Close-up: Experts say that the most likely explanation is that the clearest of the symbols are used as 'calibration' for spy satellites - a common practice for superpowers such as China
Riddle Solved? Mysterious Objects Spotted By Google Map Satellite In Gobi Desert Explained -- Daily Mail
A Google Maps satellite spotted a series of bizarre structures during a sweep of the Gobi desert in China - and the mysterious objects sparked a wave of speculation that they could be anything from 'codes' to be read from space to practice targets modelled on US cities.
But it now seems likely that the structures are used to calibrate China's spy satellites, according to Natalie Wolchover of website Life's Little Mysteries.
She spoke to Jonathon Hill, a research technician at the Mars Space Flight Facility at Arizona State University, which operates many of the cameras used in Nasa's Mars missions - who said the symbols are near-identical to US targets used to calibrate Corona spy satellites in the Sixties.
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More News On Mysterious Symbols Found In China By Google Maps
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Expert says Chinese Gobi Desert structures spy satellite targets -- Digital Journal
China's Area 51? Mystery desert patterns set web tongues wagging -- Sydney Morning Herald
Mystery of unidentified Chinese desert patterns solved ... mostly -- The Guardian
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