Unidentified submerged object

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An Unidentified Submerged Object, or USO, is defined as any object or optical or mechanical detection phenomenon of unknown origin observed within water that remains unidentified even after thorough investigation. The maritime analog to a UFO, or unidentified flying object, unidentified submerged objects are often seen by those who study unidentified flying objects as a phenomenon the same as or similar, but encountered in water instead of the atmosphere. Likewise, many sightings of USOs constituting "typical" UFOs emerging from the water are seen as a subset of the latter rather than the former. Although identifying and dispelling unidentified flying objects has typically been important to militaries as a national security issue, the comparatively rare USO sightings have not been reported as national security threats or caused the form of sensation that typical UFO sightings often have.

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[edit] USOs and Ice

Unidentified submerged objects are occasionally reputed to have flown into and out of bodies of water that are choked with heavy ice coverings as if the ice presents no barrier whatsoever.[1] After these reports, large holes have been observed that do not appear marked by catastrophic impact. Some have proposed that these USOs possess the ability to melt ice at speed of transit. Examples of this have occurred in Norway, Sweden and Russia, where these objects have been reported flying into and out of the water in the area.[2]

[edit] USOs and theories of origin and purpose

USOs that remain underwater are sometimes thought to have been tricks of the light caused by refraction and turbulent flow, or large water creatures.

[edit] Shag Harbour

Main article: Shag Harbour

In 1967, a UFO was reported crashing into Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia. The craft was reported to be about sixty feet long. It was reported to have been hovering and flashing orange lights, then it tilted at about a 45-degree angle and entered the water. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police was notified about the incident. A yellow light was reported in the water moving and leaving a trail of yellow foam. The Canadian Coast Guard was sent to the area of the crash. By the time they got to the spot of entry, with some other ships, the only thing that was still visible was the yellow foam. They checked if it could have been a plane crash. However, all flights in the area were checked and all planes were accounted for, and divers had found nothing. The incident has been the subject of much speculation by conspiracy theorists. Like the Roswell incident, it is known that the U.S. Navy came to be involved, and U.S. divers trailed the object for several days. Many people allege the U.S. government then refused to reveal anything about what they had found.

[edit] Other reports

  • A USO was seen in the Mediterranean in the 1940s and several frogmen climbed aboard. The fishermen contacted the frogmen but received only a nod in response.
  • January 1960 in Golfo Nuevo (Argentina) in which an unidentified submarine was hunted down during some days by 3 Argentinian warships (including an aircraft carrier) as well as over 30 navy planes. Despite an intense naval bombardment, the craft managed to escape. Some sailors and eyewitnesses described it as a German type 21 submarine developed by the Nazis 15 years earlier..[3][4][5][6]
  • In 1966, an Australian banana farmer witnessed a USO emerge from a nearby swamp[7]
  • In 1967, a fleet of Brazilian ships was followed by a submerged USO for several minutes[8]
  • Since the late 1980s, there have been many sightings of USO's around the Lake District, UK. Most notably, a sighting in 1994 at Derwent Water of two USO's. It lasted almost five minutes and was observed by 22 people. The area now receives regular USO sightings (perhaps one a year), as well as numerous UFO sightings in the surrounding areas. The most recent UFO sighting was in January of 2006, and the most recent USO sighting in the December of 2004.
  • In Sweden in 1999, a supposed USO crashed into a lake, with spectators nearby[9]
  • The area around Laguna Cartegena in Puerto Rico is a location which USO reports frequently originate from.

[edit] See also

The Nautilus in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
The Nautilus in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Through The Ice
  2. ^ Observations of Unidentified Submarine Objects in Norway - UFO Evidence
  3. ^ "The Ping in Golfo Nuevo" - TIME - Monday, Feb. 22, 1960
  4. ^ Water UFO - A Research Endeavor
  5. ^ Operation Golfo Neuvo (Attack Submarine) - Taringa!
  6. ^ Operation Golfo Neuvo- Maritime Archeology and History – Argentina
  7. ^ 1966-The Tully Saucer Nest
  8. ^ The Temporal Doorway - 7/20/67 - Captain Ardanza and his wife, Cape Santa Maria Grande, Brazil
  9. ^ Swedish Military Search For Fallen Ufo In Lake, UFO Casebook Secret Files

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