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World's 'Biggest Sinkhole' Baffles Scientists Sparking Rumour of Crashed UFO Site
- Published_at:2014-07-15
- Category:People & Blogs
- Channel:Amez News
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- description: Scientists baffled by gigantic 262ft hole that has appeared at Siberia's 'End of The World' An urgent expedition will leaves tomorrow to probe a giant crater that has appeared in gasrich northern Siberia. Extraordinary aerial images show a mysterious hole which experts say may be up to 262 feet wide, in the Yamal Peninsula of northern Russia. 'A scientific team has been sent to investigate the hole and is due to arrive at the scene on Wednesday The cause of the hole's sudden appearance in Yamal which translates as 'the end of the world' in the far north of Siberia is not yet known. There has been web speculation about the crater indicating 'the arrival of a UFO craft'. But one Russian expert says the cause is more likely to be global warming releasing gases under the surface, which then explode like a champagne cork. Experts say that the darkening around the inner rim of the crater indicates 'severe burning' which scorched its edges. Another theory is that the hole was formed by a meteorite striking this lonely spot in the YamaloNenets Autonomous Region, some 20 miles from the Bovanenkovo gas field. 'There is agreement that soil around the hole was thrown out of the crater, large enough for several Mi-8 helicopters to fly into it,' The Siberian Times reported before adding 'not that they have.' The expedition organised by the Yamal authorities includes experts from Russia's Centre for the Study of the Arctic, and also the Cryosphere Institute of the Academy of Sciences.
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