Mystery surrounds disc-shaped object spotted on Google Earth

[UM-Bot]

A peculiar white, circular object or structure has left eagle-eyed Google Earth sleuths scratching their heads.

https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/384509/mystery-surrounds-disc-shaped-object-spotted-on-google-earth

[Tatetopa]

Maybe somebody should just go and see.

[Bendy Demon]

Looks like an old satellite dish of some sort or could be a type of storage silo...maybe a structure where part of it is built into a hill.

Why not simply research the coordinates to find out what is there? It really doesn't look all that mysterious to me.

[Tatetopa]

26 minutes ago, Bendy Demon said:

Looks like an old satellite dish of some sort or could be a type of storage silo...maybe a structure where part of it is built into a hill.

Why not simply research the coordinates to find out what is there? It really doesn't look all that mysterious to me.

Speculating gets likes and hits on somebody's site.  Finding out what it is ends the cash flow.

[Murat]

source: Mail online...

[Earl.Of.Trumps]

7 hours ago, Tatetopa said:

Maybe somebody should just go and see.

over 7,000 feet high, the first thought I had was - send a drone.

oh. 🙂

[Earl.Of.Trumps]

I'm afraid they may find this:

[Saru]

13 hours ago, Murat said:

source: Mail online...

The same story can be found on numerous other news sites and if you check the co-ordinates, the object in question genuinely exists on Google Earth.

[+joc]

1 hour ago, Saru said:

The same story can be found on numerous other news sites and if you check the co-ordinates, the object in question genuinely exists on Google Earth.

I put in the coordinates.  I think the round part is concrete and the part in the middle is a stair case, possibly also made of concrete.  

Edited February 16 by joc

[+joc]

On 2/15/2025 at 11:21 AM, Tatetopa said:

Maybe somebody should just go and see.

I did!  I just now flew out there and mapped it!  It's exactly 13.71 miles from the Magdalena Rodeo Grounds in Magdalena, New Mexico. (as the crow flies)

 

 

[+joc]

[+joc]

34 24 21.6N  107 0544.5W

[+joc]

We still don't know what it was...but we know exactly where it is now !

@Desertrat56Next vacation site for you! 

Edited February 16 by joc

[simplybill]

@joc Thanks for the research. 
I don’t see any roads leading to the structure. I wonder if it’s a wealthy person’s home that is only accessible by helicopter.

There’s a home in Sedona, AZ built on the edge of a cliff that’s only accessible by helicopter or a tram attached to the side of the cliff. Here’s an article about it:

https://sedonamonthly.com/2024/a-home-up-high-on-the-red-rocks-inside-red-tail-cliff/

Edited February 16 by simplybill

[Amorlind]

Got it, Tony Stark house after the sea recedes ^^

[MissJatti]

Looks a bit like the old Thunderbirds shows, house

[Berwen]

Would it not be sensible just to go and see rather than make it another "Outer Limits" edition?

[+Desertrat56]

20 hours ago, joc said:

We still don't know what it was...but we know exactly where it is now !

@Desertrat56Next vacation site for you! 

That is close to where I live.   I can't tell, is this something strange from google maps.   The line obscures the data.   This is close to the Cosmic Campground where no lights are allowed so that there is clear star watching.  It is also very close to the VLA.   That line  looks like it goes into the Navajo reservation.

[WolfHawk]

21 hours ago, joc said:

I did!  I just now flew out there and mapped it!  It's exactly 13.71 miles from the Magdalena Rodeo Grounds in Magdalena, New Mexico. (as the crow flies)

 

 

Rodeo grounds?!

 

[+joc]

1 hour ago, Desertrat56 said:

That is close to where I live.   I can't tell, is this something strange from google maps.   The line obscures the data.   This is close to the Cosmic Campground where no lights are allowed so that there is clear star watching.  It is also very close to the VLA.   That line  looks like it goes into the Navajo reservation.

After close observation of the VLA, I think  the picture in question is of an astronomical radio observatory dish.   When the picture was taken, The construction of the dish wasn't finished.  Note the similarities between the picture in question and the dishes at the VLA.  The 'stairs' could be scaffolding used in construction.  Also, this location appears to be a Private piece of property.

Or...it could be in a state of deconstruction.  I also looked at how observatory dishes are built.  They use cranes.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 17 by joc

[+joc]

4 minutes ago, WolfHawk said:

Rodeo grounds?!

 

Yes.  The site is 13.71 miles from the Magdalena Rodeo Grounds.

 

[WolfHawk]

Ohhhh, gotcha. I didn't think  the pic looked round like the object in question. LOL

[+Desertrat56]

3 hours ago, joc said:

After close observation of the VLA, I think  the picture in question is of an astronomical radio observatory dish.   When the picture was taken, The construction of the dish wasn't finished.  Note the similarities between the picture in question and the dishes at the VLA.  The 'stairs' could be scaffolding used in construction.  Also, this location appears to be a Private piece of property.

Or...it could be in a state of deconstruction.  I also looked at how observatory dishes are built.  They use cranes.

 

 

 

 

 

since it is on the southern border of the Navajo reservation it could be something they are constructing.  They have several science research facilities, most of them are biology research, the desert willow was developed by them in the late 60's.   It is also possible that the VLA is leasing space from them to enhance their array.

[JohninND]

Someone had mentioned there was once a rectangular/square structure on it at one point, could this be the exposed foundation? The concrete "footing", so to speak?

[+joc]

1 minute ago, JohninND said:

Someone had mentioned there was once a rectangular/square structure on it at one point, could this be the exposed foundation? The concrete "footing", so to speak?

Work at the VLA site began in 1974, and NRAO personnel began moving to New Mexico in 1975. By October of 1975, the first VLA antenna was complete and used to observe a galaxy 50 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. Link

It makes since that they would have had support buildings around.  Perhaps one of the buildings was the 'black box' mentioned in the article, which also mentions that it is possible that it is could be  some sort of science station for recording data.