Ngo-1998, uJohn J. Williams, unjiniyela kagesi, wathola okuthile okumangalisayo lapho esohambweni endaweni yasemaphandleni ekude eNyakatho Melika. Wathola into engathi isixhumi sikagesi siphuma phansi. Emangele, uWilliams waqala ukumba futhi wembula itshe elincane elinepulaki elinezinhlangothi ezintathu kulo.
Naphezu kwelukuluku elizungeze leli tshe eliyinqaba, uWilliams akakaze akhulume ngendawo elikuyo. Unovalo lokuthi ukudalula le ndawo kungase kuholele ekuntshontshweni kwezinye izinto zobuciko ezingaqondakali. Nokho, ngokukaWilliams, leli tshe elinelukuluku lavubukulwa endaweni engayodwa, kude nezindawo okuhlalwa kuzo abantu, izindawo zezimboni, izikhumulo zezindiza, amafekthri nezimboni zikagesi noma zenuzi. Itshe, elaziwa ngokuthi "i-Enigmalith" noma "i-Petradox," lidale impikiswano ngenxa yentengo yalo engu-$500,000 kanye nemibono yangaphandle elizungezile.
Ososayensi abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi iyinkohliso edalelwe udumo nengcebo kuphela. Ngokusho kwabo, akuyona into kodwa ipulaki yamandla evaleleke edwaleni lentaba-mlilo noma enye into efana naleyo. Kodwa-ke, uWilliams ugcizelela ukuthi i-Enigmalith iyiqiniso futhi inikeza abacwaningi ukuthi bayihlaziye, nakuba kungekho noyedwa osamukele isimemo okwamanje.
NgokukaWilliams, ingxenye ye-elekthronikhi eshunyekiwe etsheni legwadle ibonakala iyingxenye yokwakheka kwedwala futhi ayixhunywanga ngokwenziwa. Ukuhlaziywa kwe-geological kwembula ukuthi itshe lineminyaka engaba ngu-100,000 ubudala, liphikisana nezinkolelo ezivamile mayelana nokuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe bomuntu.
Ithuluzi elibambeke ku-Petradox liqhathaniswe nesixhumi se-electronic XLR, futhi libonisa ukukhanga kazibuthe okubuthakathaka. Ukufundwa kwamamitha e-Ohm kubonisa amandla afana nesekhethi evulekile. Ipulaki enezinhlangothi ezintathu ibanjwe endaweni yi-matrix engaziwa, engafani nanoma iyiphi into ebonakalayo. Nakuba uWilliams ekwenqabela ukuvuleka kwesampula, ukuhlolwa kwe-X-ray kwembula isakhiwo sangaphakathi esingacacile ngaphakathi kwetshe.
Nakuba abagxeki bephika i-Enigmalith njengenkohliso, uWilliams ukholelwa ngokuqinile ukuthi uthole insalela yasendulo eyenziwe umuntu noma ubufakazi bobuchwepheshe bangaphandle komhlaba. Ulindele ngokulangazela ukuqinisekiswa kwetshe ososayensi, kodwa ngombandela wokuthi ukhona ngesikhathi sokuhlaziywa, i-Enigmalith ihlala injalo, futhi izindleko zocwaningo aziwona umthwalo wakhe.
Abanye bacabanga ukuthi ososayensi bamanqikanqika ukuphenya lesi sifanekiso ngenxa yokwesaba lokho abangase bakuthole. Uma ukuhlaziya kwesayensi kuqinisekisa njengenkohliso, kungaba inkohliso ehlelwe ngokucophelela. Kodwa-ke, uma kuqinisekiswa, i-Enigmalith inamandla okuguqula ukuqonda kwethu umlando wesintu. Abacwaningi kwakuyodingeka futhi bangabaze injongo yento enjalo eshunyekwe edwaleni.
UWilliams ubheka indawo atholwe kuyo ukuze inikeze ubufakazi obengeziwe bempucuko edlule noma ukuba khona kwamanye amazwe. Isifiso sakhe sokuba abaphenyi abanomqondo ovulekile bahlole ngokucophelela isiza futhi bajule emfihlakalweni ye-Enigmalith sisaqhubeka nanamuhla.
Ngokusho the I-Silurian Hypothesis okuhlongozwe ososayensi beNASA, kucatshangelwa ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi isintu savuka futhi sawa izikhathi eziningi phakathi nenkulungwane yeminyaka. Ngakho-ke, uyakholelwa ukuthi impucuko yabantu yangaphambi komlando wake yachuma eMhlabeni?
