This strange object has been on the sea floor for thousands of years, but what on Earth is it?!
Just over five years ago, the Ocean X diving team were trawling the waters of the Baltic Sea in search of sunken treasure, when, by chance, they stumbled upon something that baffled and obsessed millions.
Whilst reviewing the side-scan sonar, Peter Lindberg (the head of the Ocean X) spotted something which he likened to the Millenium Falcon out of Star Wars.
Here is a sonar scan he took:
As you can see, there is a somewhat round object that appears to be totally out of place on the sea floor. The Baltic Sea is known for its featureless, currentless existance - something which make the state of preservation in most ships exceptional (Basically a treasure-hunter's wet dream).
What makes this image more interesting is the blackened drag marks left in the wake of this object. This would suggest that this "thing" crashed into the sea at an angle whilst traveling at extremely high-speeds, which created so much heat that it scorched the sand it came into contact with, leaving a massive trench behind. And when I say massive, you better believe it... this thing is huge! 60 Metres in diameter to be precise (thats about the same length as most jumbo jets).
I have heard a number of theories about the Baltic Sea Anomaly. An interesting one is that it was the base for a submarine trap during World War Two, but it simply does not resemble anything I have researched.
Another plausable theory is that it was simply a rock, dragged across the sea floor during the ice age... it is certainly possible. But what holds this theory back is the fact that there is few examples of this in the Baltic Sea, and non of which have literally vitrified.
More over, the unique shape of the object appear to be impossible for nature to shape.
And the ovious theory: Could this be a crashed UFO that has been sitting on the bottom of the ocean for several thousand years?
What are your thoughts guys?
Images aren't working on your post OP (at least not for me). Which is a bummer because his sounds like a pretty tantalising mystery. If you can fix I would love to see..
Alright buddy, think I have it sorted now...
Pretty interesting stuff, but what do you make of it?
Thanks, thats better.... Nope no idea what to make of it. Was the Baltic ever dry? I mean they're was supposedly a time before the Atlantic sea flooded into the Mediterranean and apparently there appears to be sites of archaeological significance under water off the coast of Egypt etc.. Could the same be so for the Baltic, could that be some sunken building or foundation perhaps?
Interesting stuff, I'm going to do some research and if I turn up anything of interest I'll let you know.
The Baltic sea is relatively new in the grand scheme of things. It was formed the receding Glaciers around 10,000 - 15,000 years ago.
This would not be the first settlement found under the water in this region. I was reading that there have been stoneage settlements found closer to the Swedish coasts which would have been last inhabited around 11,000 years ago.
I used to suspect this theory, but I always found the drag marks in the sand to be out of place and hard to explain.
They may only appear to be drag marks, they may be evidence of slippage (like a landslide) or glacial ice pushing the massive stone bed which is detached from the bedrock over many years. EDIT: + AND many thousands of years ago.
As you say though, it's way out in the deep.
This is just a large crystal formation. Or we found Atlantis exactly were we didn't expect to find it.
Really? Am I just going to take your word for it, or are you one of the few people that can actually tell me the composition of the this anomaly?
I will be writing about cities that have been found under the water soon - there seem to be a few Atlantis-like places for us to solve.
No. I promise you I am blowing smoke. I honestly have no idea what this is.
Hey, I just wrote an article on something you might like:
https://steemit.com/ancient/@elduderino/could-this-be-a-12-000-year-old-fort-under-the-ocean-of-japan
Not exactly the romantic view of atlantis we hope for, but it is definitely something I bet you have not heard of