EAGLE-EYED TikTok users have spotted what some think is a crashed extraterrestrial space craft on a remote island in the Pacific Ocean.
The original post by @gmapsfun has over 20,000 likes and hundreds of comments.
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The video hones in on Starbuck Island, a six-square mile uninhabited island under the jurisdiction of the Republic of Kiribati.
At Starbuck Island’s western point, a mysterious object is at rest with a trench trailing behind it.
The poster wrote “This sandy island was in the middle of nowhere. I started exploring, when I noticed something strange. What could this be? Why is this on an abandoned island?”
Some are running with the idea that it could be a marooned alien space craft, and others have more earthly explanations.
One commenter wrote “On August 7, 1896 the Norwegian ship Seladon was wrecked against the barrier.”
The Seladon did indeed crash against the island’s reef at the end of the 19th century, prompting the shipwrecked crew to live off the land for 10 months.
The Wreck of the Seladon, a book on the the cursed adventure, wrote “Because of the dual coral reefs off the shore and its low height of only five meters above sea level, [Starbuck Island] was one of the Pacific’s many ship graveyards.”
Another TikTok commenter pulled on the thread by writing “It’s part of a wrecked ship from the 1800’s. The tide has dragged it across the sand Bank thru the decades,” which would explain the object’s trail in the sand.
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The TikTok post has over 600,000 views.
Google has mapped over 36million square miles on the Google Earth application.
Social media accounts dedicated to pointing out oddities on Google Earth are commonplace, and gmapsfun is one of the most popular with 8million followers.
The TikTok should be viewed with a skeptical eye.
Despite the volume of likes and comments, it’s a massive leap to the conclusion that there is a UFO on Starbuck Island.
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