The BEST episodes of What on Earth?

Every episode of What on Earth? ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of What on Earth?!

Eyes in the sky. Watching us from space. Hundreds of satellites showing us the world like we've never seen it before. Capturing images which are breathtaking but bizarre. Objects and phenomena which defy explanation. Baffling phenomena seen from space, what on Earth are they?

Last Updated: 4/24/2024Network: Science ChannelStatus: Continuing
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Mystery of Fang Forest
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8.68
68 votes

#1 - Mystery of Fang Forest

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/14/2017

A strange forest of razor-sharp stones could be home of an undiscovered Hobbit-like humanoid species; when a man-made island mysteriously appears off the US coast, new evidence points to secret government experiments into psycho-chemical warfare.

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Curse of Medusa
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8.39
57 votes

#2 - Curse of Medusa

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/6/2018

Researchers investigate a strange glowing lake reported to turn things into stone; a structure in Africa that resembles Stonehenge is said to be the resting place of a mythical giant.

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Village of the Damned
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8.38
69 votes

#3 - Village of the Damned

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/21/2017

A forbidden island points to a strange South American town that locals claim was the home of Adolf Hitler. New data from NASA satellites might reveal a sunken lost continent in the Indian Ocean. A pit of bodies suggests fears of a zombie nightmare.

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Cannibals in the Ghost City
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8.19
57 votes

#4 - Cannibals in the Ghost City

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/30/2018

An abandoned city in the African jungle may be haunted by the malevolent spirits of cannibals; Mount Vesuvius shows signs of an awakening, and the mafia could be to blame; experts investigate Adolf Hitler's secret Nazi UFO program.

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Ghost Ship of Hell Island
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8.17
63 votes

#5 - Ghost Ship of Hell Island

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/6/2018

A ghost ship is found abandoned on a remote island that's home to one of the world's last uncontacted tribes. A strange labyrinth in Sicily might have a sinister connection to the Mafia. New evidence reveals a mysterious military compound in Russia.

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Temple of Blood
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8.12
58 votes

#6 - Temple of Blood

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/16/2018

An ancient man-made volcano might reveal buried treasure and bloody human sacrifice; when NASA discovers a strange pattern in the Arctic ice, experts investigate if it has alien origins; a mystery in the Sahara might have a sinister explanation.

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Hunting the Ark of the Covenant
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7.88
34 votes

#7 - Hunting the Ark of the Covenant

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/20/2018

New discoveries lead investigators to a crypt rumored to hold the Ark of the Covenant; when a great white shark is killed, experts suspect a mysterious ocean monster; strange markings in the desert might be a tribute to an ancient spider god.

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Arctic Hunters of Norway
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7.88
17 votes

#8 - Arctic Hunters of Norway

Season 12 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/16/2023

Aerial archaeologists capture a series of mysterious dots buried beneath the remote, frozen landscape of Finnmark, Norway; experts investigate and reveal revolutionary hunting techniques developed by the oldest surviving Norwegian tribe.

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Grand Canyon Treasure
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7.86
95 votes

#9 - Grand Canyon Treasure

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/15/2016

Increase interest, due to the conflict in Ukraine, leads to the discovery of a strange white splotch in the eastern forest near the Belarus border; strange spots near the Grand Canyon may hold clues to the legendary treasure of a notorious bandit; images captured in 2014 show something that looks like an airport in the southern desert of Saudi Arabia that was not there one year before; in 2014 an engineer looking for home building locations on Oke Bay in New Zealand finds something creating a huge wake in the bay; a series of 32 spiral holes seen in satellite images near Nazca, Peru could be an entrance to an underworld; city-size chunk of ice suddenly disappears in Antarctica.

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CIA Killer Monks
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7.86
35 votes

#10 - CIA Killer Monks

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2019

Something strange in the Himalayas could be evidence of a top-secret CIA program to turn monks into killer agents; cutting-edge science helps experts investigate the truth behind the mysterious anomaly.

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Mystery in the Outback
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7.85
80 votes

#11 - Mystery in the Outback

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/22/2016

A giant carving of a strange humanoid creature in the Australian outback; in 2013 satellites pick up a large blob of warm water in the Pacific off the coast of north western North America, and kept growing larger; top-secret activity at Iran's nuclear facility; bright green lights illuminating the Gulf of Thailand; a series of square stone structures in the Peruvian desert appear as a spine on a mountain ridge; unnaturally blue areas over 2 miles long are seen in the Utah desert.

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Temple of the Island Eater
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7.81
27 votes

#12 - Temple of the Island Eater

Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/22/2021

Satellites capture evidence of a mysterious structure in a remote and rocky area of Hawaii, and when experts investigate, what they find could point to human sacrifices and the wrath of a shape-shifting god.

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World's Deadliest Threats
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7.80
41 votes

#13 - World's Deadliest Threats

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/6/2019

The world's most dangerous threats are in top-secret locations all over the planet, and using cutting-edge technology, experts reveal the truth behind these sinister mysteries from space.

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North Korea's Forbidden Islands
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7.80
30 votes

#14 - North Korea's Forbidden Islands

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/23/2018

Man-made islands are spotted near a North Korean missile facility. When something unexpected is found in a remote desert, experts investigate a lost city of giants. A strange discovery in Siberia could reveal a secret mission to the center of the earth.

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The Damned of Devil's Island
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7.80
25 votes

#15 - The Damned of Devil's Island

Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/1/2020

Mysterious satellite images lead an archaeologist to investigate a cemetery on Devil's Island, the notorious penal colony in the tropics of South America; what he finds there reveals evidence of grisly executions that fueled a shark feeding frenzy.

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Finding Jack the Ripper
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7.79
34 votes

#16 - Finding Jack the Ripper

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/2019

New discoveries from space give experts new clues in the hunt for Jack the Ripper; a strange object crash-lands in Antarctica, experts speculate it could be an alien visitor.

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North Korea Death Star
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7.79
38 votes

#17 - North Korea Death Star

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/20/2019

When satellites spot a mysterious structure in North Korea, experts investigate if this sinister evidence points to a looming nuclear threat, and using cutting-edge tech, they reveal dark secrets from this strange place.

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Imhotep's Lost Labyrinth
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7.79
33 votes

#18 - Imhotep's Lost Labyrinth

Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/27/2020

After satellites spot an anomaly at Egypt's oldest pyramid, experts uncover a long-lost labyrinth that could lead them to the darkest secrets of Imhotep, the mysterious high priest who built this strange complex.

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Curse of the Amazon Nazis
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7.79
28 votes

#19 - Curse of the Amazon Nazis

Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/11/2021

When investigators spot strange anomalies in the Amazon jungle, the discovery stokes rumors of a long-lost Nazi base in the Americas. Ancient circle in Cornwall Britain that predate King Arthur and tin mines in Britain. NASA alien landscape in Arizona US.

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Ghost Town Terror
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7.78
37 votes

#20 - Ghost Town Terror

Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/20/2020

When satellites discover a strange abandoned city frozen in time, experts investigate what caused the people who lived here to disappear overnight; using cutting-edge tech, they follow fresh leads to uncover if this mysterious city has a dark secret.

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The Minotaur's Lair
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7.76
38 votes

#21 - The Minotaur's Lair

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/28/2017

A strange lake in Transylvania is the home of an abandoned village—and a terrifying secret. When a labyrinth is discovered on an island once home to an ancient Greek civilization, experts investigate if it was the legendary home of the Minotaur.

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Curse of Phantom Island
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7.76
38 votes

#22 - Curse of Phantom Island

Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/30/2020

When an island off the coast of Mexico suddenly disappears, government officials scramble to find an explanation; cutting-edge technology might reveal if the strange place was destroyed by a foreign power or if it existed at all.

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Aztec Alien Mystery
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7.76
25 votes

#23 - Aztec Alien Mystery

Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/25/2021

When satellite images spot a strange white substance in the land of the Aztecs, experts investigate the site for extraterrestrial connections; what they find could explain the rise of one of the world's greatest civilizations.

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Phantoms in the Chamber  of Secrets
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7.71
41 votes

#24 - Phantoms in the Chamber of Secrets

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/5/2019

Evidence of a mysterious 5,000-year-old structure suddenly appears in Ireland. A top-secret machine that can see back in time. A satanic pentagram in the snow that points to witchcraft in the New World.

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Amazon's Secret Nightmare
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7.71
41 votes

#25 - Amazon's Secret Nightmare

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/13/2020

When satellites spot anomalies in the unexplored Amazonian jungle, experts wonder if they've discovered relics of a lost civilization; an on-the-ground investigation reveals a dark truth that's more sinister than ever imagined.

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