"Ancient alien spacecraft found by new GE member"

[minel72]

i have no idee what that is!
any idee?
by minel

[martin]

Yeah, strange things can be found in the desert....

[Tom Baldwin]

i have no idee what that is!
any idee?
by minel
Welcome to GE, minel72!
That has to be the strangest object for a first poster. Well done!!
May I ask why you were looking there?
Think about posting your find on Files, for wider coverage.

[minel72]

i am from germany. (GDR hihihi)
i speak and write not good english.
i search in this aerea, while the picture in higher resolution.

es war der reine zufall das ich dieses ding im sand gefunden habe.
es sieht aus wie ein riesiger bleistift der im sand liegt.

oder es ist ein UFO, crashed in the sand of algeria. ;)

by and good day minel

[lindesbs]

definitly the strangest object i have ever seen in GE. :clap:

[Satri]

From this angle it looks like a meteorite crashed it to earth.
Had to be fairly new one when the picture is taken.
Otherwise, sand would cover the hole when blown by the wind.
They should name it after you...

Great find....

[minel72]

i have a idee.
i write a mail to nasa.

die experten dort werden schon wissen was das ist. (hihi)

http://www.nasa.gov/about/contact/index.html
public-inquiries@hq.nasa.gov

cu later by minel

[minel72]

look at the shadow of this crazy thing.
the tip(spitze) having no contact with the sand.

...and the mail to nasa is written. :cool:

by minel

[sladys]

A sand storm has gone over this place with the strange shape in the sand and blown sand down a hack in the side and so this was made.
If you look up NE you see another square shaped placelike this with a hack in the side. ;)

[GEH4EVR]

Okay, Here's my opinion:

I think it was a flying(Airborne) object that hit the sand whilst in motion from the North-East, It then got stuck in the sand for a few days(or maybe even hours if there was a strong wind) the sand then covered the object.

That's about all I can say, I don't know what the object is but I tend to think it was either a Missile, or a(and this is the Wierd theory) alien ship.

Anyway hopefuly NASA will come back to you.

[Rank]

did anybody noticed the rectangle around it?
Or the roads and buildings nearby?

I'm sorry to break your dreams, but I think humans are responsibles for this strange shape!
;)

[GEH4EVR]

Well as I said in my post, It could have been a missile, however after looking at it a bit closer it could also be a Booster from a rocket. It is most likely a man made object.

[BradG7]

Ummm, I hate to burst you bubble here guys. sladys and Rank both pointed this out already.
It's simple, I'm not an arenologist, but it is just a ripple created in the sand, well in thes case, a wave size. The sun is at an angle in the picture so it casts a heavy shadow over it, that's all.

[Wolffpack]

Looks like alot of oil rigs have been around there. To the NE it looks as if one is still active. Could be some left over equipment.

[jjcmontana]

I'm surprised no one has stopped to even ask though... why is this particular patch of sand in High Resolution, and no other area for an eye alt of at least 300 miles? Did "someone" else already know it was there, and made the hi-res available because of the oddity? I'm more curious about that then what it actually is.

[Kovac]

GEH4EVR:
If the sand was strong enough to cover the object that crashed there, wouldn't it have covered the "hole" as well?

ALL:
Maybe it's the Bic Moth, the ship from where came all the bics in the world :shock: they are aliens, you know? When the ink is finished and you throw them away, they return to their motherland with all the information they gathered (Ö) The mothership made itself invisible to pass undetected!!

(now for real)
I think that's marks of a machine that pushed the sand somehow... The marks around could be the same machine but not diggin so deep. And nearby, to the northeast, there is a road. If you look close, you can see smaller marks, like really big tires, to the west of the point where the road ends in a square and to the north of the strange marks...
Well, just an opinion ^^ and I'm not really convinced with it xD

(By the way, why is that desert full of holes? Oo)

[flyingcow666]

GEH4EVR:
If the sand was strong enough to cover the object that crashed there, wouldn't it have covered the "hole" as well?

ALL:
Maybe it's the Bic Moth, the ship from where came all the bics in the world :shock: they are aliens, you know? When the ink is finished and you throw them away, they return to their motherland with all the information they gathered (Ö) The mothership made itself invisible to pass undetected!!

(now for real)
I think that's marks of a machine that pushed the sand somehow... The marks around could be the same machine but not diggin so deep. And nearby, to the northeast, there is a road. If you look close, you can see smaller marks, like really big tires, to the west of the point where the road ends in a square and to the north of the strange marks...
Well, just an opinion ^^ and I'm not really convinced with it xD

(By the way, why is that desert full of holes? Oo)


havent you read the book holes? or seen the movie??

[minel72]

i have a question.

is it possible that a bulldozer drive through the desert ?!?!?

ps: you will found the answer, what is it, in the desert around my alien spacecraft :lol: :lol: :cool:

[Satri]

i have a question.

is it possible that a bulldozer drive through the desert ?!?!?

ps: you will found the answer, what is it, in the desert around my alien spacecraft :lol: :lol: :cool:


"my spacecraft" ?
Dude, don't get disapointed, if algerian government don't let you take it..

[Satri]

And it looks better in detail, when the picture is black&white.
When in colour, you can't make out if it is a hole or a dune.

[Tom Baldwin]

And it looks better in detail, when the picture is black&white.

Why did the shadows at each end of the 'thing' switch sides in your B&W view?

[Satri]

What you mean "switch sides"?

[minel72]

"my spacecraft" ?
Dude, don't get disapointed, if algerian government don't let you take it..

yes, "my spacecraft" i´m a alien!

minel

[marshall19]

If you look a little bit to the SW, you'll see eight similar objects next to a white rectangle.

[hilux]

Looks to me like the arabs are building themselves a pipeline, judging by the trench dug in the sand and the bits of pipe lying around. The rectangle areas look like the sand has been pushed away to gain access to the rock underneath maybe. The 'object' looks like a ditch made in the sand by a bulldozer, as someone else has mentioned.

[Tom Baldwin]

What you mean "switch sides"?
In the GE view there are shadows on the NW side of the top half and the SE side of the bottom half.

In your B&W view the shadows are on the SE side of the top half and the NW side of the bottom half.

[photizo]

In the GE view there are shadows on the NW side of the top half and the SE side of the bottom half.

In your B&W view the shadows are on the SE side of the top half and the NW side of the bottom half.

The BW-Image was inverted - take a look at the "holes", they are white now... thats why shadow looks like light.

[Monkey boy]

Have any of you seen that film "Tremmors"? It looks like the large "graboid" worm that lives in the Desert. :lol:

Good find Minel72

[shreck]

There is a lot of oil drilling/exploration in the Berkine Basin. Mebby it's seismic related or even slant drilling.

[minel72]

give me 5 when you have a smile in your face or give me 1 when you think it´s bull****. ;)

http://www.googleearthhacks.com/dlfile19656/ancient-alien-spacecraft.htm

by minel

[SimplyEvil]

I found thus whiek trying to follow those roads..

It seems they are dumping some nasty stuff there in a new man mad lake of sorts..

I'd love for some opinions on this one.. :)

Cheers!

[deager]

I think it is much more mundane than anyone imagines. To the north east there is a working oil rig. To the south west there is another concrete platform. (another well) If you use the line tool and draw a straight line between the oil rig and the platform to the SW you'll see it aligns practically exactly with the 'object' in question.
My estimation is that it's an exposed length of a buried pipeline between the two platforms.

[Wanderz]

Here is another spot that has the same rectangle in the desert.

[q1o2]

I would say that it is mabey the result of drilling or a missile. That is what I most probably think. I believe the "missile" (if there was one) was launched, and then started losing power causing it to slam into the ground. A con to that theory, is that there are no scorch or burn marks associated with the "missile". You would normally see scalding around the whole area even on the sand. Or, it just might have been an "alien ship":hair:.:duh:..... This is so confusing!! :brick:

[Metnik]

I'm going to guess it's an oil rig. But who knows? You never can tell what can happen in the desert.

Ich werde erraten, dass es eine Bohrinsel ist. Aber ich kann verwechselt werden. Sie können nicht erzählen, was in den Wüsten geschehen kann. Mein Deutsch ist nein gut.

[wgrube]

Try to get to 39miles high and watch the terrain pattern. It looks odd. This is in fact a strange place. :whoa:

[ou7shined]

I've found some similar markings, obviously made by machinery, that show quite well the effects on the sand when you remove some.

Why do all the near-by buildings etc. appear to be in negative?

[waterboy]

I was looking at this area and i found what looks like a disued runway, i would think there has been some kind of oil field here, and maybe these areas of the desert are at higher resolution as someone was keeping an eye on what was going on in the area

[nermal]

It's just a former French Nuclear test range of the 50'-60'

You can learn more from here (English):
http://www.univ-perp.fr/fuseurop/sahara_e.htm
The picture on the top right of the page can clearly match with the linear strip atop the brown HD rectangle.

More here (French only, sorry, but many detailed pictures):
http://www.capcomespace.net/dossiers/espace_europeen/ariane/espace_francais/diamant_CIEES.htm

There were many test in that area near the little village of Colomb Bechar (you can Google-it with that name).

As the Google Earth images are not showing the names of the surrounding tiny villages, if you don't know what it is about, well... makes it hard to guess...

[deager]

It's just a former French Nuclear test range of the 50'-60'

No, they're not.
If you had checked the locations being discussed in this thread against the locations mentioned in the sites you linked in your post, you would have seen that you are at least 800km off target.

[Ravenfeather]

Ummm, I hate to burst you bubble here guys. sladys and Rank both pointed this out already.
It's simple, I'm not an arenologist, but it is just a ripple created in the sand, well in thes case, a wave size. The sun is at an angle in the picture so it casts a heavy shadow over it, that's all.

FINALLY!!! THANK YOU!!!!! :D

[prince14]

i think this is the place that some studios filming sci-fis(star war,etc etc)

[JX-Zen]

I doubt it's for filming, and it's not an alien space craft, but something odd is definitly going on round here... :shifty:

[Metnik]

Ihr Fund überrascht mich wieder Minel. Erhalten Sie die gute Suche aufrecht.

[Captain Hornblower]

In English please...

[Tom Baldwin]

In English please...
How about "Their find surprises me again Minel. Keep the good search upright". (courtesy of SYSTRAN...)

[Evil_Wreck]

there's a square around it too. :brick:

[amsteryank]

However, the perfect square around it raises questions. Tiretracks?

[FPSchubertII]

I'm sorry to point this out to you guys, but it seems the object is part of a man-made process or settlement. I found this about 13 miles NNE of the other object. Clearly, it is part of a human settlement (most likely an oil site) and probably used for storing something (possibly water).

[fantasiya]

I found some strange signs near the Cairo Egypt. some of then looks like animals? some like roads..

[Satri]

Hmmm. Very interesting.
But where is it??

[alfsevic]

it must be manmade, its exactly 100 meters long

alfsevic

[fantasiya]

maybe it is only my imagination...but aren't they strange???

[Gandolf]

?? construction site

[magu2k]

A Few interesting things, I've observed.

1. the rectangle (Not square RE some comments) is almost exactly 110m by 145m. it is aligned with magnetic north.

2. The pole/shaft/rocket whatever you think it is is in the exact centre of this rectangle.

3. The width of the track is almost exactly 5m.

4. The pole/shaft/etc/etc is almost exactly 100m long, i *estimate* the diameter is around 6-7m.

5. the tire tracks north of the rectangle are about 2m apart.

6. There are no apparent buildings within 1km of the rectangle, but a number of buildings are almost exactly 1km away. (between 1000 and 1200m radius of the centre)

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General considerations:

Algeria, as of 2005 had estimated 11.8 billion barrels of reserve oil (In the ground)

Satellite imagery is an important part of modern oil exploration. Especially for remote areas.
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I would like to posit the theory that is is a a pipe used on an oil derrick, the pipe the drill head goes down and maintains a wall to prevent collapse and allow mud to cool the drilling head. These come in 10m sections, which is a perfect increment for the 100m tube and the shorter 40m tubes. The only thing that doesn't seem right to me, is that the apparent width of these tubes is around 7m, which, to me, seems abnormal, but I'm not oil industry expert.

[Tsunami_Sephi]

this looks like where they had to inspect the pipeline for an underground oil transfer tube. The rectangle probably a reinfocement to keep something from shifting the pipeline. it is an oil pipeline for sure. I'm in the field. There is a slight optical illusion where the crest of the pipe is the same color of the neutral sand, making it look raised in the sand. if you look close, owever, it is part of the crest. the proof comes from the refinery/well to the north with the same shape. that one is clearly a pipeline to transfer liquids (mud or oil) Both look almost identical in shape and size. I'm 100% sure this is just an exposed pipeline. Cheers :givebeer:

[Tsunami_Sephi]

the gunk in the refinery picture is mud used to drill. not very clean at all... also with the picture, it looks like the rig is either not there or burned. Blowouts are common and uncontrollable, especially in a remote region. they probably hi-res'd the pic to inspect the damage.

[jay+lax=good]

Man Made For Sure!
unless all of the buildings were us govmnt. :D

[tazuk]

there are several similar shapes and if you notice the vehicle tracks heading towards the shape and the box shape surrounding.

I believe it is either a mining facility after all this is Algeria.

[Silentcry]

if you look at the top of the square it looks like tire tracks thats kinda odd some1 driving that far in the desert?

[aka_lil_1]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but NASA won't right back to you if it is what u think it is...even if they do they will make up some story, conspiracys aren't to just hide the truth, but to keep people from panicing, remember that...

[kokoro]

Seems to be the best answer thus far.

I drew a line though the length of the object and it ran directly into the center of multible sites in both directions. Pipeline it is!

this looks like where they had to inspect the pipeline for an underground oil transfer tube. The rectangle probably a reinfocement to keep something from shifting the pipeline. it is an oil pipeline for sure. I'm in the field. There is a slight optical illusion where the crest of the pipe is the same color of the neutral sand, making it look raised in the sand. if you look close, owever, it is part of the crest. the proof comes from the refinery/well to the north with the same shape. that one is clearly a pipeline to transfer liquids (mud or oil) Both look almost identical in shape and size. I'm 100% sure this is just an exposed pipeline. Cheers :givebeer:

[kokoro]

Also, the sun seems to be at a harsh angle such as Dawn. Look at these bulges (look like huge mud sink holes to me) and the elevation change is very minimal. After seeing this I notice there are even stark shadows in the ruts created by traffic.

Simply put, this is actually a hole/indentation and not an object. It's an optical illusion that makes it look like a object when in fact it is the absence of anything (hole).

Here are some vids that explain how powerful this illusion can be!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ObNHHwB8OQg
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VHooHuhVfsQ

[BDan]

Im supprised nobody has come up with it yet....
Its one of those big sandworms that were in the starwars movies....:shock:

But really it does look.... just sand.
As a "borer" like a rabbit or something , boring a hole at an angle and kicking the sand out behind its self would look exactly the same. the ammount dug out of the ground in front would be the ammount on top of the ground behind.

as to the rectangle. i agree with some that this represents the top of retaining walls, built when it was first excavated to keep the sand out.

I think ultimatly that we will find that this is to do with minning/oil exploration.

[BillyBob]

If you draw a line through it, both ways, you come across a pumping station to the South-West, and a waste dump or something to the North-East.

The pumping station has many of these pipes coming into it from the West, and then pumps whatever it is along the pipe that is exposed.

[Makuta]

I would say that it is mabey the result of drilling or a missile. That is what I most probably think. I believe the "missile" (if there was one) was launched, and then started losing power causing it to slam into the ground. A con to that theory, is that there are no scorch or burn marks associated with the "missile". You would normally see scalding around the whole area even on the sand. Or, it just might have been an "alien ship":hair:.:duh:..... This is so confusing!! :brick:

:confused:
I say it was a dumped missile,its not a nuke, its to thin ,cant be an airplane missile,to big , but i still say the goverment dumped it.

[Forkboy2]

There are really two questions. What is it? and Why is it?

What is it is simple. It's a hole someone dug in the sand with a bulldozer. As kokoro observed, it's not an object, but a hole. The hole is on the southwest end of the line, the pile of sand dug out of the hole is on the northwest end of the line. You might have to refocus your eyes to see it.

Why is it is not so simple. Two choices. A) They were digging a hole to find something underground or B) They were trying to bury something with a big pile of sand. Much more likely that they were trying to bury something, probably related to an old oil well.

There is definitely NOT a pipeline there. First, why would they bury a pipeline in this area when they could just put it on top of the sand? Second, you would see the pipeline sticking out of the canyon just to the northeast.

Anyway, that's my 2 cents :)

Matt

[Awesomeness723]

Whoa thats wicked...but if you get into a high enough alt level you can see holes....that may have something to do with it. Nice find though. :teeth: :cool:

[old shape]

There are really two questions. What is it? and Why is it?

What is it is simple. It's a hole someone dug in the sand with a bulldozer. As kokoro observed, it's not an object, but a hole. The hole is on the southwest end of the line, the pile of sand dug out of the hole is on the northwest end of the line. You might have to refocus your eyes to see it.

Why is it is not so simple. Two choices. A) They were digging a hole to find something underground or B) They were trying to bury something with a big pile of sand. Much more likely that they were trying to bury something, probably related to an old oil well.

There is definitely NOT a pipeline there. First, why would they bury a pipeline in this area when they could just put it on top of the sand? Second, you would see the pipeline sticking out of the canyon just to the northeast.

Anyway, that's my 2 cents :)

Matt

(a) Sun is at West, so how can the shadow of the SW part of the object be on that side?
(b) If it was a dozer, where are all the tracks. Ever seen a dozer at work, hundreds of tracks are made just manouvering the blade to the correct angles.
(c) The tracks leading to it are on a defined path, which is not the direct route. This could be a Geofiz boundary of an archeological site.

[Forkboy2]

(a) Sun is at West, so how can the shadow of the SW part of the object be on that side?
(b) If it was a dozer, where are all the tracks. Ever seen a dozer at work, hundreds of tracks are made just manouvering the blade to the correct angles.
(c) The tracks leading to it are on a defined path, which is not the direct route. This could be a Geofiz boundary of an archeological site.

Actually, sun is at southeast (look at shadows from buildings to the south southeast, hard to tell from sand dunes what is hill and what is valley). Again, it's not an object. The SE 1/2 of what you see is a hole in the sand. The NE 1/2 is the sand dug out of the hole.

There are little bits and pieces of tracks visible in several areas north of the location. Most tracks have probably been covered up with shifting sands.

Attached is KMZ file that might help see what I'm talking about. The green area is the hole, the blue area is the sand that was dug out of the hole and piled up on the surface. It's an optical illusion that makes it appear to be an object in the sand. White lines show bits and pieces of dozer or vehicle tracks.

[heatedstraw]

I have been doing some research and contacted a local Geek branch of astronomers. It was a planned satellite crash for an Algerian TV station. I called them but I do not speak the language so I got nowhere. The Rectangle was Drawn Four to Six Days in advance and the Tracks belong to the transport trucks. In addition, there was Excavating work done to remove all Debris so the Dozer theory was Partially Correct.:givebeer::givebeer:

[Tsunami_Sephi]

I'm gonna bump this one again to reinforce my previous statements. It is 100% entirely a transfer line. This area is very oil and gas active, so that explains all the road/truck tracks. They probably had some trouble with the connection, set a field barrier around it (The rectangle) Emptied the pipe, dug in, worked on it, and let nature do it's thing in burying it again. This is a very common sight all over the world woth oil and gas lines. The sand is just really good at creating the optical illusion here. No conspiracy, kids, just us sucking up crude to use around the world. :yep:

[old shape]

There are really two questions. What is it? and Why is it?

What is it is simple. It's a hole someone dug in the sand with a bulldozer. As kokoro observed, it's not an object, but a hole. The hole is on the southwest end of the line, the pile of sand dug out of the hole is on the northwest end of the line. You might have to refocus your eyes to see it.

Why is it is not so simple. Two choices. A) They were digging a hole to find something underground or B) They were trying to bury something with a big pile of sand. Much more likely that they were trying to bury something, probably related to an old oil well.

There is definitely NOT a pipeline there. First, why would they bury a pipeline in this area when they could just put it on top of the sand? Second, you would see the pipeline sticking out of the canyon just to the northeast.

Anyway, that's my 2 cents :)

Matt

The Sun is at West.
The highlights and shadows are on the wrong side if it's a hole. It's exactly the same colour and shades as the surround, so it's likely made of Sand.
The hole would be at the NE with the risen bit at the SW. The shadow departing from the highlight gives the effect of it being stuck in the air.

Has anybody thought of asking the Algerian Government?

[Artillerly]

Are you Sure its aint some sort off Dirt Bike tracks etc... It Could be Anything......................... Even a... Should i Say it. Kentucky Fried Chicken Restraunt

[Forkboy2]

The Sun is at West.
The highlights and shadows are on the wrong side if it's a hole. It's exactly the same colour and shades as the surround, so it's likely made of Sand.
The hole would be at the NE with the risen bit at the SW. The shadow departing from the highlight gives the effect of it being stuck in the air.

Has anybody thought of asking the Algerian Government?

Again.....look at the buildings about 3/4 mile to the south and you will see clearly that the sun is to the southeast. There are more buildings to the east and north which also confirm sun is at the southeast. Again, the southwest 1/2 of the object is the hole. The northeast 1/2 of the object is the sand dug out of the hole. If you cannot see that it is because it's an optical illusion that makes it look like the opposite of what it is. Once you trick your eyes into looking at it differently it will become obvious.

Tsunami - It is also not a pipeline. You can see what a pipeline looks like 1/3 mile to the southeast of the "object". A) There is no reason they would go through trouble of burying the pipeline out in the middle of the desert. B) Pipelines can't follow slope of the land very well so you would see cut and fill where the pipeline crosses valleys and hills.

There was something directly in the center of the rectangle and for some reason someone decided to bury it with a big pile of sand. Simple as that. What that something was I have no idea.

Matt

[rockpecker]

Forkboy is right, the sun is SE, all the way. But, there is nothing buried there, they were digging/excavating from the SW side, pushing the sand in a NE direction. Rather, they were preparing a cavity for something to be buried or planted there, such as a communications tower. Because of the sand, any tower structure needs to be secured deeply or risk slumping over. Several other rectangles all over the Algerian oil fields. Algerian cellular communication is rapidly spreading to low-density population areas. There are lots of camps and oil works in the immediate vicinity. My call is, they are preparing a foundation for a telecoms tower. Further updates GE pictures are likely to show the cavity filled, with a tower there. :yep:

[Pen]

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/510777/an//page/vc/vc/1

[lochinvar]

Sorry to disappoint you but it is probably somerthing to do with the oilfield being produced here. If you scroll up a bit, you will see an aeiral view of one of the drilling rigs.

[FrankEarth]

clearly made by earth moving equipment but one looks liek a beasts face, and one looks like a squid faced thnig, WEIRDDDNESSS :eek:

i dont know how to find my .kmz files thsi si my first post so heres the

latitude 31° 8'48.52"N
longitude 7°52'50.50"E

[badRh0]

if you want my opinion :yep:, this rectangle was designed as a target for a missile or something like that :clap:, because if you look at the point of impact, we see that he is EXACTLY in the middle of the rectangle !! :yep: which means that the test was successful :clap:

[TerraGazer]

I think it was a meteorite impact. Check this view of it out.

6755

From this direction and angle you can see the sun was in the southeast sky and this is not an object on the sand at all, but a spoon shaped area dug out of the sand. It sure looks as if a meteorite came in from the southwest and plowed into the sand to me.:yep:

[Akhmed]

These seem to be some kind of tire tracks to me. What do you think. Maybe leading away from inspection of the "pipe".....or maybe to recover dead bodies.....;)

[checkpointcharlie]

All area is a nuclear test site (France)