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

People have always been interested in various riddles, secrets and phenomena. It's all about human psychology, which explains the presence of craving for everything hidden and new. It is difficult to argue that unexplained 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 world's oceans have been studied by no more than 10%, therefore, many phenomena are still inexplicable, and people associate them with various mystical manifestations. Mysterious phenomena in the ocean are recorded regularly, so there are eddies, huge waves, luminous circles. It is impossible not to mention, called triangles, where people, ships and even planes disappear without a trace.

Maelstrom Maelstrom

In the Norwegian Sea, near the Westfjord Bay, a modest whirlpool appears twice a day, but sailors are afraid of it, since it took the lives of a huge number of people. Many unexplained natural phenomena are described in the literature, and about the Maelstrom maelstrom was written the work "Overthrow in Maelstrom". The fact is also noticed that once in a hundred days the movement of the whirlpool changes. Scientists argue that the danger of 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 reservoir, but even scientists cannot explain some of the disappearances:

1. Describing the most inexplicable phenomena, it is worth mentioning the mysterious disappearance of Flight 2501. In 1950, on June 23, a plane that was flying from New York disappeared from the 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 happened in 1938. Captain George Donner went to his room to rest and disappeared. It was not possible to establish what happened and where the person went.

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 "devilish 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 accurately determine the cause of the appearance. There is speculation 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 evolving, many natural phenomena still remain unexplained. 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 unexplained phenomena could have been provoked, but so far they remain only versions.

Fireballs Nag

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

1. Local Buddhists claim that the 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, creating bubbles that rise upward, turning into fire. Why this happens only once a year, scientists cannot explain.

Lights of Hessdalen

In Holland, near the city of Trondheim, in the sky of the valley, one can observe an unexplained phenomenon to date - glowing rays that appear in different places. In winter, outbreaks are brighter and more frequent. Scientists attribute this to the fact that the air is thin at this time. Studying the 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 carried out a huge amount of research, and strangely, the lights behaved differently, so sometimes spectral analysis did not give any results, and there were cases when radars recorded double echoes. 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, it was hypothesized that the valley is a natural battery. 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 from time to time can not normally move around the city, as it is shrouded in a thick black fog. Scientists recorded similar unexplained phenomena on earth in 1873 and 1880. It was noted that at this time the mortality rate of residents increased many times. For 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 killed 12 thousand people. The last time an unexplained 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 about many of humanity is still unknown. Some phenomena refute many laws of physics and other sciences. Through the use of new technologies, scientists find confirmation or denial of some phenomena.

Companion of the "Black Knight"

Tens of years ago, a satellite was recorded in the Earth's orbit, which was named the "Black Knight" due to its external resemblance. 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 argue 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 supersensitive equipment, the satellite was discovered, and in 1998 the space shuttle took photographs of the "Black Knight". There is information that it is in orbit for about 13 thousand. Many scientists, after careful study, concluded that there is no satellite, and this is a simple fragment of artificial origin. As a result, the legend was dispelled.

Space signal "WOW"

In Delaware in 1977, on August 15, 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 such a phenomenon, could not be determined. Scientists have found 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 the astronomer Antonio Paris presented a version that the source of such signals are hydrogen clouds surrounding comets.

Tenth planet

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

1. The new planet moves in a stable orbit, making one revolution around the Sun every 15 thousand years.
2. In terms of its parameters, it is similar to such gas giants as Uranus and Neptune. It is believed that it will take about five years for all the research and final confirmation of 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 saw strange shadows, others heard footsteps, and still others traveled to other worlds. Inexplicable 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.

The ghosts of the Kremlin

It is believed that the souls of deceased people live in ancient houses, who were associated with this structure during their lifetime. The Moscow Kremlin is a castle that has a turbulent and bloody history. Various assaults, uprisings, fires, all of this left its mark on the structure 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 used 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. He often 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 Vladimir Lenin can be seen on the inside of the Kremlin.
4. At night in the Assumption Cathedral you can hear the crying of children. It is believed that these are the souls of children sacrificed in the temple, which was previously 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 there was evidence that strange and inexplicable phenomena had taken place before this event. For example, there is information that four station employees said that a few days before the accident, they saw a strange creature flying over it with a human body and huge wings. It was dark and red-eyed.

The 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 a huge black bird emerge from the smoke. Such unexplained phenomena on earth are largely considered delirium and stressful visions.

Near-death experiences

The sensations that people have before death or during are called near-death experiences. Many people believe that such sensations make a person understand that after earthly life, the soul will face other reincarnations. 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 a light is visible;
• understanding your own death;
• feeling that space has changed;
• pacification and peace;
• meeting with people who have passed away;
• feeling that the soul is out of 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, then hypoxia occurs, that is, a lack of oxygen. At such moments, a person can see specific ones. Receptors begin to react sharply to any stimulus and flashes of light may appear in front of the eyes, which are considered by many 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 understood.

The history of planet Earth is full of amazing unexplained mysteries. And a lifetime is not enough to solve them. But you can look through the keyhole of the door, which hides a whole world of unexplained secrets on our planet.

12 photos of unexplained things on planet Earth:

1. Obelisk, Egypt

They began to cut the obelisk right in the rock, but cracks began to go along it. It was left unfinished. The dimensions are simply stunning!

2. Gate of the Sun, Bolivia

The Gate of the Sun is located in Tiwanaku - the most ancient and mysterious city. Some scholars believe that in the first millennium AD, it was the center of a huge empire. There is still no idea what the drawings on the gate mean. Perhaps 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 erection of the Egyptian pyramids. According to the modern views 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'Ans-o-Meadows Settlement, Canada

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

5. Bird Moa

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

6. Longyu Grottoes, China

These grottoes were carved into the sandstone by humans - a daunting task that surely had thousands of Chinese people involved, but nowhere is there any mention of these grottoes and the hard work of creating them.

7. Temple complex of Sacsayhuaman, Peru

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

8. Tunnels of the Stone Age

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 that people traveled through this system, protected from weather and war.

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

For many decades, archaeologists have been worried 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? Excavations gave no answer to any of them.

10. Giant stone balls of Costa Rica

Mysterious stone formations of ideally round shape intrigue not only with their appearance, but also with their incomprehensible origin and purpose. They were first discovered in the 30s of the XX century by workers when clearing the jungle for banana plantations. Local legends said that gold must have been 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 borders between the lands of different tribes.

11. Golden figurines of the Incas

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

12. Genetic disk

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

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Incredible facts

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

From strange flashes in the sky after earthquakes to rocks that spontaneously move along the ground, it seems that these phenomena have no specific meaning or purpose.

Here are the 10 most strange, mysterious and incredible phenomena, naturally occurring.

1. Reports of bright flares 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 unexplained flares 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 that all 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 explaining this phenomenon is frictional heat, radon gas and piezoelectric effect - An electrical charge that builds up in quartz rocks when tectonic plates move.

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

The shockwave from an earthquake can alter the electrical properties of silicon and oxygen-containing minerals, allowing them to transmit current and emit a glow. However, some believe that the theory may only be 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 extending over 450 sq. km of coastal desert are huge works of art left on the Peruvian plains. Among them are geometric shapes, as well as drawings of animals, plants and rarely human figuresthat can be seen from the air in the form of huge drawings.

They are believed to have been created by the Nazca people during the 1000-year period between 500 BC. and 500 AD, but nobody knows why.

Despite being a World Heritage Site, Peruvian authorities struggle to defend the Nazca Lines from settlers. Meanwhile, archaeologists are trying to study the lines before they are destroyed.

Initially, it was assumed that these geoglyphs were part of the 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 tell.

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

Monarch butterflies find their way through thousands of kilometers to certain places

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Millions of North American Danaid Monarch butterflies every year migrate more than 3000 km south for the winter. For many years no one knew where they were going.

In the 1950s, zoologists began tagging and tracking butterflies and found them to be in the mountainous forest of Mexico. However, even knowing that the monarchs choose 12 of the 15 mountain locations in Mexico, scientists still cannot understand how they navigate.

According to some studies, they take advantage of the sun's position to fly south, adjusting to the time of day on their antenna's circadian clock. But the Sun only gives a general direction. How they arrange themselves is still a mystery.

According to one theory, geomagnetic forces attract them, but this has not been confirmed. Only recently have scientists begun 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 had never seen fireballs, but he was able to determine their formation and reproduce artificially."

Modern scientists have never been able to reproduce these results.

Moreover, many are still skeptical about the existence of ball lightning. However, many witnesses, dating back to 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 how ball lightning passes through window panes and down the chimney.

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

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

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

Scientists have been racking their brains 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 by more than 200 meters.

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

There were suggestions that everything was to blame wind and ice, as well as algae slime and seismic vibrations.

A 2013 study attempted to explain what happens when the surface of a dry lake freezes over. According to this theory, ice on rocks stays frozen longer than the surrounding ice because the rock removes heat faster. This reduces the friction between rocks and the surface and is more easily pushed by the wind.

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

Unknown hum that only a few people can hear

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The so-called "hum" is the name given to the annoying low frequency noisethat worries residents around the world. However, few people are able to hear it, namely only every 20th person.

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

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

Insects that suddenly woke up 17 years later to find a mate

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In 2013, cicadas of the species appeared from underground in the eastern United States. Magicicada septendecimwhich have not been shown since 1996. Scientists do not know how the cicadas learned that it was time to leave their habitat underground after 17 years sleep.

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

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

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

Interestingly, 17-year-old cicadas appear in the northeastern states, while in the southeastern states, cicadas are infested every 13 years. Scientists have suggested that such a life cycle of cicadas allows them to avoid meeting their predatory enemies.

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

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In January 1917, biologist Valdo McEtee (Waldo McAtee) presented his work titled Organic Rains, which reported cases of falling larvae of salamanders, small fish, herring, ants and toads.

Animal rains have been reported in various parts of the world. So, for example, in Serbia rain of frogs fell, in Australia perches fell from the sky, and in Japan - toads.

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

According to a more complex theory, waterspouts suck out aquatic creatures, 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.

Costa Rican stone balls were discovered in the 1930s by a company United Fruit Companywhen workers cleared land for banana plantations. Some of these balls having perfect spherical shape, reached 2 meters in diameter.

The stones that the locals call Las bolas, belonged to 600 - 1000 AD Further complicating the solution to 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 of the cultural heritage of the indigenous population.

Scientists began studying stone balls in 1943, marking their distribution. Anthropologist John Hoopes later refuted many of the theories explaining the purpose of the stones, including lost cities and space aliens.

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 encountered discoveries that seemed to challenge it.

One of the most mysterious phenomena was the 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 mistakes or hoaxes.

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

The Sahara Desert in Egypt contains the oldest known astronomically aligned stones 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 a lake that had dried up long ago. More than 6,000 years ago, stone slabs three meters high were dragged over a kilometer to create this place. The stones depicted are just a part of the entire complex that has survived. Although the Western Egyptian Desert is now completely dry, it was not like this in the past. There is good evidence that there have been several wet cycles in the past (with up to 500 mm of rainfall per year). The most recent refers to the interglacial period and the time of the beginning of the last glaciation, it 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, antelopes of various species and gazelles. Starting around the 10th millennium BC, this area of \u200b\u200bthe Nubian desert began to receive more rainfall, filling the lakes. The early people may have been attracted to the region by the sources of drinking water. Archaeological finds may indicate that human activity in the area has been known since at least sometime from the 10th and 8th millennia BC.

Chinese mosaic from lines.

These strange lines are located at the coordinates: 40 ° 27 "28 .56" N, 93 ° 23 "34 .42" E. There is not much information available about this "weirdness", 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 maintain their proportions, despite the curvature of the rough terrain.

An inexplicable stone doll.

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

An iron bolt, 300 million years old.

It was found almost by accident. The expedition of the MAI-Kosmopoisk Center was looking for fragments of a meteorite in the south of the Kaluga region, in Russia. Dmitry Kurkov decided to examine a seemingly ordinary piece of stone. What he found is capable of overturning our understanding of earthly and cosmic history. When the dirt was brushed off the stone, a bolt somehow got inside was clearly visible on its chip! About a centimeter long. How did he get there? A bolt with a nut at the end (or - which this thing was also like - a spool with a rod and two discs) was sitting tight. This means that he got inside the stone back in the days when it was only a sedimentary rock, bottom clay.

Ancient rocket ship.

This ancient cave image from Japan dates back more than 5000 BC.

Moving stones.

No one, not even NASA, has yet been able to explain this. Your best bet is to just watch and marvel at the moving rocks in this dry lake in Death Valley National Park. The bottom of Lake Reistrek Playa is nearly flat, 2.5 km north-south and 1.25 km east-west, and is covered in cracked mud. The stones move slowly along the clayey bottom of the lake, as evidenced by the long traces that remain behind them. The stones move on their own without assistance, but no one has ever seen or recorded the movement on camera. Similar movements of stones were recorded in several other places. However, in terms of the number and length of tracks, the dried up 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 - a quarry where mica is mined, is 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?

Death of a Dog

Suicide of dogs on a bridge in Overtown, near Milton, Dumbarton, Scotland. Built in 1859, Overtown Bridge became famous for a number of unexplained cases in which dogs apparently committed suicide by jumping off it. These incidents were first reported in the 1950s or 1960s, when dogs - usually of the long-nosed species like collies - were seen jumping off a bridge quickly and unexpectedly and falling fifty feet, crashing to 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 operations in the city of 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 Canal in the Cuba region. They were found many miles away along the coast. The American archaeologists who discovered the site immediately stated that they had found Atlantis (not 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 persons can enjoy only filming and computer reconstruction of the city buried under water, the age of millennia.

Giants in Nevada

A Nevada Indian legend of the 12 foot red giants who 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. This is what an artificial human jaw looks like next to her. In 1931, two skeletons were found at the bottom of the lake. One 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 Ayud. They found him 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 the city 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 a layer along with the remains of an extinct animal, is estimated at about 11 thousand years.

"Loladoff's plate"

The Loladoff 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 is clearly demonstrated by a disc-shaped UFO. There is also a drawing on the disc. The character is remarkably similar to the aliens known as the Gray, the "grays".

Pure iron alloy hammer

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 literally grew into limestone about 140 million years old, and is kept together 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. Experts who examined the find made a unanimous conclusion: a hoax. However, further research carried out by various scientific institutions, including the famous Battel Laboratory (USA), showed that everything is much more complicated: First, the wooden handle on which the hammer is set has already turned to stone from the outside, but inside it has completely turned into coal. ... This means that its age is also estimated at millions of years. Secondly, specialists from the Metallurgical Institute in Columbus (Ohio) were amazed by the chemical composition of 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 earthly metallurgy. Not a single bubble has been found in 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 is not detected (as, e.g. manganese, cobalt, nickel, tungsten, vanadium or molybdenum). There are also no impurities and the percentage of chlorine is unusually high. It is also surprising that no trace of carbon has been found in iron, while iron ore from the earth's 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 iron of the "Texas hammer" does not rust! When in 1934 a piece of rock with an ingrown tool was chipped off a rock, the metal was severely scratched in one place. And over the past sixty-odd years, not the slightest signs of corrosion have appeared on the scratch ... According to Dr. K.E.Buff, director of the Museum of Fossil Antiquities, in which this hammer is stored, the find comes from the early Cretaceous period - from 140 to 65 million years ago. According to the current state of scientific knowledge, mankind learned to make such tools only 10 thousand years ago. Dr. Hans-Joachim Zilmer from Germany, who studied in detail the mysterious find, concludes: "This hammer is made according to a technology unknown to us."

Highest stone processing technology

The second group of finds that pose puzzles for scientists are artifacts created after the time of the appearance of man on Earth accepted today. But the technologies that were used to create them have become 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 Lubaantum. The skull is cut from a piece of pure quartz and measures 12x18x12 centimeters. In 1970, the skull was analyzed at the Hewlett-Packard laboratory. The results were overwhelming. The skull was created without respecting the natural crystal axis, which is impossible in modern crystallography. No metal tools were used to work on the skull. According to the restorers, first the quartz was cut with a diamond chisel, after which silicon crystalline sand was used for a 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 the use of high technologies unknown to us. One of the experts at Hewlett-Packard stated that creating a crystal skull is not a matter of skill, patience and time, but that it is simply impossible.

Fossil nail

However, most often in the rock they find objects similar in appearance to nails and bolts. In the 16th century, the Viceroy of Peru kept a piece of rock in his office that held tightly to an 18-centimeter steel nail found in a local mine. 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 reasons: a special kind of crystallization of mineral solutions and melts, the formation of pyrite rods in the 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 distinct 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 speculation that rod-shaped NIOs are fossilized skeletons of belemnites (invertebrates of marine animals that lived at the same time as dinosaurs). But the remains of belemnites are found only in sedimentary rocks and never in indigenous rocks 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 meteorite fragments or fulgurites (thunder arrows) struck by lightning into rocks. However, it is extremely problematic to find such a fragment or a trace left millions of years ago. If it is still possible to argue about the origin of the nail-like NIO, then about some of the finds it remains only to make a helpless gesture.

Ancient battery

In 1936, the German scientist Wilhelm Koenig, who worked in the Archaeological Museum of Baghdad, was brought a strange object that was found on the excavations of an ancient Parthian settlement near the Iraqi capital. It was a small earthen vase about 15 centimeters high. Inside it was a cylinder of sheet copper, its base was covered by a cap with a seal, the 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. König concluded that in front of him was an electric battery, created almost two thousand years before the discoveries of Galvani and Volta. Egyptologist Arne Egebrecht 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.

Antikythera mechanism (other spellings: Antikythera, Andykythera, Antikythera, Greek. Dated to about 100 BC. e. (possibly before 150 BC). Stored at 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 that was previously thought to have been invented no earlier than the 16th century, and the level of miniaturization and complexity is comparable to that of a mechanical watch from the 18th century. The approximate dimensions of the assembled mechanism are 33 × 18 × 10 cm.

Figures of astronauts from Ecuador

Figures of ancient astronauts found in Ecuador. Age\u003e 2000 years. In fact, there is a lot of such evidence, if you like, read Erich Von Denikin. He has many books, one of the most famous - "Chariots of the Gods", there are both physical evidence and decryption of cuneiforms and so on, in general, quite interesting. True, vehemently believers are not allowed 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 mass 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. The pioneers of space exploration had a hard time: the technologies of the beginning of the space era of mankind left much to be desired, so emergency situations arose quite often, like the one that Alexei Leonov faced, almost remaining in outer space. But some of the surprises that awaited the space pioneers in orbit were not at all related to the equipment. Many Soviet cosmonauts who returned from orbit talked about unidentified flying objects that appeared near Earth's spacecraft, and scientists still cannot explain this phenomenon.

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

V.Kovalenok

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. The observations of unknown objects were also repeatedly reported by the participants of the Mir station missions, as well as by the staff of the Baikonur cosmodrome - UFOs appear quite often in its vicinity.

2. Chelyabinsk meteorite. On February 15 of this year, residents of Chelyabinsk and surrounding settlements observed an extraordinary phenomenon: a celestial body entered the Earth's atmosphere, which was 30 times as bright as the Sun when it fell. As it turned out later, it was a meteorite, although a variety of versions of the phenomenon were put forward, up to the use of secret weapons or the intrigues of aliens (many still do not exclude this possibility). Having exploded in the air, the meteorite split into many parts, 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 bolide. The “guest” from outer space caused quite significant damage to the city: the blast wave in many buildings knocked out glass, and about 1600 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 over the city. It was observed by many townspeople, but there is no exact explanation of where the "second Sun" suddenly appeared, and even at night. However, some believe that the ball appeared due to the reflection of city lights on specifically 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 servicemen of the Russian army on the coast of Sakhalin in September 2006. In terms of the structure of the skull, the monster somewhat resembles a crocodile, but the rest of the skeleton is completely unlike any reptile known to science. It also cannot be attributed to fish, and the local residents, to whom the soldiers showed the find, could not identify any creature living in these waters in it. Remains of animal tissue have been preserved, and, judging by them, it was covered with wool. The corpse was quickly seized 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 - a killer whale or a beluga whale, but others argue that the creature differs in its skeleton from both. As an alternative to the "accepted" point of view, one can name the opinion that the remains belonged to a prehistoric animal, which are probably still preserved in the depths of the oceans.

K. Makovsky. Mermaids. 1879

4. Seeing off the mermaid. Mermaids are one of the main heroes of Russian folklore. According to legend, these spirits living in reservoirs are born as a result of the painful death of women and children, and rumor has it that meeting a mermaid does not bode well: they often seduce men, luring them into the abyss of a lake or swamp, and steal children. frighten animals and generally do not behave very 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 arranged dances in honor of these restless souls. Of course, now such beliefs are far from being as widespread as in the old days, but in some parts of Russia rituals associated with mermaids are still held. The most significant of them is considered the so-called Mermaid Week or Seeing the Mermaid - the week preceding Trinity (the 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 Rusal Week, women do not wash their hair to protect themselves from spirits, and men carry garlic and walnuts with them for the same purpose. Of course, at this time it is strictly forbidden to go into the water - so as not to be dragged away by some bored mermaid.

5. Russian Roswell. Military rocket range near the village of Kapustin Yar in the northwest of the Astrakhan region is often found in the reports of the strangest and most inexplicable incidents. Various UFOs and other curious phenomena are observed here with surprising regularity. Due to the most high-profile case of this kind, Kapustin Yar received the nickname Russian Roswell by analogy with the city in the American 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 object resembling a cigar 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. "Cigar" immediately released a beam into the fighter, and it fell to the ground, unfortunately, the pilot did not have time to eject. The silver object also fell in the vicinity of Kapustin Yar, and was immediately transported to the bunker of the landfill. Of course, many have repeatedly questioned this information, but some documents of the State Security Committee, declassified in 1991, indicate that the military more than once saw 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 Sergeevna Kulagina served as a radio operator in a tank and participated in the defense of the Northern capital. As a result of the injury she was discharged, and after lifting the blockade of Leningrad, she got 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 thought, 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 cunning charlatan, or in fact possessed anomalous skills. There is no convincing evidence of the first, although some of the former employees of the Soviet research institutes assure that when demonstrating "supernatural" abilities Kulagina used various tricks and sleight of hand, which was known to the KGB experts who investigated her activities. Until her death in 1990, Ninel Kulagina was considered one of the most powerful psychics of the 20th century, and the unexplained phenomena associated with her were designated the "K-phenomenon".

7. Dragon from Brosno. Lake Brosno, located in the Tver region, is the deepest freshwater lake in Europe, but the whole world knows it mainly because of a mysterious creature that, as local residents believe, lives in it. According to numerous (but not yet documented) stories, an animal about five meters long was seen in the lake more than once, resembling something 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" eaten the Tatar-Mongol warriors, who made a halt on the shore of the lake. According to another story, in the middle of Brosno one day an "island" suddenly appeared, which after a while disappeared - it is assumed that it was the back of a huge unknown beast. Although there is no reliable information about the monster allegedly living in the lake, many agree that some strange things sometimes happen in Brosno and its surroundings.

8. Space Defense Troops. Russia has always sought to defend itself against 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 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 kind of troops mainly include the organization of missile defense and the control of military satellites coordinating it, although the command is also considering the possibility of aggression from alien races. True, in early October this year, answering the question of whether the Aerospace Defense Forces are ready for an alien attack, Sergei Berezhnoy, assistant to the head of the Main Testing Space Center named after German Titov, said: "Unfortunately, we are not yet ready to fight extraterrestrial civilizations. ... Let's hope the aliens don't know about this.

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 stories about ghosts that are found there. For several centuries it has served as the main citadel of Russian statehood, and, according to legends, 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, one can sometimes hear the weeping and groaning of Ivan the Terrible, atone for his sins. Others mention that they saw the spirit of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin in the Kremlin, and 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, which appears whenever a shock awaits the country. The ghost blows cold, and sometimes he seems to be trying to say something, possibly warning the leadership of the state from mistakes.

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

Some strange strange things also happen on the territory of the Kremlin churches. The guards of the Archangel Cathedral always tell us that every night there are sobs here, someone unfamiliar voices are heard, someone reads prayers for the dead, and someone laughs hysterically, everything suddenly stops after a sudden flash of a very bright light. Who is producing 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 flaming red eyes. Most of all, this description resembles the so-called Moth Man - a mysterious creature that allegedly repeatedly appeared in the city of Point Pleasant in the American 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 bright, incredibly terrible nightmares. On April 26, the nightmare did not happen 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, the survivors in the flame said that they clearly saw a 6-meter black bird that flew out from the clouds of radioactive smoke that poured from the destroyed fourth block.

11. Well in Hell. In 1984, Soviet geologists started an ambitious project to drill a superdeep well on the Kola Peninsula. The main goal was to satisfy scientific research curiosity and 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 recorded strange sounds coming from the depths and most of all resembling screams and groans. In addition, at great depths, voids were discovered, 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 had drilled a "well to hell", but 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 leaders of the Kola superdeep well project, told about the “well” best of all: “When I am asked about this mysterious story, I don’t know what to answer. On the one hand, the 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 and mystical stories about the Moscow metro that astrologers decided to investigate it. According to Italian occult scientists, 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 circular 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 the apostles who accompanied Jesus Christ. The fact that Moscow is an ancient city is beyond doubt, its very development exactly corresponds to the principle “what is in heaven 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, business. In the area through which the Izmailovskaya line passes, there is one of the sports universities in Moscow, there are many factories, military establishments, and the famous Lefortovo prison. Even the street names correspond exactly to this zodiac sign. For example, Soldatskaya Street.

In the opposite part of the capital, where Kutuzovsky Prospect, Fili is located, there are no industrial enterprises, but there are many institutions that are responsible for partnership and peacekeeping. One of the most important departments in this respect is the Russian Foreign Ministry. The most interesting thing is that the constellation Libra patronizes this area of \u200b\u200bMoscow. They are ruled by Chiron. Libra is a dual sign.

13. Why was the Rossiya Hotel demolished? In the center of Moscow, inexplicable noise was recorded back in the 80s. It was often heard by the guests of the Rossiya Hotel. 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 where exactly the place of a possible natural disaster is located. Alena argues that the complete destruction of the Rossiya Hotel was quite a logical outcome for the building built on the site of the demolished temple complex. The rumble of the Earth seemed to warn that this building is doomed. According to Orlova, on this historical place, charged with positive positive energy for centuries, an abscess appeared under the name of the hotel "Russia", which immediately received a "minus" sign, opposite streams began to emanate from the Earth aimed at destroying the enemy. The largest hotel in the Soviet Union has always enjoyed a bad reputation 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 of load-bearing structures, almost complete destruction of infrastructure - all these are links in the same chain.

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

15. Devil's 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 of the versions, it was here, and not in the Podkamennaya Tunguska area, that the Tunguska meteorite fell. In the 20s and 30s of the last century, cattle often wandered into the clearing. And he died. The locals 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 in color. It is believed that people also died here - before the Great Patriotic War, several hundred people died near the meadow or on it. It is not recommended to walk there. To put it mildly.