bottom of the lake. One of them was 8 feet (2.4 m) high, the other - just under 10 (3 m).

inexplicable wedge

This aluminum wedge was found in Romania in 1974, on the banks of the Mures River, near the city of Aiud. They found it at a depth of 11 meters, next to the bones of Mastodon - a giant, elephant-like, extinct animal. The find itself is very reminiscent of the head of a huge hammer. At the archaeological institute of Cluj-Napoca, where the artifact supposedly went, it was determined that the metal from which this wedge is made is an aluminum alloy coated with a thick layer of oxide. The alloy contained 12 different elements, and the find was classified as strange, since aluminum was discovered only in 1808, and the age of this artifact, given its presence in the layer along with the remains of an extinct animal, is determined at approximately 11 thousand years.

"Loladoff's Plate"

Loladoff's Plate is a 12,000 year old stone dish found in Nepal. It seems that Egypt is not the only place visited by aliens in ancient times. This clearly demonstrates the disk-shaped UFO. There is also a drawing on the disc. The character bears a striking resemblance to the aliens known as Grey.

Hammer made of the purest iron alloy

A puzzling riddle for science is ... an ordinary-looking hammer. The metal part of the hammer is 15 centimeters long and about 3 centimeters in diameter. It has literally grown into limestone about 140 million years old, and is stored along with a piece of rock. This miracle caught the eye of Mrs. Emma Hahn in June 1934 in the rocks near the American town of London, Texas. The experts who examined the find came to a unanimous conclusion: a hoax. However, further research conducted by various scientific institutions, including the famous Battele laboratory (USA), showed that everything is much more complicated. Firstly, the wooden handle on which the hammer is mounted has already petrified on the outside, and inside it has completely turned into coal . So, its age is also calculated in millions of years. Secondly, the specialists of the Metallurgical Institute in Columbus (Ohio) were amazed chemical composition the hammer itself: 96.6% iron, 2.6% chlorine and 0.74% sulfur. No other impurities could be identified. Such pure iron has not been obtained in the entire history of terrestrial metallurgy. Not a single bubble was found in the metal. The quality of iron, even by modern standards, is exceptionally high and raises many questions, since the content of metals used in the metallurgical industry in the production of different grades of steel (as, e.g. manganese, cobalt, nickel, tungsten, vanadium or molybdenum). There are also no foreign impurities, and the percentage of chlorine is unusually high. It is also surprising that no traces of carbon have been found in iron, while iron ore from terrestrial deposits always contains carbon and other impurities. Generally speaking, from a modern point of view, it is not of high quality. But here's the detail: the Texas hammer's iron doesn't rust! When in 1934 a piece of rock with an ingrown tool was chipped off the rock, the metal was badly scratched in one place. And over the past sixty-plus years, not the slightest sign of corrosion has appeared on the scratch ... According to Dr. K. E. Buff, director of the Museum of Fossil Antiquities, which houses this hammer, the find comes from the early Cretaceous period - from 140 to 65 million years ago. According to the current state of scientific knowledge, humanity learned to make such tools only 10 thousand years ago. Dr. Hans-Joachim Zilmer from Germany, who studied the mysterious find in detail, concludes: "This hammer was made using an unknown technology."

The highest technology of stone processing

The second group of finds that pose mysteries to scientists are artifacts created after the time of the appearance of man on Earth, accepted today. But the technologies that were used in their creation became known to us relatively recently or are still unknown. The most famous find of this group can be called a crystal skull, found in 1927 in Belize during excavations of the Mayan city of Lubaantuma. The skull is carved from a piece of pure quartz and measures 12x18x12 centimeters. In 1970, the skull was analyzed in the Hewlett-Packard laboratory. The results were stunning. The skull was created without respecting the natural crystal axis, which is impossible in modern crystallography. When working on the skull, no metal instruments were used. According to the restorers, quartz was first cut with a diamond chisel, after which silicon crystalline sand was used for more thorough processing. It took about three hundred years to work on the skull, which can be taken as an incredible example of patience or recognize the use of high technology unknown to us. One of the Hewlett-Packard experts said that the creation of a crystal skull is not a matter of skill, patience and time, but that it is simply impossible.

fossil nail

However, most often objects are found in the rock, their appearance similar to nails and bolts. In the 16th century, the Viceroy of Peru kept in his office a piece of rock, which firmly held an 18-centimeter steel nail found in a local mine working. In 1869, in Nevada, a metal screw 5 centimeters long was found in a piece of feldspar, raised from a great depth. Skeptics believe that the appearance of these and many other objects can be explained by natural causes: a special kind of crystallization of mineral solutions and melts, the formation of pyrite rods in voids between crystals. But pyrite is iron sulfide, and at the break it is yellow (which is why it is often confused with gold) and has a clearly defined cubic structure. Eyewitnesses of the finds clearly speak of iron nails, sometimes covered with rust, and pyrite formations can be called gold rather than iron. There is also an assumption that the rod-shaped NIOs are the fossilized skeletons of belemnites (invertebrate marine animals that lived at the same time as dinosaurs). But the remains of belemnites are found only in sedimentary rocks and never in bedrocks, such as feldspar. In addition, they have a pronounced skeletal shape, and it is impossible to confuse them with something else. It is sometimes argued that nail-like NIOs are molten fragments of meteorites or fulgurites (thunderbolts) obtained by lightning strikes into rocks. However, finding such a fragment or trace left millions of years ago is extremely problematic. If the origin of the nail-shaped NIOs can still be argued, then some of the finds can only be shrugged.

ancient battery

In 1936, the German scientist Wilhelm Koenig, who worked at the Archaeological Museum of Baghdad, was brought a strange object that was found at the excavations of an ancient Parthian settlement near the Iraqi capital. It was a small clay vase about 15 centimeters high. Inside it was a cylinder made of sheet copper, its base was closed by a cap with a seal, on top of the cylinder was covered with a layer of resin, which also held an iron rod directed to the center of the cylinder. From all this, Dr. Koenig concluded that he had before him an electric battery, created almost two thousand years before the discoveries of Galvani and Volta. Egyptologist Arne Eggebrecht made an exact copy of the find, poured wine vinegar into a vase and connected a measuring device that showed a voltage of 0.5 V. Presumably, the ancients used electricity to apply a thin layer of gilding to objects.

The Antikythera mechanism (other spellings: Antikythera, Andythera, Antikythera, Greek Μηχανισμός των Αντικυθήρων) is a mechanical device discovered in 1902 on an ancient shipwreck near the Greek island of Antikythera (Greek. Αντικύθηρα). Dated to around 100 BC. e. (perhaps before 150 BC). It is stored in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. The mechanism contained 37 bronze gears in a wooden case, on which dials with arrows were placed and, according to reconstruction, was used to calculate the movement of celestial bodies. Other devices of similar complexity are unknown in Hellenistic culture. It uses a differential gear, which was previously thought not to have been invented before the 16th century, and the level of miniaturization and complexity is comparable to mechanical watches of the 18th century. Approximate dimensions of the mechanism assembly 33×18×10 cm.

Figurines of astronauts from Ecuador

Figurines of ancient astronauts found in Ecuador. Age > 2000 years. In fact, there are plenty of such testimonies, if you want, read Erich Von Denikin. He has many books, one of the most famous is "Chariots of the Gods", there are both physical evidence and deciphering of cuneiforms and so on, in general, quite interesting. True, it is contraindicated for ardent believers to read.

A lot of strange, mysterious and inexplicable things are happening in the vast expanses of Russia, but there is nothing to worry about. On 1/6 of the earth's land there is enough room for everyone: aliens, ghosts, prehistoric animals, psychics and supernatural monsters, unlike anything else in the world))

1. Meeting of astronauts with UFOs. It was not easy for the pioneers of space exploration: the technologies of the beginning of the space age of mankind left much to be desired, so emergency situations arose quite often, like the one that Alexei Leonov encountered, almost remaining in outer space. But some of the surprises that lay in wait for the space pioneers in orbit were not related to the equipment at all. Many Soviet cosmonauts who returned from orbit spoke about unidentified flying objects that appeared near terrestrial spacecraft, and scientists still cannot explain this phenomenon.

Double Hero Soviet Union cosmonaut Vladimir Kovalyonok said that during his stay at the Salyut-6 station in 1981, he observed a bright, luminous object the size of a finger, rapidly enveloping the Earth in orbit. Kovalenok called the crew commander Viktor Savinykh, and he, seeing unusual phenomenon, immediately went for the camera.

V. Kovalyonok

At this time, the “finger” flashed and split into two objects connected to each other, and then disappeared. It was not possible to photograph it, but the crew immediately reported the phenomenon to Earth. Observations of unknown objects were also repeatedly reported by participants in the missions of the Mir station, as well as employees of the Baikonur Cosmodrome - UFOs appear quite often in its vicinity.

2. Chelyabinsk meteorite. On February 15 of this year, residents of Chelyabinsk and neighboring settlements observed an extraordinary phenomenon: a celestial body entered the Earth's atmosphere, which, when falling, was 30 times brighter than the Sun. As it turned out later, it was a meteorite, although various versions of the phenomenon were put forward, up to the use of secret weapons or intrigues of aliens (many still do not exclude such a possibility). Exploding in the air, the meteorite split into many pieces, the largest of which fell into Lake Chebarkul near Chelyabinsk, and the rest of the fragments scattered over a vast territory, including some regions of Russia and Kazakhstan. According to NASA, this is the largest space object that has fallen to Earth since the Tunguska fireball. The “guest” from outer space caused quite significant damage to the city: the glass in many buildings was shattered by the blast wave, and about 1,600 people were injured of varying severity. The series of "space" adventures for Chelyabinsk residents did not end there: a few weeks after the meteorite fell, on the night of March 20, a huge luminous ball hovered in the sky above the city. It was observed by many townspeople, but there is no exact explanation of where the “second Sun” suddenly appeared from, and even at night. However, some believe that the ball arose due to the reflection of the lights of the city on specially located ice crystals in the atmosphere - that night Chelyabinsk was covered with a thick cold fog.

3. Sakhalin monster. The remains of an unknown creature were found by the Russian army on the coast of Sakhalin Island in September 2006. According to the structure of the skull, the monster somewhat resembles a crocodile, but the rest of the skeleton is completely different from any reptile known to science. It also cannot be attributed to fish, and the locals, to whom the soldiers showed the find, could not identify in it any creature living in these waters. The remnants of animal tissues have been preserved, and, judging by them, it was covered with wool. The body was quickly picked up by representatives of the special services, and its further study took place "behind closed doors." Now, most experts are inclined to believe that these were the remains of some kind of cetacean, according to some versions, killer whales or beluga whales, but others object that the creature differs from both of them in its skeleton. As an alternative to the "accepted" point of view, one can name the opinion that the remains belonged to a prehistoric animal, which probably still survived in the depths of the oceans.

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4. Seeing off the mermaid. Mermaids are one of the main characters of Russian folklore. According to legend, these spirits living in water bodies are born as a result of the painful death of women and children, and rumor has it that meeting with a mermaid does not bode well: they often seduce men, luring them into the abyss of a lake or swamp, steal children, scare animals and generally behave not too decently. According to tradition, in order for the year to be successful and fertile, the villagers brought various gifts to the mermaids, sang songs about them and danced in honor of these restless souls. Of course, now such beliefs are far from being as common as in the old days, however, in some parts of Russia, rituals associated with mermaids still take place. The most significant of them is the so-called Mermaid Week or Seeing the Mermaid - the week preceding the Trinity (50th day after Easter). The main part of the ritual is the making and destruction of a stuffed mermaid, accompanied by fun, music and dancing. During the Mermaid Week, women do not wash their hair to protect themselves from spirits, and men, for the same purpose, carry garlic and walnuts. Of course, at this time it is strictly forbidden to enter the water - so as not to be dragged away by some bored mermaid.

5. Russian Roswell. A missile military range near the village of Kapustin Yar in the northwest of the Astrakhan region is often found in reports of the most strange and inexplicable incidents. Various UFOs and other curious phenomena are observed here with surprising regularity. Because of the most high-profile case of this kind, Kapustin Yar was nicknamed Russian Roswell by analogy with the city in the US state of New Mexico, where, according to some assumptions, an alien ship crashed in 1947. Almost a year after the Roswell incident, on June 19, 1948, a silvery cigar-shaped object appeared in the sky over Kapustin Yar. On alarm, three MiG interceptors were raised into the air, and one of them managed to knock out a UFO. The "Cigar" immediately fired a beam at the fighter, and it crashed to the ground, unfortunately, the pilot did not have time to eject. The silvery object also fell in the vicinity of Kapustin Yar, and it was immediately transported to the bunker of the landfill. Of course, many have questioned this information more than once, but some documents of the State Security Committee, declassified in 1991, indicate that the military has repeatedly seen something over Kapustin Yar that does not yet fit into the framework of modern science.

6. Ninel Kulagina. During the Second World War, then Nina Sergeyevna Kulagina served as a radio operator in a tank and participated in the defense of the Northern capital. As a result of her injury, she was commissioned, and after the blockade of Leningrad was lifted, she married and gave birth to a child. In the early 1960s, she became famous throughout the Soviet Union as Ninel Kulagina, a psychic and possessor of other paranormal abilities. She could heal people with the power of her mind, determine color with the touch of her fingers, see through the fabric that lies in people's pockets, move objects at a distance, and much more. Her gift was often studied and tested by specialists from various institutions, including secret scientific institutes, and many testified that Ninel was either an extremely clever charlatan or actually possessed anomalous skills. There is no convincing evidence of the former, although some of the former employees of the Soviet research institutes assure that when demonstrating "supernatural" abilities, Kulagin used various tricks and sleight of hand, which was known to the KGB experts investigating her activities. Until her death in 1990, Ninel Kulagina was considered one of the most powerful psychics of the 20th century, and the inexplicable phenomena associated with her were called the “K-phenomenon”.

7. Dragon from Brosno. Lake Brosno, located in the Tver region, is the deepest freshwater lake in Europe, but it is known to the whole world mainly because of the mysterious creature that the locals believe lives in it. According to numerous (but not yet documented) stories, an animal about five meters long has been seen in the lake more than once, resembling someone like a dragon, although almost all observers describe it differently. One of the local legends says that a long time ago, the "dragon from Brosno" was eaten by the Tatar-Mongolian warriors, who made a halt on the shore of the lake. According to another story, in the middle of Brosno, an "island" suddenly appeared, which disappeared after a while - it is assumed that it was the back of a huge unknown beast. Although there is no reliable information about the monster supposedly living in the lake, many agree that some oddities do sometimes occur in Brosno and its environs.

8. Space Defense Troops. Russia has always sought to protect itself from all possible external (and internal) threats, and more recently, the security of its space borders has also been included in the defensive interests of our Motherland. To repel an attack from outer space, the Space Forces were created in 2001, and in 2011, the Space Defense Forces (VKO) were formed on their basis. The tasks of this branch of the military include mainly the organization of missile defense and the control of military satellites coordinating it, although the command also considers the possibility of aggression from alien races. True, in early October of this year, answering the question of whether the East Kazakhstan region was ready for an alien attack, Sergey Berezhnoy, assistant head of the German Titov Main Test Space Center, said: “Unfortunately, we are not yet ready to fight extraterrestrial civilizations” . Let's hope the aliens don't know about it.

9. Ghosts of the Kremlin. There are few places in our country that can compare with the Moscow Kremlin in terms of mystery and the number of ghost stories that are found there. For several centuries it has served as the main stronghold of Russian statehood, and, according to legend, the restless souls of the victims of the struggle for it (and with it) still roam the Kremlin corridors and dungeons. Some say that in the Ivan the Great Bell Tower you can sometimes hear the cries and groans of Ivan the Terrible, atoning for his sins. Others mention that they saw the spirit of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin in the Kremlin, moreover, three months before his death, when the leader of the world proletariat was seriously ill and no longer left his residence in Gorki. But the most famous ghost of the Kremlin is, of course, the spirit of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, who appears whenever shocks await the country. The ghost is cold, and sometimes he seems to be trying to say something, perhaps warning the leadership of the state against mistakes.

The guards often say that at night on the territory of the Kremlin they see many terrible creatures, the contours of animals, people. A very interesting place among the secrets of the Kremlin is occupied by magical symbols that suddenly appear on the walls on their own. They repeatedly tried to fix them with a camera, but when developing the film, it turned out to be either illuminated, or blots were displayed instead of symbols on the wall.

On the territory of the Kremlin churches, some incomprehensible oddities also occur. The protection of the Archangel Cathedral always tells that every night sobs are heard here, someone's unfamiliar voices are heard, someone reads prayers for the dead, and someone laughs hysterically, everything suddenly stops after a sudden flash of very bright light. Who produces these sounds remains a mystery.

10. Black bird of Chernobyl. A few days before the infamous accident of the fourth power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, four employees of the station reported that they saw what looked like a huge dark man with wings and glowing red eyes. Most of all, this description resembles the so-called Mothman, a mysterious creature that allegedly repeatedly appeared in the city of Point Pleasant in the US state of West Virginia. The workers of the Chernobyl station who met the fantastic monster claimed that after the meeting they received several threatening calls and almost everyone began to have vivid, incredibly scary nightmares. On April 26, the nightmare happened not in the dreams of the employees, but at the station itself, and the amazing stories were forgotten, but only for a short time: while the fire that raged after the explosion was extinguished, survivors of the flames said that they clearly saw a 6-meter black bird that flew out from the clubs of radioactive smoke that poured out of the destroyed fourth block.

11. A well in hell. In 1984, Soviet geologists launched an ambitious project to drill an ultra-deep well on the Kola Peninsula. The main goal was to satisfy scientific research curiosity and to test the fundamental possibility of such a deep penetration into the thickness of the planet. According to legend, when the drill reached a depth of about 12 km, the instruments registered strange sounds coming from the depths and most of all resembling screams and groans. In addition, voids were found at great depths, the temperature in which reached 1100 ° C. Some even reported a demon flying out of the well. All this gave rise to rumors that Soviet scientists drilled a "well into hell", however, many of the "evidence" does not stand up to scientific criticism: for example, it is documented that the temperature at the lowest point reached by the drill was 220 ° C. Perhaps David Mironovich Guberman, one of the authors and project managers of the Kola Superdeep Well, spoke best of all about the “well”: “When I am asked about this mysterious history, I do not know what to answer. On the one hand, stories about the “demon” are bullshit. On the other hand, as an honest scientist, I cannot say that I know what exactly happened here. Indeed, a very strange noise was recorded, then there was an explosion ... A few days later, nothing of the kind was found at the same depth.

12. There are so many incredible rumors about the Moscow metro and mystical stories that astrologers decided to investigate it. According to Italian experts in the occult sciences, there is an interesting connection between the number of stations that are located on the ring line and the signs of the Zodiac. As you know, there are 12 stations in total on the circle line, and the circuit itself is very similar to a certain solar model. In addition, the number of stations is equal to the number of apostles who accompanied Jesus Christ. The fact that Moscow is an ancient city is beyond doubt, its very construction is exactly in line with the principle "what is in heaven, so is on earth."

Aries is the very first sign of the Zodiac, in the Moscow metro scheme it corresponds to the Kurskaya station, its location in the eastern part of Moscow. This sign is responsible for military affairs, the business sphere. In the area through which the Izmailovskaya branch passes, there is one of the sports universities in Moscow, there are many factories, military institutions, and the famous Lefortovo prison. Even the street names correspond exactly to this zodiac sign. For example, Soldier Street.

In the opposite part of the capital, where Kutuzovsky Prospect is located, Fili, there are no industrial enterprises, but there are many institutions that are responsible for partnership and peacekeeping. One of the most important agencies in this respect is the Russian Foreign Ministry. The most interesting thing is that the constellation Libra patronizes this area of ​​Moscow. They are ruled by Chiron. The sign of Libra is dual.

13. Why was the Rossiya Hotel demolished? In the center of Moscow, an inexplicable noise was recorded back in the 80s. He was often heard by the guests of the Rossiya Hotel. The hereditary sorceress Alena Orlova claims that from birth she got the gift to feel the energy of the Earth, for this she does not need any instruments or sensors. Her body itself, the woman assures, gives accurate signals exactly where the place of a possible natural disaster is located. Alena claims that the complete destruction of the Rossiya Hotel was a completely logical outcome for the building built on the site of the demolished temple complex. The rumble of the Earth seemed to warn - this building is doomed. According to Orlova, at this historical place, charged with positive positive energy for centuries, an abscess appeared under the name of the Rossiya Hotel, which immediately received a minus sign, opposite flows began to emanate from the Earth, aimed at destroying the enemy. The largest hotel in the Soviet Union has always been notorious among Muscovites. The monstrous fire of 1977, when 52 people died and two hundred guests were injured, is just one of the unexplained incidents at the Rossiya Hotel. Contract killings, sudden collapses load-bearing structures, almost complete destruction of infrastructure - all these are links in one chain.

14. In the city of Shakhtersk on Sakhalin, in a small temple, the icon again streamed myrrh. This time it is the icon of the Mother of God of the Sign. Many residents of the city are seriously concerned, as they are sure that the icon warns them in this way about upcoming troubles. The temple in Shakhtersk appeared not so long ago, but it is famous for the fact that at different times twelve icons streamed myrrh in it. And according to Orthodox beliefs, this is a very significant phenomenon. As physicist Nikita Solovyov noted, the reasons for this phenomenon are still unknown to science. All hypotheses put forward were not confirmed. Why icons “cry” science is not yet able to explain.

15. Chertovo cemetery is a round bare glade 250 m in diameter. It is located in the middle of the taiga, 100 km from the confluence of the Kova River into the Angara. It is noteworthy that there is no vegetation at all in the clearing, and the trees surrounding it are charred, as if a fire was raging here. According to one version, it was here, and not in the area of ​​Podkamennaya Tunguska, that the Tunguska meteorite fell. In the 20s and 30s of the last century, cattle often wandered into the clearing. And he died. Local residents had to pull it out with hooks, because they themselves were afraid to enter the clearing. The meat of the fallen cattle was abnormally red. It is believed that people died here - before the Great patriotic war several hundred people died near or in the clearing. Walking there is not recommended. To put it mildly.