Good theory indeed Frank :D

Waiting for the Death Star to appear...

Greetings.

It's a black hole!

That's where Dick Cheney's summer residence is located. He insisted that it be blacked out.

Brilliant theory!
Maybe there was a picture of UFO...

Perhaps they've hidden Spock singing with the space hippies? Or they've actually found God in an uncompromising position? (Okay, I'm going 'south' for that one.)

Or wait, I know. It's the giantic rogue astroid that's headed directly for us and will wipe us all out in a cataclysmic ending!

The upshot, really, would be that the Moon would get a baby brother. *yoinks!*

In all seriousness, there's probably something in orbit up there that USGov doesn't want imaged/publicly available.

News Article at http://uk.reuters.com today:

Gaping hole found in universe

read more about it at: http://uk.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUKN2329057520070823

I guess they have been using Google Earth/Sky too ;)

Two words: Space billboards!

I for one welcome our new space-based advertising overlords. :)

If you look closely, in the bottom corner, you can see the words "Sponsored Link"

It's just guerilla marketing.

My theory is that it might be the image of a experimental satellite (think deadly lasers and stuff that blow things up) and it is censored because the government don't want people to know such things exist.

The newest theory that I'm proposing, is that the developers that originated Keyhole - are actually alien beings who used this now 'covered up' intergalactic gateway to reach this solar system, and subsequently, Area 51. From there, they designed and used their massive brain powers to get Google to purchase the assets - and to propogate Google Earth to rapidly map our planet and then beam this data back through the wormhole. It is believed that that militias of alien lifeforms from their home territories will come back through the secret wormhole and have a party on planet Earth.

Some have said that the Google Earth team have a seemingly unbalanced preference for cupcakes and soda pop, puportedly under the telekinetic influence of the founders [aka: alien beings].

Anyone who believes in telekinesis, raise my hand!

It's really where the mother-ship is located.

Look up previous speeches by Louis Farrakan and his group, they believe there is a mother-ship out there. Which will beam up the chosen few when the time is right.

Daniel.....your last line in the last response. Gave me a good laugh. I'll have to remember that little phrase.

KoS

I think I found the real reason for the "blank" space.

Huge hole in universe surprises astronomers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20415284/

KoS

While scouting around in the region of the black box, to the north left side of Orion I discovered another black box. However, unlike the first box found, this one actually had some stars in the void (Its up on the top part to the right.), I suspect it is no cover up or such, rather it might be bad digital imaging when the sky was mapped out. It is possible that there may be more that may get uncovered.

I really hope you know that
"Another amusing find: 'Jeffryv' "found" the Starship Enterprise [Google Earth File. You must have GE installed.] "
is fake... >_>

The black spot is probably just something censored or a part where the satellite didn't take a picture.

I notice that Sirius A and Sirius B has been blacked out, or rather cut, from the space images.

Are they hiding an Alien civilisation that lives there?

http://i13.tinypic.com/5ykk7xj.jpg

It's a plot to:

A. Bring down any current government.
B. Make people curious and demand more funding for space exploration
C. Discredit Google and start the long expected world-wide economic recession.

I have located a couple more BLACK OUT AREAS in the shape of SQUARES in the North America Nebula. I didn't add place marks to them so if you want to find them enter North America Nebula in the search box and have a look. I can positively ID six squares, some have strange images within them. Happy Hunting!

Heres one for you all! I thought the objects between HD 87141 and φ UMa were just due to the light on the optics of the telescope used. Until one was removed from its bookmark 4 hr's after i found them.... hummmmmmmmmmmmmm If ya wanna check out the pic and then seach for it have fun! but be quick, very big objects are disappearing at an alarming rate...... ;)

http://i23.tinypic.com/24mhsf7.jpg

it will take a very long time to get rid of alien objects there are so many.

the time will come my freinds....

there terryfied

While searching through the sky I came upon this strange red line.

Here are the coordinates
30.8725°
-30.4768°

Its a bit south and a little way east of NGC 3071 and 20 LMi.
Does anyone know what it is?

There is also a black square to the left of jupiter and what looks to be a blue planet.

I believe it's the planetary body Nibiru, or Planet X as it is better known. It's headed strait to our solar system to cause major havoc. 2012 it will be passing between Earth and the Sun. The gov't has forced google to black this area out to avoid a global panic.

people say it is planet x
which is supposed to kill us all in 2012
hmm,the only real reason why they would cover it up

whats this blue thing

-30.502149°

-147.894820°

Hi everyone, if you guys use the Microsoft World Telescope than you will be shocked to find that the blocked area on google earth is visible. In fact i found Nibiru AKA planet X and it's an unidentified object. Go on youtube.com and search for it.

I found quite a lot of 'black squares' over Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire. Do you think They're hiding something?

There is planet X - Nibiru, that will come back to our sun in 2012

I found one also, and using another piece of software, i was able to see behind one of the squares. It was a big star/planet. I beleive it is the planet of Nibiru, of which the government is trying to hide to avoid mass panic

Im not sure if the gov is trying to erase any proof of that planet, or brown dwarf or whatever it is. Any amateur astronomer with a 500 dollar telescope could see it with exposure photos. Do you people really think it could be a secret? its only three years away!!!!!!!

can somebody identify this

http://www.google.com/sky/#latitude=7.4006003457420855&longitude=-91.46255493164062&zoom=10&Spitzer=0.00&ChandraXO=0.00&Galex=0.00&IRAS=0.00&WMAP=0.00&Cassini=0.00&slide=1&mI=-1&oI=-1

it is bit big as is this a joke or is it reel i would also say it is moving pretty fast towards us or away from us

its a black square it will suck us all in!!!

i think it's chuck norris's secret lair. a place only HE can travel to... by jumping