Weather Modeling Software 'Error' Sparks Alien and Conspiracy Theories

Alien and conspiracy theorists showed up in full force last week after a weather modeling software 'error' showed an anomaly the size of Texas moving up the African coastline while generating waves bigger than 80 feet high. Ventusky is an application that presents weather and meteorological data to allow people to monitor developments anywhere in the world.

Video of the weather pattern got the rumor mill going, with people claiming it was anything from a massive underwater sea creature to a spaceship under the sea. X user @528vibes posted the video which garnered over 748,000 views, saying, 'An anomaly moving underwater – the size of Texas.' With a length of about 801 miles and a width of 773 miles from its widest two points, Texas, according to WorldAtlas.com, has an area of about 268,600 square miles.

The video was also shared on YouTube by MrMBB333. 'As bizarre as some of the footage you are about to see in this video is, it’s all real,' he posted. 'These are real-life encounters of ‘something’ the viewer saw, recorded and was unable to identify.' By Sunday afternoon, the video had been seen 80,000 times, with followers debating what the massive black spot on the map was. 'Everyone knows Godzilla comes from the sea,' one user wrote.

significant number of people still do not believe that the giant waves off Africa were just an error and prefer UFO theories,' Ventusky wrote. 'What can we do as a visualization platform? Add more sources! Therefore, we are incorporating another wave model from respected source, Météo-France.' Ventusky CEO and founder David Prantl did not immediately respond to inquiries from Fox News Digital on the matter.

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