Look! Down in the ocean! It’s a golden idol! It’s a piece of a UFO!
Alas, the “golden orb” that had captured online attention isn’t quite as earth-shattering as an ancient statue or extraterrestrial salvage.
Turns out that the mysterious golden object found off the coast of Alaska was a chip off of a curious sea creature.
Scientists have solved the mystery of a “golden orb” found thousands of feet underwater by researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association in 2023, the agency said on Wednesday.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 23, 2026
The object was first found in the Gulf of Alaska in 2023, per CBS News.
It was discovered by a remotely operated underwater vehicle, which spotted the “strange, golden, mound-shaped object with a hole in it, stuck to a rock” about two miles underwater.
Samples of the mysterious object were collected and sent
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