[Updated: Thu., Oct. 9, 2025, 1:21pm]
Scientists just revealed new information about the eerie, leaky barrels abandoned along the seafloor off the coast of Los Angeles that could provide hints into their toxic contents.
David Valentine , a professor at UC Santa Barbara, discovered the barrels back in 2011. They were everywhere — buried in the sand with pale, crusty, alien-looking halos baked into the surrounding sediment.