Case file · Unidentified submerged object

The 'sunken city' off Cuba

In 2001 a Canadian survey team led by Paulina Zelitsky and Paul Weinzweig reported sonar images of geometric stone structures 600–750 metres deep off Cuba's Guanahacabibes Peninsula.

2001 CE · 21.95, -84.75 · status: claim

The account

Press reports called it an Atlantis-like city. Cuban geologist Manuel Iturralde said the features were unusual but probably natural and would need far more study.

The sceptical view

No follow-up dives or published scientific study confirmed artificial structures; at that depth, building would have had to predate any known culture by tens of thousands of years.

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia (es): Ciudad sumergida de Cuba
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