533: Hidden Beneath the Ice: The Secrets of Antarctica

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

Science, Life Sciences, Fiction, Society & Culture, Documentary, Science Fiction

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🗓️ 23 February 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Beneath Antarctica's icy expanse, secrets from ancient times lie preserved, waiting to unravel tales that span millennia. This journey takes us through the icy labyrinth, where each discovery offers a new puzzle piece to the complex history of our planet.

From lost civilizations to hidden natural wonders, the frozen continent holds answers to questions we've yet to ask. Engage with scientists and explorers who've ventured into these uncharted territories, sharing firsthand accounts that blend science with the thrill of discovery.

This narrative isn't just about ice and snow; it's a testament to human curiosity and the endless quest for knowledge. Let's embark on an adventure to the edge of the world, where the mysteries of Antarctica await to tell their stories, promising revelations that could alter our perception of Earth's past, present, and future.

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0:00.0	Antarctica has been the source of high strangeness for a long time.
0:05.0	Rumors of UFOs and alien bases go back to the 1930s.
0:09.2	Hitler wanted to build bases there.
0:11.0	Some people think he did. Operation High Jump arrived in
0:14.4	1946 with a heavily armed US Navy fleet. Their mission was to extend American
0:20.4	sovereignty over Antarctica. The mission was supposed to take six months. Instead, it
0:25.3	lasted six weeks. The operation ended because of poor weather. At least that's the official
0:31.6	report.
0:32.5	Eyewitnesses said aggressive flying disc-shaped craft chased the Navy out of the area.
0:39.2	In 1985, a medevac flight was forced over a no-fly zone near the South Pole.
0:45.0	The crew saw a giant hole in the ice, as wide as a football field.
0:49.0	When the crew returned to base, they were debriefed, not by the Navy, by men in suits.
0:55.2	One of the crewmen said they had the typical DC look.
0:58.6	In the 1990s, Navy flight crews reported silver discs zipping over mountain peaks at
1:04.3	impossible speeds. The crews were told to never speak of it. In 2003 a Navy seal on
1:11.0	a covert mission found an ancient structure protruding through the ice.
1:15.3	It was made of something that wasn't quite metal but wasn't quite stone.
1:19.3	It was warm to the touch and on that structure was a door.
1:25.0	In 2018, scientists in Antarctica launched weather balloons to study cosmic rays coming from space and hitting the earth.
1:33.3	They found cosmic rays as expected, but what they didn't expect, the cosmic rays were coming
1:38.7	from something two miles underneath the ice. There are witnesses who have seen things,
1:45.0	heard things, and felt things that should not exist in Antarctica,
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