After unearthing a strange item in the shape of a pyramid at the ocean’s bottom, researchers believe they have found the legendary City of Atlantis.

Google Earth revealed the mysterious structure, which is between 3.5 and 11 miles broad and located in the Pacific Ocean just west of Mexico.

A YouTube video depicting the discovery sparked considerable conjecture that it may be an ancient drowned metropolis or a UFO.

The object was discovered by Marcelo Igazusta of Argentina, who described it as “a brilliant light in the Pacific Ocean.” Extraterrestrial conspiracy theorist Scott C Waring told The Express, “It is a perfect pyramid that runs over 8.5 miles across one side of its base.” It may be up to 11 miles across, and that’s just a guess.”

He thought that it may be an ancient civilisation or something else entirely. It might be an ancient seabed pyramid or even aliens, according to conspiracy enthusiasts.

“Even if this isn’t a UFO that fell in the sea and was used as an alien base,” he noted, “it’s still a historic find.”

“An 8.5-mile pyramid… the world’s biggest, located near the old Mayan and Aztec pyramids just off the coast of Mexico.”

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