Joe Rogan Experience #2545 - Jesse Michels · Aired Aug 25, 2026
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A 40-meter long metallic tic-tac-shaped object is located inside an underground atrium in Egypt.
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This does trace back to a real claim. A UK satellite imaging company called Merlin Burrows says its scans of the Hawara site picked up a 40 meter metallic object it nicknamed Dippy. But even sources sympathetic to the scans note the interpretation lacks physical evidence, and the radar technology involved isn't considered capable of imaging anything at the depths claimed, so treating it as a confirmed object goes well beyond what has actually been shown.
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Is it true that a 40-meter long metallic tic-tac-shaped object is located inside an underground atrium in Egypt?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. This does trace back to a real claim. A UK satellite imaging company called Merlin Burrows says its scans of the Hawara site picked up a 40 meter metallic object it nicknamed Dippy. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2545 - Jesse Michels, aired Aug 25, 2026, at 2:48:42. The supporting source is ancienthistoryx.com, linked below.
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