A series of faint lines and geometric patterns observed in seafloor data west of Cuba and Haiti has led to speculation by a self-described UFO researcher that they represent a seven-mile-long "sunken city." Scott C Waring, who uses online maps from the Seabed 2030 project, claims these formations could be the remnants of an ancient human settlement, potentially similar to the legendary Atlantis.
Waring noted the regularity and scale of the shapes, arguing they are unlikely to be natural formations. He suggested that a powerful earthquake could have caused an island and its structures to collapse into the ocean. However, he acknowledged that this is his hypothesis and presented no geological or archaeological evidence to support it.
The patterns were identified in data collected by the Seabed 2030 project, an initiative aiming to map the entire ocean floor by 2030. The purported site is located in waters near the Bermuda Triangle, a region of the Atlantic Ocean known for its association with unexplained disappearances of ships and aircraft.
Waring also questioned the absence of these patterns on Google Earth, suggesting the area might be intentionally obscured by smoothed imagery. However, there is no evidence of any deliberate concealment. Ocean floor maps are often constructed from data of varying quality, and the combination of sources can sometimes create artificial geometric patterns.
To confirm the existence of a lost settlement, detailed sonar surveys, underwater photography, and physical evidence such as artifacts would be required. Without such investigations, the findings remain an interpretation of mapping data rather than a confirmed archaeological discovery.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) states that there is no evidence of more frequent disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle than in other heavily trafficked ocean areas. NOAA attributes many incidents to factors like severe storms, weather changes, shallow waters, and human error.
