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One afternoon, a young woman—a real spy, or perhaps just a cynical traveler—approached him. "What" she asked, glancing at his binoculars. "State secrets? Illegal cargo?"

The mystery might have remained buried if not for the advent of civilian satellite imagery and social media. In 2022, a backpacker using a DJI drone captured a strange image off Semecaelababa Beach: a human form lying prone on the sand, surrounded by a circular pattern of what looked like copper wire. The drone’s compass malfunctioned immediately after, and the backpacker lost all GPS signal for 15 minutes.