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Mysterious Crater That Is 100 Feet Deep Has Opened Up In Siberia, And No One Knows Why
News 18The earth is quite literally opening up and swallowing up a few things along the way. It isn’t just any small crater though—this has been measured at around 100 feet deep and 20 meters wide. “Right now, there is no single accepted theory on how these complex phenomena are formed,” says Evgeny Chuvilin, lead research scientist at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology’s Center for Hydrocarbon Recovery, to CNN. There are many theories that are floating around though, since the first such mysterious discovery in 2013—and these include meteorite impact, UFOs landing on the site and activities at the underground military storage facilities in the region. Last month, the RAS Institute of Oil and Gas Problems along with the local authorities in Yamal, conducted a major expedition to the newly formed crater.
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