More about the anomaly in the Baltic Sea

[John]

As of May 7, there have been no recent news about the Baltic Sea anomaly, but I'm keeping a close eye on any new developments.

What some may find interesting is that the explorers measured heightened levels of radiation on the anchors they used closed to the anomaly. However, my understanding is that background radiation can fluctuate quite a bit, especially in the ocean, so I'm not sure how significant this really is.

Incredible, we have measured the radiative value of the anchors we used. It's quite intriguing, the normal level of radiation is 0,1 milli Sieverts and we get 0,63 when measuring on the anchors. It's far from dangorus levels but still; it's 6 times higher than a normal level of radiation. The anchors have been on the bottom like 2-3 kilometers from the circle, so one can wonder if we will get higher values of radiation the closer we get of the circle?

[John]

And just to give an idea about the size of the anomaly:

[d'Artagnan]

[John]

Not much news on this at the moment. The Ocean Explorer team is busy getting the right equipment in place and aims to start diving on May 20. Until then, check out this fan art made by Hauke Vagt:



UFO or not - this is pretty inspiring work, I'd say.

[d'Artagnan]

Cant wait until the 20th of May

[John]

According to Ocean Explorer's Dennis Åström, the date for the anomaly exploration mission has been pushed back to June 2, 2012. But as he says on their Facebook page:

nothing is 100% yet

[d'Artagnan]

This is the boat they will use



2nd June... sooon

[d'Artagnan]

Here is a video of the boat (ship?). That a small canal

[John]

Update May 23, 2012
So, according to the Åland Islands' newspaper Ålandstidningen, a local diver says today in an interview that the anomaly most probably is located north of the islands, close to the famous sunken cognac-laden vessel Kyros. According to the diver, Christian Ekström (who last year found the world's oldest champagne in a sunken ship close to the Åland Islands), the Ocean Explorer team was diving at the Kyros just before they made the announcement about the anomaly.

The Kyros is in international waters, about 50 nautical miles south-southwest of Rauma and about 30 nautical miles from the Åland Islands. It lies at a depth of about 80 meters, which would further suggest that this area may indeed be the location of the anomaly.



According to the newspaper, who will cover the mission in-depth, the Ocean Explorer team will start diving on June 1st. In the same article, Titan Television, the producers of the documentary, is quoted as saying that it will air on SyFy and Discovery.

Stay tuned for more updates.

[down under]

I'm pretty sure it's only a rock formation and sediment.