The Deepest Man-Made Hole Ever Created Was Sealed Up And Abandoned – Due To Astonishing Events

On a remote peninsula in north-west Russia, scientists have spent decades drilling down towards the center of the earth. At over 40,000 feet, their borehole is the deepest that man has ever gone. Then a series of unexpected discoveries unfolds, and the researchers are forced to seal up their experiment for good.

Unsurprisingly, humans are fascinated with what lies deep below the surface of the earth. But ever since the first artificial satellite was sent into space in 1957, humans have also been infatuated with looking high up to discover the secrets of the stars. And now, with the help of global space agencies and private companies, we know more about the universe than ever before. But as we continue to stare skywards in wonder, are we overlooking another equally mysterious world back on Earth?

Shockingly, some believe that our knowledge of space is now greater than our understanding of what exists beneath Earth’s surface. And while many people know about the space race that gripped the United States and the U.S.S.R., few remember the equally fascinating battle to conquer our subterranean world.

Beginning in the late 1950s, competing teams of American and Soviet scientists began organizing elaborate experiments designed to penetrate Earth’s crust. Thought to stretch as far as 30 miles towards the center of our planet, this dense shell eventually gives way to the mantle – the mysterious inner layer that makes up a staggering 40 percent of our planet’s mass.

Then, in 1958 the U.S. took the lead with the launch of Project Mohole. Located near Guadalupe in Mexico, the operation saw a team of engineers drill through the bed of the Pacific Ocean to a depth of over 600 feet. However, eight years later their funding was cut, and Project Mohole was abandoned. The Americans never got to the mantle.