Unsolved natural mysteries of the world. The world's great mysteries
Unsolved natural riddles the world
Stone waves
Our planet Earth never ceases to amaze us. Let me introduce you to another extraordinary place - Wave Rock, located in Perth, Australia. Wave Rock is a stunning rock that resembles the crest of a huge wave, as if someone had frozen the water and turned it into stone. It is part of Hyden Rock, which according to scientists is more than 2,700 million years old. Recently, more and more tourists are flocking here, and surfers dream of getting a photo with such a huge "wave".
Swallow Cave
Nature is genius in her creations, sometimes she delights and bewitches. So, the Swallow Cave, which is located in the tropics of central Mexico, attracts base jumpers and cavers from all over the world.
Its size is impressive, its beauty delights, and its originality is mesmerizing. The Swallow Cave is the 2nd deepest in Mexico and 11th in the world.
It descends to the depths of the Earth to a depth of 376 meters, which is commensurate with the height of the Empire State Building (381 m without a spire).
Unique creations of nature
Desert "Black Rock" (USA). This mystical place is located in the state of Nevada. Brightly colored in different colors geysers, dry riverbeds and rugged cliffs make this a fantastic place.
Yellowstone National Park. Located in the USA. These are terraces of hot springs, similar to living sculpture which is constantly changing due to the smooth flow of water and limestone erosion.
Lake Powell, Glen Canyon. Located in the United States in Utah. Glen Canyon National Wildlife Refuge, established in 1972, covers an area of more than 1 million acres. It is a harsh desert with numerous canyons stretching for 298 km along Lake Powell. The lake was created as a result of the obstruction of the Colorado River and its tributaries.
"Dry Valley". Located in Antarctica. This desert is the driest place on earth and the only part of Antarctica not covered with ice. There has been no rainfall here for several million years.
Socotra Island. It is part of a small archipelago of six islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Somalia, about 350 km south of the Arabian Peninsula. Socotra is one of the world's most isolated archipelagos of continental origin. Despite the hot and dry climate, the island abounds in many extremely rare flora and fauna, one third of them are endemic, i.e. found only here.
Rio Tinto quarry in Andalusia (Spain). Rio Tinto's huge quarries create a lunar landscape. The quarries are named after the river of the same name, which flows here and washes away minerals from the huge craters. Mining has been carried out here for many centuries, so the river turned bright red-orange.
Spotted Lake. The lake is located in British Columbia, Canada. Depending on weather conditions and the time of year, the lake crystallizes and turns into a certain color. Many "spots" are formed on the lake - circles of minerals. This is the world's largest concentration of sulfates, as well as silver and titanium.
"Frozen Waterfalls". They are located in Mexico. From Spanish (Hierve el agua) it is translated as "boiling water". This is another of the wonders of the world. They are formed by water with a high content of calcium carbonate, which, when settling, forms incrustations and bizarre relief forms.
National park"Arches". The park is located in Utah (USA), near the city of Moab. This is a high-mountainous desert, painted in all shades of dark red, in which a variety of natural formations (arches, columns, fantastic figures) rise. This place is rightfully called one of the "Natural Wonders of the World".
Shilin stone forest. Located in China. This is a stunning example of karst topography. The rocks are composed of limestone and formed by water that has destroyed everything except these tree-like pillars. Since the Ming Dynasty, Shilin Stone Forest has been known as the "First Wonder of the World".
"Eye of the Sahara" (Rishat structure). Located in Mauritania. This natural formation with a diameter of about 30 km is clearly visible from space. Its origin is still a mystery. It was originally believed that the Eye was formed as a result of the fall of a meteorite. However, modern geologists believe that the Richat structure is the result of erosion.
"Gates of Hell" (Davraz). This famous burning crater is located in Turkmenistan in the middle of the Karakum Desert. The crater, 60 m in diameter and 20 m deep, is a well in which gas burns, set on fire after the completion of geological exploration.
"Petra" is an ancient city. Located on the territory of modern Jordan, at an altitude of more than 900 m above sea level, in the narrow Siq canyon. In 2007, Petra was named one of the new Seven Wonders of the World.
Rice terraces "Banaue". They are located in the Philippines in the Ifuago mountains. They are spread over an area of over 4000 sq. km, at an altitude of 1524 m above sea level. Locals call them "the eighth wonder of the world": hand-carved terraces on which rice has been growing for 2000 years.
Eisreisenwelt Ice Caves. There are many ice caves in the world, but the Eisreisenwelt Caves are the largest of them. The total length of the caves is 40 km.
Drawing "hummingbird" on the Nazca plateau, Peru.
Goreme National Park, Turkey
Volcano "Ankisabe", Madagascar. Erosion on slopes.
"Chocolate Mountains". Bohol Island, Philippines "Buccaneel Archipelago". Located 800 km west of the coast of Australia. The rocks on the islands are two billion years old.
"Cone on Tolbachik", Russia. These breakthroughs on the Kamchatka volcano Tolbachik, reminiscent of the Martian landscape, appeared in 1945. The place where the photo was taken is called the "lunar walkers' base". It was here that the Soviet lunar rovers were tested.
Antelope Canyon, USA
The most popular and famous canyon in the southwestern United States, in the Navajo Desert, Arizona. Consists of two sections called the Upper and Lower Canyon, or "The Crack" and "The Corkscrew". The Navajo Indians call the canyon "bighanilini", which simply means "the place where the water cut its way in the stone." It is logical The Lower Canyon also has its own name - “Hasdestwazi” (“stone vaults”).
Great Blue Hole, Belize
Part of the Lighthouse Reef System, this formation is located 60 kilometers from Belize. The almost perfectly round hole with a diameter of 400 meters is the most desirable for all divers on the planet. Inside it, the depth reaches 145 meters in depth, and a large number of marine organisms are found on the walls of this natural well, which are just waiting to be photographed and examined. Due to the large difference in depth, the color of the water in this place differs sharply from the surrounding surface.
Crystal Cave of the Giants, Mexico
Deep in a mine in southern Mexico, in Chihuahua, is a group of mineral crystals hidden from human eyes. Their height reaches several meters, the shape is usually rectangular, but there are also cylindrical ones, and the color changes from silver to golden. Most likely, the space surrounding the crystals was filled with rock, which was gradually washed away by underground streams of water, leaving such unusual formations.
Blue Lake Cave, Brazil
The Mato Grosso do Sul area in Brazil contains many picturesque underground lakes - Gruta do Lago Azul, Gruta do Mimoso, Aquário Natural. The first of them is a natural room, the interior of which is formed by bizarre stalactites and stalagmites, as well as a vast blue lake. Its beauty impresses all tourists who managed to see this miracle of nature, the transparency of the water and its rich bright blue hue are especially remembered.
Giants Causeway, Ireland
An area covered with 40 thousand basalt columns correct shape, was formed as a result of the oldest volcanic eruption. It is located in the northeast of Northern Ireland, most of the columns are hexagonal, but there are columns with 4, 5, 7 and 8 sides. The highest of them reaches a height of 12 meters, and the thickness of the solidified lava around is up to 28 meters. In 2005, according to a Times poll, Giants Causeway was named the fourth wonder of the world in the UK (or rather, the fourth wonder of Great Britain)
Fire Falls - "Horse Tail"
This stunning waterfall is located in the Yosemite National Park, California (USA). It's called Horsetail Fall.
Just a few days in February, you can see with your own eyes a rare phenomenon - the reflection of the rays of the setting sun in the falling stream of the waterfall. The waterfall turns fiery orange. This waterfall is located on the eastern slope of Mount El Capitan.
The waterfall consists of two cascading streams with a height of about 480 m. The total height of the waterfall is 650 meters. The best location to shoot is the north road leading to the Yosemite Valley, east of Mount El Capitan.
Lightning Catatumbo
Lightning Catatumbo (Spanish: Relámpago del Catatumbo) - a natural phenomenon, arising above the confluence of the Katatumbo River into Lake Maracaibo (South America). The phenomenon is expressed in the appearance of a glow at an altitude of about five kilometers. Lightning strikes occur at night (140-160 times a year) and the discharges last about 10 hours. This adds up to about 1.2 million discharges per year.Lightning can be seen from a distance of up to 400 kilometers. They were even used for navigation, which is why the phenomenon is also known as the "Maracaibo Lighthouse".
The Catatumbo lightning is believed to be the largest single ozone generator on Earth. Winds coming from the Andes cause thunderstorms. Methane, which is rich in the atmosphere of these wetlands, rises to the clouds, fueling the lightning bolts.
Local defenders environment believe that this unique area should be protected by UNESCO.
Fish rain in Honduras
Animal rain is a relatively rare meteorological phenomenon, although such cases have been recorded in many countries throughout human history. But for Honduras, this is a regular phenomenon. Every year between May and July a dark cloud appears in the sky, lightning flashes, thunder rumbles, a strong wind blows and heavy rain pours for 2-3 hours. Once it stops, hundreds of live fish remain on the ground.
People pick it up like mushrooms and carry it home to fry it. Since 1998, it has hosted the Festival de la Lluvia de Peces (Fish Rain Festival). It is celebrated in the city of Yoro, department de Yoro, Honduras. One of the hypotheses of the occurrence of the phenomenon is that strong winds raise fish from the water several kilometers in height, since the waters of the Caribbean Sea off the northern coast of Honduras are replete with fish and other seafood. However, no one has yet witnessed how this happens.
And now a photo gallery of unusual places on the planet. All of them are so amazing that they are more similar to the landscapes of other worlds, and not to the surface of our planet.
The world is full of mysteries and secrets. Some of them have been solved. But there are also those, a reasonable explanation, which have not yet been found. Below is a list of ten unsolved mysteries of the world.
D. B. Cooper is the pseudonym of an unknown criminal who hijacked a Boeing 727 with 42 passengers on November 24, 1971, flying from Portland to Seattle. After receiving $ 200,000 in ransom, he released the passengers, made the pilots take off and jumped out with a parachute. Despite an extensive investigation by the FBI, it was never possible to obtain any information about the whereabouts of the offender, his real name and further fate. Of the ransom received, only $ 5,800 was found on the banks of a river in Washington state.
There are several theories regarding the circumstances of the crime and the fate of DB Cooper. According to the FBI, Cooper died after the jump, but no physical evidence was found to support this theory. This terrorist attack remains the only unresolved case of air piracy in American aviation history.
Taman Shud is an unsolved criminal case involving the murder of an unknown man who was found dead on December 1, 1948, at Somerton Beach in Adelaide, Australia. There were no visible wounds on the body of the deceased. In addition, an autopsy showed that he was completely healthy prior to death. In the pockets of the men they found a bus ticket, chewing gum, cigarettes, coins, matches and several other things. The biggest resonance was caused by a piece of paper found on him, torn from a copy of a very rare edition of Omar Khayyam, on which only two words were written - Tamam Shud ("Tamam Shud"). The investigation has so far failed to establish either the identity of the deceased, or precisely determine the method of killing him.
Atlantis
One of the unsolved mysteries of the world is "Atlantis" - a legendary island, possibly a civilization (archipelago or even a continent) whose existence and location are uncertain. The lost city became famous thanks to the mentions and comments of the ancient Greek historians Herodotus, Posidonius, Strabo, Diodorus Siculus, Proclus. According to the records of the philosopher Plato, Atlantis was located west of the Pillars of Hercules, opposite the Atlanta mountains and was swallowed up by the sea in one day (probably an earthquake or tsunami) in about 9500 BC. NS. However, most modern historians believe that Atlantis is a typical philosophical myth.
The Voynich manuscript is a mysterious undeciphered book written in the 15th century (1404–1438) by an unknown author in an unknown language using an unfamiliar alphabet. The thickness of the book is 5 cm, it contains about 240 pages, measuring 16.2 by 23.5 cm.During its existence, the manuscript has been intensively studied by many professional cryptographers, including those recognized all over the world, and none of them managed to decipher a single word ... There is a theory that this book is just a collection of meaningless random symbols that have no meaning, but there are those who believe that the manuscript is an encrypted message.
In sixth place in the ranking of unsolved mysteries of the world is the signal "Wow!" - a strong narrowband space radio signal recorded by Dr. Jerry Eiman on August 15, 1977 while working on the Big Ear radio telescope at Ohio State University. The anomaly lasted 72 seconds and did not recur. There are many versions explaining the origin of the signal. The most interesting of these is the theory that the signal was sent from an alien starship that was moving.
"Taos rumble"
"Taos Hum" is an unsolved anomalous sound phenomenon emanating from the desert near Taos, New Mexico, USA. The sound is similar to the movement of heavy equipment on a highway, although there are no major roads in the area of the town. It is interesting that only local residents hear it and, extremely rarely, visitors. Scientists who investigated it failed to find the source of the hum.
Such a phenomenon has been known since the beginning of the 60s of the XX century and was observed almost all over the world, but it is most often heard in North America, Europe and Australia. Sometimes "noises" are accompanied by other sounds, hiss, whistling, etc. With prolonged listening, they can cause headaches, dizziness, nausea, indigestion and other unpleasant sensations.
The Loch Ness Monster (Nessie) is a mysterious animal or a group of animals supposedly living in the mysterious Scottish Loch Ness, whose depth in some places reaches 250 meters. Numerous eyewitness accounts describe this mysterious creature as a 40-foot long animal with four fins and a long neck with small bumps that appears from time to time on the surface of the lake. There are several theories explaining the nature of the alleged animal, one of them says that the Loch Ness monster is nothing more than a plesiosaur that has survived to this day. Today, scientists can neither confirm nor deny its existence.
Amelia Mary Earhart is an American pilot, journalist and poet. The first female pilot to fly over the Atlantic Ocean in 1932. In 1937, while trying to make a round-the-world flight, Amelia disappeared without a trace in the central part The Pacific in the area of Howland Island. Despite an immediately organized search and rescue operation, on which the US government spent about $ 4 million (the most expensive and large-scale operation in the history of the American fleet), no traces of either the plane or the pilot were found. The search for the famous female pilot continues today, but the mystery of the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, her navigator and plane remains unsolved.
Jack the Ripper is a nickname for an unknown serial killer (or assassins) operating in the Whitechapel area of London in the second half of 1888. His victims were prostitutes from poor neighborhoods, mostly middle-aged, whose throats were slit by the killer before opening the abdominal cavity. The excision of some organs from the bodies of the victims was explained by the assumption that the killer had some knowledge of anatomy or surgery. However, all the names exact amount victims, as well as the identity of Jack the Ripper still remain a mystery.
The first place in the list of unsolved mysteries of the world is occupied by the Bermuda Triangle - a geographical area with an area of 4 thousand km. sq. in the Atlantic Ocean. It is considered the site of many (more than 100) unexplained disappearances of ships, yachts and airplanes. To explain the mysterious accidents, most put forward various hypotheses from unusual weather phenomena, magnetic anomalies, giant wandering waves, to abductions by aliens or inhabitants of Atlantis. The most famous case related to the Bermuda Triangle is the disappearance of five Avenger-class torpedo bombers. These planes took off on December 5, 1945 from the US naval base in Fort Lauderdale and did not return. Their fragments were never found.
This list includes the most famous "mysteries of the century", from stones sliding across the desert to incomprehensible underwater sounds that people still managed to unravel.
Found the grave of Richard III
The remains of Richard III, the last king of England to die in battle, were found under a car park in the British city of Leicester. It was one of the most striking archaeological finds in recent decades.
Source of the Nile
This may sound obvious, but even a Lake Victoria response was not easy to get. It took the most modern technologies to get the final answer, because the true location of the source of the Nile has long remained a mystery.
Why is the temperature of the "solar atmosphere" higher than the temperature of the sun's surface
The answer sounds too scientific, however, one way or another, the mystery was solved in 2009 thanks to a study by a group of European scientists. They managed to find an explanation for the fact that the temperature of the solar "atmosphere" reaches several million degrees Celsius, while the surface of the sun is much "colder" - only 5 thousand degrees Celsius. The key is that it is the magnetic field that is the source of energy that causes solar flares and coronal plasma ejections.
Finding the submerged
The discovery of a sunken ship in 1985, more than 70 years after the disaster, was completely accidental and can only be explained by the greatest success of the researchers.
Loch Ness monster
After decades of endless controversy and speculation, the photographer, author of the world famous original image of the Loch Ness Monster, recently admitted that it was a hoax.
Troy
For centuries, mankind considered Troy to be a mythical city, and the Trojan War as mostly a legend. This was before the discovery of the remains by the self-taught German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann. ancient city also called Ilion
"Magic" circles in the Namib desert
For a long time, people associated this phenomenon with anything from radioactive radiation to the parking of space aliens. Only relatively recent studies have led to the final conclusion that the "culprits" of such a long intrigue are ... termites! (However, there are other explanations that we wrote about earlier)
The fate of Martin Bormann
One of the top leaders of the Nazi Reich was not found after World War II, despite intense searches around the world. According to the most famous version, he managed to avoid retaliation and disappeared somewhere in South America, for which there was numerous evidence circulated in the press for many years. However, in 1999 his corpse was found in an unmarked grave near the bunker where Hitler committed suicide.
"Fish flatulence" instead of Russian submarines
In the 1980s, Swedish sailors discovered underwater sounds of unknown origin. Many experts attributed them to Russian submarines that threaten the free world. The solution provoked an explosion of ... laughter - the source of mystical underwater sounds turned out to be the secretions of digestive gases from accumulations of fish. The Swedes were subsequently awarded the so-called. Shnobel Prize.
Tutankhamun's tomb
This most "popular" ancient Egyptian pharaoh was associated with a story reminiscent of the "Trojan". Until the discovery of the completely untouched tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings in 1922, it was the subject of countless legends and hoaxes.
Eternal Roar
When researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States discovered a low-frequency sound of unknown origin in the South Pacific in the summer of 1997, at first its origin was attributed to some mysterious, incredibly large and loud animal. Later, however, most scientists agreed that the Bloop was caused by the movement of the ice masses.
Why do corals pulsate
The ripple of coral colonies has remained an unapproachable mystery and the subject of much speculation over the decades of the last century. This movement could not be explained by any pressing need. In the end, scientists were able to establish that in this way corals maintain a low oxygen content in the surrounding waters and thereby attract a certain type of migratory algae, which forms the basis of their nutrition.
In which direction does the Earth's core rotate?
For a very long time, scientists could not understand how the solid inner core of our planet rotates in one direction, while the liquid outer core in the other. Researchers from the University of the British city of Leeds recently finally found the answer: the reason lies in the "equidistant" interaction of near-Earth magnetic fields.
Do women blush in the dark
This question may well sound stupid to you, but even Charles Darwin tried to get an answer to it. After all, if you judge sensibly, it is impossible to see in the dark whether she blushed, and if you turn on the light, then the further will not happen in the dark, regardless of the result. Fortunately, German researchers have come up with the idea of using special cameras that react to thermal radiation to put an end to agonizing doubts. Yes, women blush in the dark, how!
Antikythera mechanism
The fact that this ancient Greek "computer" was used, probably for navigation purposes, was known for a very long time (since the device was discovered precisely among the wreckage of a ship) But the fact that a device of a comparable level of complexity was next built by people only a thousand years later is really hard to explain.
Causes of stomach ulcers
For many years, the pharmaceutical industry has made very good money selling anti-stress drugs for stomach ulcers. This continued until the Australian scientists discovered that ulcers are often caused by a bacterial factor and are very easily cured.
The nature of black bodies is inexplicable in the framework of classical physics
Classical physics states that an ideal black body in a state of thermal equilibrium will emit an infinite amount of energy. This is inconsistent with what actually happens in real world... To explain this phenomenon, the laws of quantum mechanics were required.
Sliding stones
If you are not aware, in different deserts around the world there are stones that "slide", that is, move by themselves. After several experiments, this effect was explained as follows: the movement of stones, in all likelihood, is caused by the wind and the presence of ice on the surface of the desert.
We live in an era when everything that seems strange at first glance can be easily explained. Many diseases have become curable, history in general has already been studied, and technological progress is growing rapidly. But there are still some quirky points worth pondering.
But still, there are many secrets and riddles that a person cannot solve. Many books have been written about these phenomena, there are fierce debates between scientists and research, but the truth still lurks somewhere in the shadows. And their explanation can be scary in earnest!
In this collection you will learn about 25 of the greatest unsolved mysteries that excite mankind throughout its history.
Taoist noise
In the small town of Taos, New Mexico, there is often a certain hum, often heard on the horizon, that can be compared to the sound of a distant diesel engine. Although it can be heard by the human ear, various audible detection devices are unable to recognize it. This is known from studies of Taos noise, and to this day, no one still knows how this sound is created.
Voynich manuscript
The Voynich manuscript was written in a language that researchers have tried to decipher for centuries, but to no avail. The only thing that lends itself to recognition is the drawings found on some of the pages.
Jack the ripper
The name Jack the Ripper has been referenced in many shows and films, referring to the serial killer who killed 11 women in the East End of London in the late 1800s, but was never found. Most of his victims were prostitutes, whose bodies were mutilated beyond recognition and their throats were slit. Until now, absolutely nothing is known about this man, he seemed to dissolve and disappeared as suddenly as he appeared. Nevertheless, its history excites the mind of mankind to this day.
Bermuda Triangle
Known as the Bermuda Triangle, this fabled stretch of ocean can be found between Miami, Bermuda and Puerto Rico. Pilots often talk about their instruments failing and the many ships that have been lost at sea. With explanations and clues to the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle, ranging from gas bubbles to aliens, no one is sure what really lies behind such strange phenomena.
Kryptos
Not far from the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, you can contemplate a statue that encoded encryption on its surface. This adorable sculpture was created by Jim Sanborn to show that everything can be solved and deciphered using ciphers. Of the four parts of the inscription on the sculpture, only the first three have been deciphered. But even brilliant minds at the CIA were unable to get to the bottom of Part 4.
Monument to the Shepherd
In Staffordshire, England, there is a sculpture that has struck the wit and intelligence of many intellectuals in an attempt to decipher the inscription on the Shepherd's monument - DOUOSVAVVM. Although the Monument was built in the 18th century, the inscriptions found here have never been deciphered, even 250 years after it was completed.
Tamam Shud
In December 1948, an unidentified person was found dead at Somerton Beach, located in Adelaide, Australia. In one of his pockets they found a piece of paper with the words “Tamam Shud” on it. The words have been translated as "finished" or "finished" based on excerpts found in the works of Rubaiyam by Omar Khayyam. Although governments around the world have tried to identify the person, his identity has remained a mystery.
Zodiac Letters
During the 1960s and 1970s, the San Francisco Bay Area was operated by a criminal who was identified as the Zodiac killer due to his stunning letters he sent to the police and the press. Although one of these four letters was deciphered and contained a very disturbing message, the other three have never been deciphered, until now.
Georgia Tablets
Also identified as the American version of Stonehenge, the Georgia Tablets are in Elbert County. The boulders are shrouded in mystery, although they were only installed in 1979. The 10 “new commandments” written on the walls have been translated into English, Swahili, Hindi, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish though no one is sure why or who they were intended for.
Rongo Rongo
On the mysterious Easter Island where the Moai statues stand, a series of glyphs named Rongo-Rongo have been discovered. These glyphs have never been deciphered, although they may contain clues about the huge heads found scattered around the island. Be that as it may, these places are shrouded in mystery, which they have been trying to unravel for decades.
Loch Ness monster
For ages, people have heard stories of the Loch Ness Monster, confusing even advanced scientists. There have been many sightings and photographs over the years, and the video of the actual footage has been checked and revised over and over again. People were trying to figure out if it could be a sea snake, or a descendant of dinosaurs. Even today, some argue that the Loch Ness Monster still exists and floats under the waters of Loch Ness.
Yeti
Also known as the Bigfoot, the Yeti is supposedly a creature that lives in the snowy, mountainous regions of the United States and Canada. The mysterious creature can be identified as a gorilla, but its gait is more like that of a human.
Murder of the Black Dahlia
22-year-old Elizabeth Short was very active and successfully promoted in show business at the time when the Murder of the Black Dahlia (that was her nickname). However, no one ever found out anything about the murder and its reasons. There are still many rumors circulating, but the truth has not been revealed.
Stonehenge
While Stonehenge is a very exciting structure due to the large boulders that sit on top of each other, the biggest mystery is not how the structure was created, but why it was created.
Shroud of Turin
Atlantis
The city of Atlantis was considered the abode and capital of Neptune, where mermaids and mermaids lived. Atlantis became known thanks to the records of Plato, who heard a conversation about the mysterious continent during his travels. Now that Atlantis is deep underwater, many still wonder if it really existed, knowing that there are certain objects underwater that could be the remains of this once beautiful city.
Extraterrestrial intelligence
From the mysteries found on Easter Island, to the Bermuda Triangle, and even the Roswell Incident during World War II, people have always wondered that we are not alone in the universe. Some claim to have been abducted by aliens, while others believe that this is all nonsense. But there is still no consensus on this issue.
Floating feet beach
It is not uncommon for people to rinse their feet in the sea on beaches, but for one beach in British Columbia, it has become commonplace to have detached floating feet in the water. Dismembered legs have been washed ashore over the past few years, giving rise to numerous theories, among which none have been found to be real.
Wow signal
When Jerry R. Ehman was working on Project SETI at Perkins Observatory, Ohio, he did not expect to be able to receive radio frequency, presumably coming from open space... He was able to receive a 72-second signal from the constellation Sagittarius, which no longer repeated. To this day, no one is sure about the origin of the signal. The signal got its name Wow (“wow!”) Because that's what Jerry wrote on the edge of the printout.
D.B. Cooper
When the criminal who called himself D.B. Cooper, hijacked a Boeing 727 along with $ 200,000, he jumped out of the plane with a parachute. It was never found, and it remains the only undisclosed case in American aviation history.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
He died an inexplicable death, while being completely healthy. Many claimed that he died of a heart attack, but doctors and other specialists who tested him, including his wife, confirmed that he was fine. His wife also made a statement that he was poisoned by signing the Tashkent Treaty. This has never been proven since there was no postmortem diagnosis.
Nazca geoglyphs
The Nazca civilization has created some of the most breathtaking geoglyphs on the face of the Earth. They include everything from spiders, monkeys, sharks, killer whales and flowers, the accuracy of which is incredible given that the Nazca had no way of examining their work from above. The Nazca geoglyphs are still one of the most mysterious places on Earth, according to Lifeglobe.
Orang Medan
What happened to the cargo ship Orang Medan, or "The Man of Medan" in Malaysia is perhaps one of the most fascinating and mind-boggling mysteries that have ever existed in nautical history. It all started with an SOS message in 1947 that said the captain, along with the rest of the crew, was dead. Worse, even the telegraph operator died while transmitting the message. When Silver Star was able to receive a distress signal and went to inspect the ship, they confirmed the deaths of everyone on board. Variants of ghosts, dangerous chemicals, and even aliens have cropped up, but there is still no conclusion as to what actually happened to the ghost ship.
Ayud aluminum wedge
In 1974, a group of workers in Romania discovered three different objects in a 10 meter deep sand trench. Two of these were prehistoric elephant bones that were dated to 2.5 million years ago. The third object, however, was an aluminum wedge that was found along with ancient bones. This discovery stunned most researchers, as aluminum was difficult to create even by 19th century standards. While some consider this to be proof of the existence of aliens, others call the aluminum wedge a hoax. Whatever it is, there is no definite confirmation yet.
Poltergeist Mackenzie
Greyfriars Cemetery in Edinburgh is famous for the Mackenzie poltergeist, one of the most documented poltergeists in the world. Guided tours are conducted here, calling them a tour to the world of the dead. The atmosphere of the Black Mausoleum, where Sir George Mackenzie lies, is especially frightening to people. Is this all just a show? Perhaps, but there is only one way to find out about it - to go here on your own and explore everything.
There are so many unsolved mysteries and secrets that even get a little uncomfortable! Someone is constantly trying to comprehend these secrets of the higher worlds, but once again they fail. Ciphers, coded messages, mysterious marginal signs, cryptograms, and so on - all this intrigues not only scientists, but also ordinary people. Each of us at least once in our life, but think about one of the many mysteries of our universe. Or maybe someone else has to solve it?
Secrets are all around us.
How many films have been shot and books written about how to unravel these secrets, but all these films are just fantasy. In fact, neither the manuscripts known in the world, nor the complex messages to descendants from ancestors, have been fully solved.
The Voynich Mystery
It was not possible to unravel the unknown language in which the manuscript was written. In 1912, Wilfrid Voynich, an antique book dealer, acquired a very strange book. All of its 240 pages contained completely new letters and numbers (if at all these were exactly these signs). In addition to words in an incomprehensible language, the book also contained diagrams, illustrations that demonstrated incomprehensible events, and also depicted unthinkable plants. Mystery? Also what! It was not possible to establish who the author of the manuscript was. But scientists were able to determine the time period in which the book was created - 1404-1438.
The Voynich Mystery Manuscript A handwritten manuscript who just did not try to unravel, and all in vain. But it does not seem that the author of the text simply decided to make fun of his descendants and draw scribbles to mislead everyone. Today there are a large number of theories in which the great scientists of the world are trying to uncover the secret of the book. Some think that this is a textbook on alchemy, others - a pharmacopoeia, and still others see the intervention of other worlds in the creation of the manuscript and assign the book the status of an extraterrestrial manuscript. But whoever the author of the manuscript was, he certainly did not regret his personal time, effort and money on its creation!
Secrets of the higher worlds! A difficult to understand, encrypted and not completely solved riddle on a sculpture located near the CIA in the United States - this is the sensational Kryptos! The sculpture was created by the master Sanborn and four ciphers on its surface have not been fully solved (despite such a "neighborhood" with the CIA). Scientists managed to solve the first three riddles, but with the last one (despite the artist's hints that the answer to it is encrypted in the first cipher) they are still tormented. In 2010, the most persistent researchers were still able to guess one word in the code - Berlin, but what other words are nearby is still unknown.
Finding Bale's Treasures
Thomas Bale at the beginning of the 19th century was able to get the treasure in the process of developing gold deposits in Colorado. It is not known what moved this man, but he decided to encrypt the location of this wealth from a large number of precious metals and stones. For this he used a set of three ciphers. Of these, only the second was decoded, and the key to it was America's Declaration of Independence. This code pointed to the area where the treasure is, but the exact location of the cache is still unknown. Many seekers of adventure and mysterious treasures hunt for untold wealth to this day.
How to find the Holy Grail?
In Great Britain, there is the famous Shepherd's Monument, created in the 18th century in Staffordshire. Many people think that this is a message from the ancients to our contemporaries regarding the place where the Holy Grail is kept. The letters of the code have a certain sequence, but no one can decipher it. The author of the code is unknown, and this is another mystery of the surrounding world. Scientists suggest that the Templars encrypted the secret of finding the Grail in this way. Many celebrities tried to decode this code, including Charles Dickens and Darwin.
Writing system or Rongorongo
On Easter Island, mysterious signs depicted on artifacts and named Rongorongo were found. Scientists believe that these may be writing systems invented by different branches of humanity. It has not yet been possible to decipher the secrets of the ancient words, but there is an opinion that the encrypted messages contain some information about the civilization that built the statues on this island.
Message from Space
In 1977, as part of a program to search for signals from extraterrestrial intelligence, Jerry Eman recorded an incomprehensible signal, and it really did not come from Earth. Only 72 seconds lasted human communication with an extraterrestrial civilization, which was presumably located in the constellation Sagittarius, which is 120 light years distant from our planet. On his transcript, the young man wrote the word "Wow" as an expression of delight at communicating with aliens. Perhaps the younger generation uses this word for a reason, but at the suggestion of other worlds!
Secrets of the Phaistos disc
This is the most difficult riddle that would have been beyond the power of Indiana Jones himself, if he really existed, and not only on the TV screen. The disc was found at the beginning of the last century by an archaeologist from Italy named Luigi Pernier. There are some incomprehensible symbols on this disc. Their similarity with the hieroglyphs of ancient Chinese written languages is seen. It is believed that the secrets of the ancient world are contained in this message, because it is at least three thousand years old, it was made in the second millennium BC. The Phaistos disc is the most important of all the mysteries of archeology.
Mysterious underwater world
Mysteries underwater world interesting to scientists and common people on all continents. Learn about the ancient civilizations that lived before the Flood, uncover the secrets of Atlantis that went under the water and solve other most challenging tasks related to Hydrocosmos - it is important to understand our history. And if earlier they devoted a lot of time to studying the underwater world, now they have switched to to a greater extent for the exploration of the Cosmos. But in the depths there are also many secrets that have not yet been comprehended!
Who are NZOs?
Incomprehensible noises are recorded using modern acoustic devices (hydrophones). For the first time, they were used by the American military services to track the movement of enemy submarines - the USSR. With the help of the instruments, it was possible to listen not only to the songs of the whales, but also to something more interesting. The secrets of the underwater world were not fully disclosed from this to scientists, but they concluded that in the ocean someone is sending purposeful, conscious signals. received the name NZO - unidentified sound object. And who emits these signals to this day has not been established. Maybe they are the messengers of the ancient world, aliens, sea monsters or someone else?
"Quakers" of the World Ocean
Great scientists have tried to answer the question of who makes interesting sounds "kva-kva" under water. Could it be a huge sea frog? Doubtful! It all started with the interest in this phenomenon of sailors who served on submarines. They picked up incomprehensible signals with the help of hydroacoustic devices and called them Quakers. This name is even mentioned in the official documentation.
The sound came from objects circling the boats. This is what was established thanks to direction finding. Incomprehensible creatures that could not be detected, as if they were trying to establish contact with the submarines, because they willingly responded to the signals of the submarine itself. And there was no aggression from the "Quakers". The submarine was accompanied by the creatures to a specific area and then they left it, saying goodbye their usual "kva-kva". What it was is still a mystery. So far, scientists have stopped working on it (or they are doing it imperceptibly for large masses of people, so as not to sow panic), but the sounds have not disappeared and still instill fear in sailors.
This anomalous zone does not reveal an iota of the secrets of the underwater world, but only confuses the researchers even more. Complex calculations, great research - and the mystery has not been solved yet. Since 1492, this place has been considered at least strange and frightening. The glow of water and sky, tongues of flame, the enraged compass needle - all this is noted in the notes of the expedition of Columbus himself. In 1840, the place located near Bermuda was given the unofficial name of the triangle. A self-propelled vessel was then found in this area, which was completely without a command. Where the crew and thousands of other people who disappeared in the area after the strange find went is unknown to modern science.
In this place, not only ships, but also aircraft disappeared and are disappearing. Moreover, it has never been possible to find at least some debris and remains. But scientists who studied the seabed in the Bermuda region came across a huge pyramid, several times larger than the famous pyramid of Cheops. The walls of this structure are absolutely smooth - there is no plaque, no shells or algae on them, but they are made of a material that resembles glass ceramics. The secrets of the underwater world, even with this discovery, have not been fully explored. To this day, the ocean is a mystery for us, which interested ancient scientists and our contemporaries. Many studies of great scientists are classified. But sooner or later, all the secret becomes apparent, so let's wait!
Atlantis disappeared from sight
The world only after millennia learned that there was another continent. And it will take the same amount of time to find and research it. The secrets of the underwater world are revealed only to the persistent! Among the representatives of the ancient world, Aristotle mentioned Atlantis. But words are words, but evidence of the existence of the continent in the form of the remains of civilization has not yet been found. They say that not all of the Atlanteans perished and founded their own city in Tibet. And Mount Kailash is nothing more than one of the pyramids built by these giants. But where they lived before and what actually happened to their homeland is known only from myths. And believe them or not - it's up to you!
The secrets of the ancient world, the depths of the sea, some generations to others - this has always aroused and arouses people's interest. Great scientists have not been able to solve many more mysteries. Suddenly it’s you who will be able to do it, write in the comments!
