UFO found on ocean floor?

[msduncan]

A company that explores the ocean floor for sunken ships, treasure, etc based out of Sweden recently snapped the following image via sonar:



The object is over 130 feet across, and they have no idea what it might be. Apparently they are going to try to get better looks at it.

Link to site of company:

Link

[Exodor]

That seems familiar - where have I see that before





OH SHI-

[Mr Bubbles]

That looks like the Millenium falcon.

[Lordnine]

It's an Eldar Falcon.

[WYBaugh]

Here's another site with linked video:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-200 ... sea-floor/

[wonderpug]

It's an Eldar Falcon.

Spoiler:

Pfft. As if.

[Buatha]

Oh, shit! This is how X-Com: Terror from the Deep started. I better enlist immediately.

[Kraken]

Just a weather balloon. Move along.

[Smoove_B]

I'm not quite sure the UFO moniker is correct here. Perhaps USO would be better? Considering they found it like a month ago and we're all still here, that's probably a good sign.

[triggercut]

It's an Eldar Falcon.

Spoiler:

Pfft. As if.

exactly what I thought. It's a dralthi.

[Mr. Fed]

"Dammit, Chewie, I TOLD you we should have turned left at Antares."

[Holman]

The idea of unidentified sunken objects has me thinking: how many ships litter the ocean floor? Somebody somewhere must have an estimate.

[Smoove_B]

Google suggests:

There are 14,057 major wrecks that have been visited.

There are 17,147 known wrecks that have not yet been reached by treasure hunters or archaeologists

Those seem like some pretty specific numbers -- so whoever made them up knew they'd sound more authoritative not rounding them off.

[silverjon]

I don't think it would be all that difficult to verify numbers of wrecks professionally visited, or known wrecks that have not been reached. They don't say anything about estimating unknown wrecks.

I could tell you exactly how many known archaeological sites there are in Alberta (at work, where I could look it up). But I wouldn't hazard a guess as to how many we haven't discovered.

[Chaosraven]

Oh, shit! This is how X-Com: Terror from the Deep started. I better enlist immediately.

Sgt Buatha has panicked

[JonathanStrange]

Oh, shit! This is how X-Com: Terror from the Deep started. I better enlist immediately.

Sgt Buatha has panicked

Sarge? Why are you pointing that laser pistol at...Zzzap!

[LawBeefaroni]

I'm not quite sure the UFO moniker is correct here. Perhaps USO would be better?

Oh, there's a huge UFO sub-movement devoted to USOs.



Going to have to go with pareidolia here. I mean it could even be man made but of all the possibilities, a UFO/USO is way way down the list.

Also the with the primitive nature of the website, I'm not sure that I have complete faith in the veracity or accuracy of this claim.

[Buatha]

Oh, shit! This is how X-Com: Terror from the Deep started. I better enlist immediately.

Sgt Buatha has panicked

Well played.

[msduncan]

Law,

Don't judge the company by the website. This company has been busy unearthing submerged treasure, such as vintage wines, etc over the last few years.

They are definitely legit. They aren't claiming that this is a UFO, but rather just saying that this is extremely unusual in size and shape and that it merits further investigation.

[Daehawk]

Atlantis taxi cab.

[LawBeefaroni]

Law,

Don't judge the company by the website. This company has been busy unearthing submerged treasure, such as vintage wines, etc over the last few years.

They are definitely legit. They aren't claiming that this is a UFO, but rather just saying that this is extremely unusual in size and shape and that it merits further investigation.

Ok, well I'll trust you that they're legit but I'll stick with pareidolia. But I'm still interested in any further investigation.

[Sectoid]

Mr. Sectoid,
We here at InterGalactic Conglomerate #1766 Insurance are hereby informing you that LoJack (DBA Ocean Explorer) has located your vehicle. There will be a small charge to have the vehicle removed from the ocean floor and towed back to your place of residence. Please be advised that we will not compensate you for the water damage as the sunroof was left open. Since you are a valued customer might we recommend that you not leave the keys in the ignition at Tashi Station in the future.
Thank you for your continued business.

My premium is going to go up soooo much.

[Paingod]

I'd be willing to bet that most of the numbers on ship wrecks come from insurance records - not historic books or tales ... but instead from pissed-off underwriters that are probably still grumbling about having to pay out to Jerimiah Rosettia back in 1749 when his goddamn sloop sunk during a storm, costing them tens of hundreds in losses.

The find looks pretty cool. Can't wait to see what it really was. Probably something as mundane as a stone foundation that someone threw into the water at the right angle and it gained speed as it fell, but it's shape caused it to slide through the water and not just sink.

[Holman]

I'm guessing it's a U-boat full of Hitler's gold, sunk on the way to Argentina in 1945. I say we go for it!

[Arcanis]

Radioactive horseshoe crab? That is what it looks like to me. The fact that it is huge just validates my Godzilla crab theory.

[YellowKing]

It's an alien monolith. It entered earth's gravity with such force it impaled itself into the ocean floor. The top was sheared off over the years, broken into pieces, and scattered.

What remains embedded in those chilly subterranean waters, if ever removed, will surely awaken Cthulhu from his restless slumber.

[Defiant]

Oh, that was where I left it.

[LordMortis]

Mr. Sectoid,
We here at InterGalactic Conglomerate #1766 Insurance are hereby informing you that LoJack (DBA Ocean Explorer) has located your vehicle. There will be a small charge to have the vehicle removed from the ocean floor and towed back to your place of residence. Please be advised that we will not compensate you for the water damage as the sunroof was left open. Since you are a valued customer might we recommend that you not leave the keys in the ignition at Tashi Station in the future.
Thank you for your continued business.

My premium is going to go up soooo much.

And what does USO stand for? I thought that was some sort military entertainment corps. Should that be UUO?

[LawBeefaroni]

It's an alien monolith. It entered earth's gravity with such force it impaled itself into the ocean floor. The top was sheared off over the years, broken into pieces, and scattered.

What remains embedded in those chilly subterranean waters, if ever removed, will surely awaken Cthulhu from his restless slumber.

Or Sphere.

[WarPig]

Possibilities:
We've found R'Lyeh!

It's a Bongo ("There's always a bigger fish...")

I for one, welcome our new USO overlords. And now, Bob Hope!

[Brian]

It's the NTI city:

[Hamsterball_Z]

Dude, you found my ride! I totally forgot where I parked it.

[Zurai]

It's an alien monolith. It entered earth's gravity with such force it impaled itself into the ocean floor. The top was sheared off over the years, broken into pieces, and scattered.

If it's a monolith, we're totally boned.

[Sandpuppy]

It's the drain plug to the ocean. Better not mess with it.

[The Bad Shepherd]

IT'S A TRAP!

[SpaceLord]

Monolith?

[Smoove_B]

They found another one. What are the chances?

[Daveman]

Oh, shit! This is how X-Com: Terror from the Deep started. I better enlist immediately.

If X-Com taught me anything... it's that if the aliens come I shouldn't enlist right away. Give it a few months for us to develop laser weapons and personal armor at least.

[Ralph-Wiggum]

They found another one. What are the chances?

Isn't this the same one? I think CNN is just slow on the uptake.

[Smoove_B]

A team of shipwreck hunters that found a strange circular object on the floor of the Baltic Sea in 2011 now says they have discovered visual evidence of a second "disc-like shape" some 200 meters from the original find, CNN reports.