CONSPIRACY theorists claim someone at Google is trying to point out a secret hidden beneath the ground in Antarctica.

A video posted on YouTube channel Conspiracy Depot shows a mysterious "X" over the snow when you turn on the weather setting on Google Earth.

Conspiracy theorists claim this red X on GoogleMaps could be something significant

"Looking through Google Earth tonight when I noticed a huge red X pointing to an area in Antarctica," the video says.

When you zoom in, it appears to be pointing directly to a particular point in Antarctica, News.com.au reports.

"Is it a glitch? Or is somebody at Google showing 'X marks the spot'?" it continues.

The clip doesn’t offer up any motives for the mysterious spot, but suggests a rogue Google employee is trying to alert us to something.

When you zoom in, it appears to be pointing directly to a particular point

It comes just days after alien hunters claimed to have found evidence of a UFO in Antarctica

It comes just days after alien hunters claimed to have found evidence of a UFO on the continent.

A video showing a 160-feet long object on a glacier in South Georgia quickly went viral.

But as Forbes points out, Google Earth aerial photography showing deposits of a mass movement there — possibly a rockfall or an ice avalanche.

A version of this story appeared on News.com.au