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Science · 10 September 2026

Giant 'megalith structure' on seafloor prompts alien base claims

Giant 'megalith structure' on seafloor prompts alien base claims

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A self-described UFO researcher claims to have found an enormous rectangular structure on the ocean floor near Papua New Guinea. Scott C Waring identified the anomaly, which he estimates measures approximately 10 miles in length and four miles in width, using global ocean-floor maps. He suggests its size and shape indicate it is an alien base, though there is no independent evidence for this.

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