Intrepid shipwreck explorer Darrell Miklos stumbled across the huge structure in the Bahamas using maps designed by an ex-NASA astronaut
A TREASURE hunter has made an "astonishing" discovery in the depths of the Bermuda Triangle that he believes is evidence of aliens landing on Earth.
Darrell Miklos uses secret maps created by his ex-NASA astronaut pal Gordon Cooper to unearth shipwrecks in the briny deep.
But during one of these trawls, intrepid explorer Darrell stumbled across huge mysterious structures that he thinks could change how we view our place in the universe forever.
The huge unidentified submerged "spaceship" is covered in 15 unusual "protrusions" — which Darrell describes as "unlike anything I have ever seen".
Darrell, who will show off his other-worldly find on his Discovery Channel show Cooper's Treasure, told : "It was also something that was completely different from anything that I've seen that was made by nature."
The mystery objects were found lying on the seabed near the Bahamas — within the notorious 1.3million km watery grave known as the Bermuda Triangle.
It is the scene of countless strange disappearances of planes and ships — attached to which are curious tales that some discredit as myth but others say point to extra-terrestrial or even paranormal happenings.
Veteran diver Darrell made his mammoth discovery during a hunt for the wreck of English ships related to the 16th century Brit sea captain Sir Francis Drake.
But using maps designed in the 1960s by astronaut Cooper, Darrell detected more than 100 magnetic "anomalies" at an undisclosed location deep in the Caribbean waters.
He claims Cooper gave him the detailed maps after he was diagnosed with Parkinson's, before his death in 2004 at the age of 77.
In the first season of the show Miklos and his team used them to track down a centuries-old anchor thought to come from one of Christopher Columbus’ ships.
Cooper's maps also led Miklos to dozens of other significant ship wrecks across the Caribbean worth millions.
Describing his approach to his latest find, Darrell said: "I was trying to identify shipwreck material based on one of the anomaly readings on Gordon's charts when I noticed something that stuck out, that shocked me."
He said the object has the appearance of a "battleship" with a steep wall from which five protruding arms stick out like cannons.
Using special breathing apparatus to reach the 300ft-deep "spaceship", Darrell said he and his fellow divers noticed that it did not appear to be man-made.
And the fact it was covered in thick coral suggested the object — if it landed there from beyond our planet — did so hundreds if not thousands of years ago.
Darrell added: "Certainly nothing I've ever seen based on my experience - and I have years of experience at doing this, we've identified multiple different types of shipwreck material - this doesn't match or look anything like that."
Looking back at the Cooper charts, Darrell came across a puzzling note left by the former spaceman at the site of the structure — "unidentified object".
Now, Californian Darrell wants to investigate the mysterious site further — despite the risk he faces of being dubbed an alien conspiracy theorist.
The Bermuda Triangle lies in a section of the North Atlantic Ocean which covers a vast area of 440,000 miles of sea.
It's one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, with vessels crossing through to get to ports in America, Europe and the Caribbean.
Nicknamed the Devil's Triangle it has been blamed for the disappearance of dozens of planes and ships over the past 100 years.
When Columbus sailed on his first voyage to the New World, he reported a great flame of fire crashed into the sea one night and that a strange light appeared in the distance a few weeks later.
However, reports of unexplained disappearances did not really capture the public’s attention until the 20th century when the USS Cyclops, a 542-foot-long Navy cargo ship with over 300 men on-board, sank somewhere between Barbados and the Chesapeake Bay.
One of the most famous mysteries was the disappearance of Flight 19 when five Avenger Torpedo Bombers vanished over the Triangle on December 5, 1945.
All 14 men on the flight disappeared without a trace and a Martin Mariner Flying Boat also vanished during the search with 13 men on board.
At least 1,000 lives have been lost in the last 100 years. On average, four aircraft and 20 yachts go missing in the area every year.
Theories about the Trinagle's strange occurences include UFO abductions, a shield to guard the lost city of Atlantis and sinister secret government testing.
He wants to remain "neutral" until he can dig up more evidence on what the structure could be and is hoping to have a third series of his Discovery show commissioned to help tell the story.
Hopeful Darrell added: "I want to see what it is, because it may be nature-made, just a freak of nature.
"But given its placement in this particular part of the Caribbean and given what Gordon has told me about visitors from another planet and the things that I've seen, I think it's definitely worthwhile investigating".
