Many wonder whether Google Earth’s software could have possibly located the secret and mythical city of Atlantis somewhere off the coast of Africa. But Google totally denies this possibility and all the rumors connected to it that have been circulating over the Internet.

Yet, there is always the chance that Google might have made a mistake in permitting the users of Google Earth discover Atlantis so quickly. And maybe they had only released a piece of information that they just wanted to keep for themselves. Rumor has it that a British aeronautical engineer was just checking up the new Google Earth 5.0 when he found the mystery land.

The new version of Google Earth includes undersea data too and it’s more complex than any previous version. Supposedly, the British engineer discovered a new piece of land off the coast of Africa at about 600 miles west of the Canary Islands. At first, it seemed to look like a street grid.

As the U.K. Press Association stated, the street grid was the size of Wales.

 The land of Atlantis was first mentioned by Plato and remained known as a legendary island city, which no one could truly find. According to Plato’s descriptions, Atlantis city had naval power and had been located somewhere near North Africa, but it totally disappeared after it had sunk into the ocean.

Even if many believed that Plato made that story up, like most of the stories were back in Antique Greece, some guy found the coordinates nowadays. Apparently, if you travel 31 15'15.53N, 24 15'30.53W you would find the lost lands of the legendary Atlantis.

But Google denied everything. They released a statement saying that even if many amazing things have been discovered with the help of Google Earth, what we now see as Atlantis is nothing more than an artifact of the data collection process. “The lines reflect the path of the boat as it gathers the data,” Google added.