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The Why Files: Operation Podcast
588: COMPILATION: Hole Stories and Underground Mysteries

The first UFO in Alaska emerged from the sea in March of that year. 14 crew members on an Army transport ship witnessed the object. It approached the ship, circled it, and then flew away. and there are many more sightings in the Arctic during this time. Inuits in the Arctic regions have encountered UFOs in the past and included them in their myths.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
588: COMPILATION: Hole Stories and Underground Mysteries

The first UFO in Alaska emerged from the sea in March of that year. 14 crew members on an Army transport ship witnessed the object. It approached the ship, circled it, and then flew away. and there are many more sightings in the Arctic during this time. Inuits in the Arctic regions have encountered UFOs in the past and included them in their myths.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
588: COMPILATION: Hole Stories and Underground Mysteries

Once a man from the Buckland River tribe discovered what appeared to be a UFO landing site. Two strips of land approximately two feet wide had been burned all the way down to the ground. On Sledge Island, Inuits have a legend of a massive ball of fire resembling the moon that descended from the sky.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
588: COMPILATION: Hole Stories and Underground Mysteries

Once a man from the Buckland River tribe discovered what appeared to be a UFO landing site. Two strips of land approximately two feet wide had been burned all the way down to the ground. On Sledge Island, Inuits have a legend of a massive ball of fire resembling the moon that descended from the sky.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
588: COMPILATION: Hole Stories and Underground Mysteries

Shortly after the object was spotted, a creature described as a human skeleton appeared in the village. According to the legend, this visitor was not friendly and killed most of the people it encountered. These are just a small fraction of the stories about UFOs and visitors coming from the ocean, from the poles, or the middle of the Earth. So we've covered the eyewitness accounts.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
588: COMPILATION: Hole Stories and Underground Mysteries

Shortly after the object was spotted, a creature described as a human skeleton appeared in the village. According to the legend, this visitor was not friendly and killed most of the people it encountered. These are just a small fraction of the stories about UFOs and visitors coming from the ocean, from the poles, or the middle of the Earth. So we've covered the eyewitness accounts.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
588: COMPILATION: Hole Stories and Underground Mysteries

The next piece of the Hollow Earth puzzle is scientific evidence. We have that too. The Cola Superdeep Borehole was just nine inches in diameter, and at 40,230 feet, it's the deepest hole on Earth. It took almost 20 years to reach its depth of seven and a half miles.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
588: COMPILATION: Hole Stories and Underground Mysteries

The next piece of the Hollow Earth puzzle is scientific evidence. We have that too. The Cola Superdeep Borehole was just nine inches in diameter, and at 40,230 feet, it's the deepest hole on Earth. It took almost 20 years to reach its depth of seven and a half miles.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
588: COMPILATION: Hole Stories and Underground Mysteries

Well, that's true, but that's another episode. They pulled some crazy stuff out of Mel's hole. The Kola Superdeep was abandoned in 1992 when the drillers encountered higher-than-expected temperatures. Over 350 degrees Fahrenheit, the drill just couldn't handle the heat. Seven and a half miles is a deep hole, but it's 4,000 miles to the Earth's core, so the Kola Superdeep is nothing.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
588: COMPILATION: Hole Stories and Underground Mysteries

Well, that's true, but that's another episode. They pulled some crazy stuff out of Mel's hole. The Kola Superdeep was abandoned in 1992 when the drillers encountered higher-than-expected temperatures. Over 350 degrees Fahrenheit, the drill just couldn't handle the heat. Seven and a half miles is a deep hole, but it's 4,000 miles to the Earth's core, so the Kola Superdeep is nothing.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
588: COMPILATION: Hole Stories and Underground Mysteries

And since grade school, we've been taught that the Earth is made up of the crust, the mantle, and the core. And the core is two layers. The outer core is almost 1400 miles thick and mostly made of liquid iron and nickel. The inner core is a solid sphere with a radius of about 750 miles. And the inner core is thought to be comprised mostly of iron and some nickel.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
588: COMPILATION: Hole Stories and Underground Mysteries

And since grade school, we've been taught that the Earth is made up of the crust, the mantle, and the core. And the core is two layers. The outer core is almost 1400 miles thick and mostly made of liquid iron and nickel. The inner core is a solid sphere with a radius of about 750 miles. And the inner core is thought to be comprised mostly of iron and some nickel.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
588: COMPILATION: Hole Stories and Underground Mysteries

But if we've only dug seven and a half miles down, how do we know for sure what's down there? Well, we don't. But by using different methods, scientists can take a guess. The primary way we've learned about the Earth's core is through the study of seismic waves. These are waves of energy that travel through the Earth's layers.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
588: COMPILATION: Hole Stories and Underground Mysteries

But if we've only dug seven and a half miles down, how do we know for sure what's down there? Well, we don't. But by using different methods, scientists can take a guess. The primary way we've learned about the Earth's core is through the study of seismic waves. These are waves of energy that travel through the Earth's layers.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
588: COMPILATION: Hole Stories and Underground Mysteries

They move at different speeds depending on the density and the composition of the layer they're passing through. Further evidence comes from the Earth's magnetic field, which is best explained by a dynamo effect. This is the spinning motion of the liquid iron and nickel which generates the field. But something strange happened at the beginning of this year. The Earth's inner core stopped spinning.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
588: COMPILATION: Hole Stories and Underground Mysteries

They move at different speeds depending on the density and the composition of the layer they're passing through. Further evidence comes from the Earth's magnetic field, which is best explained by a dynamo effect. This is the spinning motion of the liquid iron and nickel which generates the field. But something strange happened at the beginning of this year. The Earth's inner core stopped spinning.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
588: COMPILATION: Hole Stories and Underground Mysteries

Now, it's believed that the core started spinning again, but in a different direction. And nobody really knows what caused this. We can only guess. A few months later, it was determined that the Earth has an inner core of solid iron about 400 miles wide. So new discoveries are always being made, and everything we know about the inner Earth is just educated guesses.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
588: COMPILATION: Hole Stories and Underground Mysteries

Now, it's believed that the core started spinning again, but in a different direction. And nobody really knows what caused this. We can only guess. A few months later, it was determined that the Earth has an inner core of solid iron about 400 miles wide. So new discoveries are always being made, and everything we know about the inner Earth is just educated guesses.

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
588: COMPILATION: Hole Stories and Underground Mysteries

Why couldn't the Earth be hollow, or at least have enormous hollowed-out spaces that could support life? Now, skeptics have argued that you can't have life inside the Earth. The main reason, there's no water. Well, when the Kola Superdeep borehole was being drilled, fossilized plankton were found miles below the surface. Still, those are fossils, maybe millions of years old. What about now?

The Why Files: Operation Podcast
588: COMPILATION: Hole Stories and Underground Mysteries

Why couldn't the Earth be hollow, or at least have enormous hollowed-out spaces that could support life? Now, skeptics have argued that you can't have life inside the Earth. The main reason, there's no water. Well, when the Kola Superdeep borehole was being drilled, fossilized plankton were found miles below the surface. Still, those are fossils, maybe millions of years old. What about now?