Is the Baltic Sea's Mysterious Object a Sunken UFO?

[AlephZero]

I know Germany experimented a lot with military technology, but I had never heard about employing steel nets to trap submarines.

The UK did that, for example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humber_Forts

I suppose if something like that had been blown up by enemy action or sabotaged, there would be some foundations left. But there would also be some military records about it!

 

[melonkali]

Any possibility this could be related to the Saaremaa Island (Estonia) meteor event and Kaali crater?

 

[Dotini]

Okay, here is my explanation for the Baltic Mystery Object:

- About 100k years ago there was a natural fountain or spring at that location.

- Over the millennia, as the ancient rivers changed course and the glaciers came and went, the location was scoured and covered, but still the water (and/or gas) pushed up. Mud and sediment created an orifice or outflow artifact that solidified into the object.

- As the sea level raised, lowered and raised again, river flow and oceanic tides undercut the object, leaving the characteristic mushroom profile.

- As the sea level dropped around 18k years ago, the industrious Solutreans climbed it, dug a staircase, and left one or more hEarth's or other workings on top of the mound. The fountain would still be pushing out its liquids and gases, and perhaps the object was venerated or exploited.

- Water or other fluids are still coming out of one or more holes today.

Respectfully submitted, corrections and criticisms welcomed
Steve

 

[DennisN]

Update 9 July.
http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/roboten-ska-losa-ostersjomysteriet/
(Swedish only, I provide a short summary below)

Translated title: "A robot will solve the Baltic Sea mystery."

It's mostly info about the robot submarine. Some info which might be of interest:

"The diver team will now be working for ten to twelve days. This time they have a robot and a sledgehammer with which they will try to extract a piece of the circle. They hope that analyses of a piece will give them better answers."

[...]

"This is what the circle looks like according to the divers

The circle looks almost like a concrete casting. At one place there is something which looks like a pearl necklace - or like someone have tried to make a fireplace with decimeter-sized rocks on the ocean floor. These rocks lie on top of the big circle.

The pictures taken by the divers show that the circle itself consists of multiple rocks shaped like buns or mushrooms which are connected to each other, forming the big circle.

The diameter of the object is approximately 60 meters.

In one place it looks like someone has pinched the side of the formation, like two shapes have been cast together and there is a rock pushed out between the shapes."

(not very good English, sorry, but it was pretty bad Swedish too , and I don't want to provide a false translation. Maybe the object in the Baltic Sea emits radiation which severly interferes with the language center in Swedish brains?)

 

[DennisN]

I didn't see this clip before when I was searching; it includes some video footage (15 June, Swedish only);
http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/sa-ser-den-mystiska-cirkeln-ut-pa-nara-hall/[/PLAIN]

Translated title: "This is what the mysterious circle looks like at close range"

No more info than what I submitted above, so I won't translate it, but it is a good complement to the previous post. I think the object looks very much like it's made of concrete, actually. I will keep my eyes open for any news.

Edit 1:
Actually there was one piece of info in the article (translated by me);

"Expressen (the Swedish newspaper) let Martin Jakobsson, professor of marine geology and geophysics at Stockholm University, examine a picture from the divings.
- It is probably some kind of [strike]limestone[/strike] correction: sandstone. When you look at the structure it looks like it, he says."

Edit 2:
Same clip, larger size:
http://www.expressen.se/tv/nyheter/inrikes/exklusiva-bilder-fran-mysteriet-i-ostersjon/

 

[Evo]

Looks like a large rock. Thanks for the updates Dennis!

 

[HowlerMonkey]

Still think...

 

[DaveC426913]

Hey c'mon! Who flipped that Cylon Raider over on its back? Now it's just going to bake in the sun!