On April 9, 2024, a random internet user was monitoring the weather on ventusky.com when they noticed a huge oval-shaped anomaly of dark color.
The strange object was slowly moving in the Atlantic Ocean from the coast of Antarctica towards West Africa, passing near Cape Town.
The object was observed in this area from around 8 p.m. on April 9 until 5 a.m. on April 10 (American time). And then it suddenly disappeared as if it had never been there.
According to this user, it most closely resembled a large displacement of water, specifically huge waves about 25 meters high (!).
The user posted about this phenomenon on Reddit, from where it spread across social media and eventually made its way to tabloid pages.
“They use satellites with precise measuring instruments that compare their data with others for accuracy, so this data is reliable. Unless it’s a glitch in visualization software, which could be possible,” writes one Reddit user.
Indeed, these data are collected by some of the world’s best weather satellites, including those of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Some speculated that there was some underwater seismic activity, while UFO enthusiasts claimed it was an underwater UFO.
Among other opinions were a huge chunk of ice breaking off from Antarctica (but where did it suddenly disappear to?) and a large meteor falling into the ocean. And the more this post spread, the more people wondered why news of this anomaly didn’t make it to the major global media outlets.
A day later, a representative of Ventusky company wrote on social media that “giant waves near Africa yesterday were linked to a model error.”
However, this response didn’t convince some users, as they dug into the archives and found out that a similar anomaly appeared in the same place near West Africa in February 2024. A strange recurring “model error”?
But if it was a regularly resurfacing huge underwater UFO in that location, creating waves 25 meters high upon emergence, then that explains everything, in principle.
