The Baltic Sea Anomaly; A Crashed UFO or Natural Rock Formation?
In the annals of unexplained mysteries, the Baltic Sea Anomaly is one of the more bizarre deep-sea finds of the past decade. The discovery occurred in 2011 when a deep sea exploration team called Ocean-X, came across an unusual formation 300 ft. below the surface, off the coast of Sweden.
Upon further inspection, divers and surface crew reported malfunctions in their electrical equipment whenever they came within 200m of the object, which appeared to be shaped, oddly enough, like the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars.
Peter Lindberg and Dennis Åsberg came across the giant 180 ft. diameter mass on June 19, 2011, while trolling the Baltic and observing sonar imaging along the seafloor. They quickly picked up on the anomaly due to its circular shape and distinctively straight protrusions. Adding to the mystery was what appeared to be an extensive trail – what some speculated could be evidence that a crash landing may have taken place.
The Baltic Sea Anomaly Documentary
Shortly after their discovery, Lindberg and Åsberg set out to create a documentary that chronicled their attempts to dive down and study the anomaly.
The two parlayed their clout from a previous exploration, in which they recovered a cache of vintage champagne from a 1907 shipwreck that sold for record prices at a Christie’s auction. This allowed them to embark on the bold endeavor of investigating the Baltic anomaly, which they hoped was either an extraterrestrial spaceship or a secret Nazi structure from WWII.
Looking at sonar imaging, the anomaly showed interesting characteristics that seemed to distinguish it from a natural rock formation. The explorers pointed to what appeared to be a staircase and a rounded hole encircled by a square frame as what they believed were distinctively artificial features.
The crew returned to the surface with samples of the object that were later tested by Volker Brüchert, an associate professor of geology at Stockholm University.
“I was surprised, when I researched the material I found a great black stone that could be a volcanic rock,” Brüchert said. “My hypothesis is that this object, this structure was formed during the Ice Age many thousands of years ago.”
Imaging of the Baltic Sea Anomaly
But despite his analysis, Brüchert said it was possible that the samples they collected may be covering up something beneath the surface – something artificial – and the Ocean X team believed that was the case. They wanted to go back down and capture definitive proof, though acquiring the funding would prove difficult.
And Brüchert’s assessment didn’t necessarily help with publicity, as news outlets that originally claimed the find was an extraterrestrial craft, picked up on the fact that their collected samples were simply gneiss and granite.
Headlines began to appear, which quickly shifted the narrative and labeled the anomaly “debunked.” This frustrated Lindberg and Åsberg who, still to this day, haven’t been able to finance another trip down to determine whether it’s definitively natural or artificial.
A WWII Remnant of the Nazis
Less than five percent of the planet’s oceans and seas have been explored, and though the Baltic is almost entirely landlocked, it is a massive body of water located in what was a hotly contested area during WWII.
At that time, the Baltic Sea created a natural boundary between the Allied Soviet Union, neutral Scandinavia, and the Axis powers of the Third Reich. Needless to say, it was an epicenter of naval activity, primarily in the battle to control the Baltic states of Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia.
In the struggle for control over this key real estate, countless mines were planted, and naval warfare waged to protect key shipping routes, especially for the Germans who relied on a supply of iron ore imported from Sweden. During this time, it is believed the Germans constructed underwater structures to scramble communications signals and possibly disrupt enemy mines.
Could this explain why the Ocean-X team’s electrical equipment failed within 200 meters of the anomaly?
The Germans also allegedly ran a clandestine program, which attempted to create flying saucers – leading some to posit the possibility that this be a crash site of one of the elusive Nazi Foo Fighters.
These potential explanations are more practical than an extraterrestrial space craft, though they’re just as intriguing.
But according to Russian publication PravdaReport.com the Baltic has had UFO sightings in the past, notably during an instance in 2008, in which a silver disc was witnessed hovering around the Russian province of Kaliningrad. There are a dearth of reports to corroborate this claim.
Baltic Sea Anomaly Update
Lindberg and Åsberg haven’t posted any updates to the Ocean X page in a few years, however a YouTube video from 2012 appears to show another trek down to the anomaly in a submarine rover.
Unfortunately, the video doesn’t provide much in the way of answers or even anything visually distinctive, as there’s a lot of sand and dust kicked up, which obfuscates the view. However, there is a momentary glimpse of one of the anomaly’s walls, showing a rock face that appears too smooth and well-shaped to be a natural feature – though this is an observation from a layman’s perspective.
In subsequent reports there have been claims that rock sample tests turned up limonite and goethite – metals one geologist claims could not be found occurring naturally in an underwater rock formation at the bottom of the Baltic.
Others studying the inconsistencies and strange features of the anomaly have compared it to the Yonaguni monument off the coast of Japan. Located just 25 meters below the coast of Yonaguni Jima Island, these ancient ruins present another point of contention among archeologists who argue over its provenance.
Could these structures have any relation or are they simply uncanny natural formations? Unless Lindberg and Åsberg find a sponsor to fund their exploration, we may never know.
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UFOS: The Evidence No One Is Talking About
UFOs… whether you’re a believer or a skeptic, there is actually a mounting body of evidence regarding the UFO phenomenon that can no longer be ignored. If you look past all of the alien horror films, the fake blurry UFO videos, and the Ancient Aliens memes, you’d be surprised at how many former high ranking government officials, scientists, and military contractors believe that UFOs should be taken more seriously.
Former Canadian Minister of National Defense, Paul Hellyer, believes we’re already being visited: “At least four alien species have been visiting Earth for thousands of years.” In 2016, Hillary Clinton stated on Jimmy Kimmel that she would search for more UFO files if elected. Hillary’s former campaign manager and former Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton and Obama, John Podesta, has repeatedly said he believes the UFO phenomenon is something very serious and worth investigating. Before Podesta left his position at the White House, he tweeted, “Finally, my biggest failure of 2014: Once again not securing the #disclosure of the UFO files. #thetruthisoutthere”
10-year-NASA contractor, Rob Bigelow, who develops space habitat pods, gave this shocking statement during a 60 Minutes interview: “There has been and is an existing presence, an E.T. presence. And I spent millions and millions and millions – I probably spent more as an individual than anybody else in the United States has ever spent on this subject.” Those millions of dollars Bigelow spent was authorized by the Pentagon’s top secret UFO research program called the Aerial Threat Identification Program. Rob Bigelow was the sole contractor.
Bigelow continued to explain that you don’t have to go anywhere to find ET life because it’s right underneath our noses. He also said he’s had his own close encounter with an ET. He declined to go into further details. In The New York Times article “Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program” they mentioned Bigelow even has recovered UFO debris and metal alloys stored in one of his facilities in Las Vegas. They stated, “researchers also studied people who said they had experienced physical effects from encounters with the objects and examined them for any physiological changes.”
When former Nevada senator and co-founder of the UFO research program, Harry Reid, was interviewed about the debris on CBS 8 Las Vegas, he said he knew nothing about it. However, he was glad that they declassified the program because “now we have scientific evidence.” What scientific evidence is Reid referring to? Whatever the case may be, the Pentagon spent nearly $110 million dollars on the program, proving our government takes UFOs seriously.
The last time the government publically had this level of interest in UFOs was in the 1950’s when UFO sightings were all the craze and were being investigated by the U.S. Air Force under Project Blue Book. After 17 years of research, Blue Book ended in 1968 when the Air Force concluded that most of UFO sightings could be debunked as Venus, satellites, birds, and swamp gas. But here’s what most people don’t know. In 1993, declassified documents from 1952 revealed that the CIA’s Psychological Strategy Board made it a mandate to purposefully debunk all UFO reports for national security concerns. They concluded that when it came to the subject of UFOs, the American people were dangerously gullible and prone to, “hysterical mass behavior.” They feared the Soviets would use UFOs as a distraction to overload intelligence channels and then carry out a genuine attack on American soil.
These documents also revealed that the CIA planned on partnering with the mass media, Hollywood, business clubs, and even the Disney Corporation to discredit all UFO research. How effective they were at implementing that plan is unknown. However, the CIA was successful at debunking UFOs using Project Blue Book.
After reviewing 6 years of data in only 12 hours (just 1% of all the research), the CIA made a hasty conclusion that most of the UFO reports could be explained and that further investigation was not worth the effort. The CIA then ordered the Air Force to stop talking about UFOs and begin a debunking campaign to lessen public interest.
U.S. Congressional hearings in the 1960’s later revealed that Project Blue Book was completely incompetent. Personnel were using improper scientific methods, they were completely understaffed, and were horribly trained. Scientific advisor to Project Blue Book, J. Allen Hynek, an initial skeptic of UFOs, later admitted the Air Force were improperly labeling UFO sightings as explained, despite the absence of any substantial evidence. After Blue Book, Hynek became a ufologist and said that the UFO phenomenon deserved serious scientific examination.
Regardless of the backlash, the CIA and Air Force’s debunking campaigns still worked. UFO research became taboo, people became disillusioned, and the media covered UFOs less and less. The influence of these disinformation campaigns have even discouraged government officials from speaking out. The former governor of Phoenix, Arizona, Fife Symington, during the 1997 Phoenix Lights event is a perfect example.
The Phoenix Lights were witnessed by 20,000 people or more. Shortly after the sighting, the governor made a huge joke about the event during a national press conference. He had a handcuffed man in an alien costume enter the room and said people are taking all of this too seriously. The explanation given at the time was that the lights were flare exercises conducted by the Air Force. However, in 2011, the governor later came forward in the documentary “Secret Access: UFOs on the Record” and confessed that he saw the lights right above him near his house. On CNN he said, “it was probably some form of an alien spacecraft.” Symington explained at the time he was driven to give an explanation instead of just saying “I don’t know” and admitting to complete vulnerability. He continued to say public officials need to be more open and more courageous in dealing with issues like this and that it’s time to square up and do the right thing. The Air Force’s flare explanation was later debunked because they conducted their exercise at 10pm. Thousands of people were reporting the lights as early as 8:30pm.
The UFO ridicule factor, created by the CIA, has succeeded in deterring citizens and public officials from the public discussion of UFOs. However, in the last two decades, more than 500 former government officials, scientists, and contractors have come forward about their concerns over the phenomenon. Hundreds of declassified and leaked UFO documents can be found online, thanks to FOIA requests and tireless researchers. Hopefully more people will learn the truth on the government suppression of UFO research and begin to study the UFO phenomenon with proper scientific methods and an open mind.
