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Mystery disc-like object stumps Baltic Sea divers
Posted by: btfc
Date: June 16, 2012 10:15PM
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'A crew of Swedish divers scavenging the Baltic Sea for treasures has shared new images of their baffling discovery — a large disc-shaped object settled on the seabed.
In a press release that sounds as if it were inspired by the underwater sci-fi film The Abyss, the unidentified object is described as circular, with rounded sides and rugged edges.
"The object had an egg-shaped hole leading into it from the top, as an opening," the release said, drawing comparisons from several media outlets to the fictional Millenium Falcon spacecraft featured in Star Wars.
Stefan Hogeborn, one of the divers in the expedition, said he was perplexed by the shape and structure of the circular object, which is about 60 metres in diameter and rises three to four metres from the seabed. That's roughly the size of a jumbo jet.
Adding to the mystery, the object was also reported to have a 400-metre-long trail leading away from it, similar in appearance to skid marks. Another smaller disc-shaped object was found nearby, also with apparent drag lines about the same length.'
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Re: Mystery disc-like object stumps Baltic Sea divers
Posted by: mrlynn
Date: June 16, 2012 10:47PM
Looks more like the ship from the original film, "The Day the Earth Stood Still."

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Re: Mystery disc-like object stumps Baltic Sea divers
Posted by: archipirata
Date: June 16, 2012 10:58PM
It's most likely an old sunken Novgorod.

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Re: Mystery disc-like object stumps Baltic Sea divers
Posted by: GGD
Date: June 16, 2012 11:08PM
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archipirata
It's most likely an old sunken Novgorod.

Seemed pretty plausible until I got to this part:
"Both were scrapped in 1912."
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Re: Mystery disc-like object stumps Baltic Sea divers
Posted by: blooz
Date: June 16, 2012 11:36PM
I dunno, when an article starts describing something as looking like a prop from a George Lucas movie, i start thinking "fake" or else "mass hysteria."
I'm suspending judgement until there is more study of the supposedly weird object.
By "suspending judgement" I mean that somebody is going to have to work damn hard to convince me that there is something there that can't be explained thru some natural terrestrial processes.



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Re: Mystery disc-like object stumps Baltic Sea divers
Posted by: Black
Date: June 17, 2012 04:24AM
I've bought so many Frisbees over the years and every now and then it occurs to me I don't know where a single one of them ended up.



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Re: Mystery disc-like object stumps Baltic Sea divers
Posted by: Ombligo
Date: June 17, 2012 04:46AM
I had never heard of the Novgorod or the others, quite fascinating. Thanks from a history lover.

As to the Baltic sea object, I haven't the slightest and will await further proof.



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Re: Mystery disc-like object stumps Baltic Sea divers
Posted by: modelamac
Date: June 17, 2012 06:28AM
The photograph is insufficient to make a judgment. It could be a meteor.



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Re: Mystery disc-like object stumps Baltic Sea divers
Posted by: mrlynn
Date: June 17, 2012 06:55AM
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Ombligo
I had never heard of the Novgorod or the others, quite fascinating. Thanks from a history lover.

As to the Baltic sea object, I haven't the slightest and will await further proof.

I agree, thanks. Never heard of those circular ironclads, either. So why in the world didn't A.A. Popov put a keel on the danged thing?

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Re: Mystery disc-like object stumps Baltic Sea divers
Posted by: billb
Date: June 17, 2012 06:57AM
Re: Mystery disc-like object stumps Baltic Sea divers
Posted by: mikebw
Date: June 17, 2012 07:37AM
meteorite
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Re: Mystery disc-like object stumps Baltic Sea divers
Posted by: space-time
Date: June 17, 2012 07:46AM
whale poop
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Re: Mystery disc-like object stumps Baltic Sea divers
Posted by: NewtonMP2100
Date: June 17, 2012 08:11AM
.....@#$%&......heard of some who like to dive for it.....????



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Re: Mystery disc-like object stumps Baltic Sea divers
Posted by: cbelt3
Date: June 17, 2012 09:39AM
Well, there *are* volcanic or mud @#$%& processes that could have formed such a shape. I too will reserve judgement until further data is presented.
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Re: Mystery disc-like object stumps Baltic Sea divers
Posted by: btfc
Date: June 17, 2012 04:00PM
"I had never heard of the Novgorod or the others, quite fascinating."


Indeed!
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Re: Mystery disc-like object stumps Baltic Sea divers
Posted by: GeneH
Date: June 17, 2012 08:49PM
Wonder what the sea level in this part of the world was like during the last ice age? Is it possibly glacial debris left over from or created during that period?
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Re: Mystery disc-like object stumps Baltic Sea divers
Posted by: Lux Interior
Date: June 18, 2012 07:58AM
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