Mysterious Baltic Sea Object analyzed so far – Sept 23, 2012

Jonesing for the latest Baltic Anomaly update?  Me too!  The Truth Behind The Scenes:

Swedish seafaring treasure hunters Ocean X Team made headlines last year with the accidental discovery of a mysterious circular object at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.


Now, thanks to more exploration and a laboratory analysis of stones on and around the object, they’re a step closer to lifting the veil on the mystery.

The stones that lay on the object turned out to be red granite which came with the ice age. Dennis Åsberg’s theory is when the ice melted, the stones landed on the object.That would mean it should have been there more than 140 000 years.

Recent examination of the object has revealed a hole about two meters in diameter and that the object is not anchored to the ground.

Dennis Åsberg: ”We have discovered that the object is separated from the ocean floor it’s laying on a ridge, we’ve investigated the object with the ROV robot and looked at the object from below. One can see that the bottom and the object is separated. ”

The material of the object is too hard, so it has not been possible to remove anything from it yet, says Dennis.

But they have managed to bring up some stones that have been on and around the anomaly for analysis.

The team have also found many black magma-like stones at the site.

The theory is that the object must have been at a very high temperature at some point. This caused stones in its vicinity to become charred.

Dennis Åsberg: ”As I see it, when we’ve been and looked at it, it looks really strange to me, it looks like something is designed, in that we have these angles, 90 degree angles, the aisles of the object.”

Dennis hopes that their next expedition will be in spring when the frigid Nordic weather has improved.

Next Spring?  I can't wait that long!  Here's the video:

Oldest Poison Pushes Back Ancient Civilization 20,000 Years

Huh..  This poison tastes old;  Really old!  Yahoo News.  Excerpts:

The late Stone Age may have had an earlier start in Africa than previously thought — by some 20,000 years.
A new analysis of artifacts from a cave in South Africa reveals that the residents were carving bone tools, using pigments, making beads and even using poison 44,000 years ago. These sorts of artifacts had previously been linked to the San culture, which was thought to have emerged around 20,000 years ago.


"Our research proves that the Later Stone Age emerged in South Africa far earlier than has been believed and occurred at about the same time as the arrival of modern humans in Europe," study researcher Paola Villa, a curator at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, said in a statement.


The Later Stone Age in Africa occurred at the same time as Europe's Upper Paleolithic Period, when modern humans moved into Europe from Africa and met the Neanderthals about 45,000 years ago.


"[T]he differences in technology and culture between the two areas are very strong, showing the people of the two regions chose very different paths to the evolution of technology and society," Villa said.

Like I've said before, if we don't kill ourselves first, the next 50 years promises so many history changing discoveries here on earth..  If we don't kill ourselves first.

12,000 Years Old Unexplained Structures

Baltic Sea UFO: Ocean X Team Shows Amazing 3D Sonar Picture – Update June 28, 2012

Are you kidding me?  There's a second anomaly?  The suspense is killing me here!  Rather than finding one or two unknown entities, what if explorers have happened upon an unknown/unexplained area?  One of the coolest stories of 2012.  The Truth Behind The Scenes.  Excerpts:

Baltic Sea UFO Update June 28, 2012.



This is turning into one of the most amazing and perplexing discoveries in history. If you thought all of the questions surrounding the Baltic anomaly would be answered by the return trip, then you’d be wrong. The OceanX team have discovered right angles, walls with absolutely smooth surfaces and cavities-like corridors inside the object as well as something resembling a staircase – the weird just got weirder.
And:
In a recent Swedish radio interview, Aasberg described some amazing features which seem to indicate that the object is man made, or perhaps a natural formation that has been altered or engineered. In various radio and TV interviews the team have described the surfaces of the dome to be similar to concrete both in texture and appearance. The massive pillar on which the dome rests may be made of a different material indicating that the entire anomaly may not be one complete piece but rather two separate objects with the dome resting on top of the main pillar, and if so, who or what placed the dome on top? Also, when we say pillar – this is a pillar that is approx 180-190 feet thick.



“We arrived there twice, and the question mark has become so much bigger now, “says Dennis Åsberg.The area is a completely circular plate with 180 metres in circumference, and therefore believed that it was the first traces of a meteor.”


“But there are 1,500-metre track in bed until the subject matter-and they have also discovered right angles, walls with absolutely smooth surfaces and cavities-like corridors inside the object.– When we went out and saw the walls which were straight and smooth, it was frightening, as in a science-fiction film, “says Dennis Åsberg on Ocean x-team as soon exploring the unknown object again.“


During the dive, the team swam slowly over the top of the object looking down where they encountered the first of many strange sights. Stone circles, like “fireplaces”, of hard black “almost petrified” burnt looking stone each a few inches in diameter, like 4 or 5 pearls in a necklace in various arrangements on top of the dome some 12 metres high off the seabed. The stones appear to be arranged in definite circular shapes, so there is no possibility of this being done through any natural process of weathering or even glaciation.
And:
Some 200 metres away lies the second strange anomaly which is amazingly yet to be explored! The initial sidescan sonar images show something described by the team as shaped like a “gothic church window”. Similar to the main anomaly this object also has an area leading up to it of disturbed seafloor or what could be a ridge. The divers were so amazed by the main anomaly that they simply didn’t have time to dive on the second one. The return trip in two weeks time should present an opportunity for this to finally be explored.

There is the real possibility that the second anomaly may help give clues to the origin and nature of the main object.

Lindberg concludes: “The 3D Multibeam sonar data take a while to process. It will not be until end of next week we will be able to see the first 3D images from the area. I have seen the raw data though and if what I have seen will be confirmed by the finished result we will get some quite amazing facts to think about.”

So tantalizing..  I can't wait!  Provided this isn't a hoax, this could be a huge discovery..  But where?  Again:  What is this?  Alien technology?  Ancient settlement?  UFO?  Rooftop?  Outskirts of something larger? 

Somebody somewhere needs to fasttrack and enlarge this project yesterday already!  This discovery could be big clue for us, about us.  It has that potential.  I hope it's made a priority.

Baltic Sea UFO Continues To Confound; A Closer Look Yields Even More Questions

Mysterious Baltic Sea Object Raises More Questions.  NDT Televison/China.  Excerpts, plus video at link:

Ocean X team returns from their first expedition investigating the mysterious object they discovered in the Baltic Sea.

The expedition was supposed to provide answers, but instead yielded yet more questions.
It has also broadened the minds of those involved!


[Peter Lindberg, Treasure Hunter]:
“We have experienced things that I really couldn’t imagine and I have been the team's biggest skeptic regarding these different kind of theories. I was kind of prepared just to find a stone or cliff or outcrop or pile of mud but it was nothing like that, so for me it has been a missing experience I must say.” (Chinese translation, maybe?  I don't know what a "missing experience" is..)


The team were completely dwarfed by the mysterious object, which is about 60 meters in diameter and lying almost 80 meters down on the bottom of the Baltic Sea.
There are visible formations on top of the object, which are set at a 90 degree angle and look like passageways or walls, as well as something that looks like it could be a staircase.The divers also found a hole about 25 centimeters in diameter, though it is not yet known where it leads.
In addition, they found circular forms of small rocks that appear to have been placed like a pearl necklace.
Geologists who follow their work haven´t been able to explain what it is yet.
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Also, some strange phenomenon occurred…

A main objective of the dive was to film the object, and yet the camera stopped working when they approached the object.


[Stefan Hogerborn, Professional Diver]:
“Why isn’t anything working, anything electric out there and the satellite phone as well stopped working when we were above the object and then we got away about 200 meters and it turned on again and when we got back over the object it didn’t work so that’s kind of strange as well.”


Mr Hogerborn says he has never experienced anything like this during his 20 years as a professional diver.


Dennis Åsberg of the Ocean X team is one hundred percent sure after the first expedition that they have found something quite unusual.
[Dennis Åsberg, Treasure Hunter]:
"I am one hundred percent convinced and confident that we have found something that is very, very, very unique. Then if it is a meteorite or an asteroid or a volcano or a base from, say, a U-boat from the Cold War which has manufactured and placed there, yes, or if it's a UFO, well honestly it has to be something."


Lab results will be forthcoming, and a second expedition is already planned to depart in two weeks.

Every new discovery adds to the intrigue..  Oh, Baltic anomaly, I love your mysterious ways!  Will you please turn out to be something much larger and cooler than our limited imaginations can fathom?  Also, if you could, please don't be the property of  some race of jerk ass aliens with a taste for human flesh!  Inter-galactic hugs and kisses!
-L-

Controversial Artifacts No One Wants To Examine

File Under:  Forbidden Archaeology.  See Also; Secret Civilizations-Technology without context.  Zen Haven.  Excerpts:

An extremely high tech civilization definitely existed in the distant past of our planet, we currently know nothing about these beings.
Most of what we can learn about prehistoric people is from the artifacts they left behind.

However, certain prehistoric findings seem to be extremely frustrating when it comes to analyzing their unknown properties.

One of them is the three-pronged plug embedded in a small piece of granite.

Despite that the artifact is available to any researcher for analysis, not many of them decided to test it!

Instead, the artifact has been categorized as a hoax – without any examination.

Is there something we are afraid of discovering?

This mysterious archaeological finding was discovered accidentally by electrical engineer John J. Williams in 1998. Like many other precious, though undervalued artifacts, it may constitute a proof that extraterrestrial visitations to the planet Earth widely influenced our ancestors, so they became advanced and civilized and walked the earth long before any of the known ancient cultures came into existence.

Based on a few, preliminary consultations with an engineer and geologist, the artifact has an appearance of an electronic component embedded in a naturally formed, solid granite stone composed of quartz and feldspar – including very small percentages of mica – already existed at the time of the formation of the rock.

In addition, it resembles an electronic XLR connector or another very similar component and reveals no trace of having been glued or welded.

Maybe the Baghdad Battery was rechargeable?

Baltic Sea 'UFO' still cloaked in secrecy

Some more background, and a better perspective on whatever this anomaly turns out to be..  The Examiner. Excerpts:

The so-called "Baltic Sea UFO" is in the news again this week after a research vessel returned to its co-ordinates and sent a team of divers down to the seabed for a closer look. Despite having a live feed and access to updates on Facebook, so far, only cryptic messages have been released.


What's down there? At this point, it's either the biggest story the world has ever known or a massive publicity stunt engineered to lure in faithful UFO disclosure advocates. Either way, the public (believers and non-believers alike) are waiting for every breathless dispatch.

The story began last summer when treasure hunters Peter Lindberg and Dennis Asberg were sweeping an area off the Swedish coast when their side-scan SONAR picked up a large, rounded object on the seabed hundreds of feet below the surface.
Initial observation aboard the vessel revealed the object was not like any other sunken vessel ever discovered because of its immense size (200 feet in circumference) and its unusual, circular shape. Not having the means to dive down on the mystery object, its position was recorded and all data saved for later review.


In July, 2011, Lindberg and Asberg studied the data further and released a video of the SONAR images on YouTube, which quickly went viral. Paranormal researchers immediately seized on the video as evidence of ancient alien visitation and the object was nicknamed the "Millennium Falcon" because of its uncanny resemblance to the spaceship made famous by the Star Wars saga.


For his part, Lindberg has left the alien speculation open to debate. In his initial statements he landed on the side of something man-made and floated the possibility of a sunken Stonehenge or a remnant of the fabled Lost City of Atlantis.

Debunkers (mainly scientists) have decried the early speculation, believing rather that the object is merely an anomaly of the equipment used or perhaps a sunken vessel, possibly of Russian origin, lost more than a century ago.

The so-called "Baltic Sea UFO" is in the news again this week after a research vessel returned to its co-ordinates and sent a team of divers down to the seabed for a closer look. Despite having a live feed and access to updates on Facebook, so far, only cryptic messages have been released.


Still, the story was much too juicy to let it go at that, and, over the winter and spring of 2011-2012 donations came pouring in for a revisit to the site.
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Over the past few days, only dribs and drabs of information have been forthcoming, the most tantalizing being the "breaking news" dispatch released on June 7, from the research team's own website, claiming that, "The divers are now down and investigating the circle and reports from the ship say they are really amazed. There is definitely something unusual hiding at the seabed – a Mystery Beneath. More information and pictures will be released next week."

Then, on Sunday, Dennis Asberg sent out a Facebook update which only adds to the confusion while deepening the mystery--and the hype. "Everything is top secret now because of the risks, hope you all understand this is no game." posts Asberg. "But the truth will be reported shortly."

Sketchy details are more the province of the treasure hunter rather than the legitimate scientist, so these dispatches have to be taken with the proverbial grain of salt. But, if there is a startling, world-changing discovery in the offing, even the dedicated professional would be hard-pressed on just how to release that news.

So, maybe, there is something to this after all. If it turns out to be the prototype gun turret from some old Russian warship, it will still be an important archaeological find.

But, if it ends up being real evidence that ancient aliens have indeed visited Earth, it could be the biggest story of all time.

Either way, stay tuned...

I like this interpretation of events a little better than yesterday's post, as the term "hoax" was thrown out far too quickly to be impartial or realistic.  Events unfolding in real time do not have a schedule, and are not subject to the whims and wishes of the Internet observer or blogger.  This event will play out as it plays out, and I, for one, will be patient for whatever statement Ocean X provides..  When they provide it.  If it is indeed a Russian warship, that will be a cool consolation prize, as any new archaeological find always is..

Having said that, I'd still love to see this "anomaly" rise out of the ocean, live on every news network, and fly off.  If that happens, I will go crazy with glee!  C'mon aliens:  Give us a show!

"It Upsets All Our Ideas About What The Ancient Greeks Were Capable Of.."

The 2,000-year-old computer that you’ve never heard of  You really must watch the video.  The Truth Behind The Scenes.  Excerpts:


Have you ever heard of the 2,000 year old Antikythera mechanism?
The Antikythera Mechanism as it is known, is regarded as the world’s oldest “computer” and is thought to have been used to predict movements of the sun, moon and planets and record dates of the ancient Olympiad. Its remains were recovered from a Roman shipwreck off the southern coast of Greece in 1901.


The significance and complexity were not understood until a century later. The construction has been dated to the early 1st century BC. Technological artifacts of similar complexity and workmanship did not reappear until the 14th century, when mechanical astronomical clocks were built in Europe.

What was initially dismissed as an anomaly – a rock with a cogwheel embedded in it must be so for other reasons, including much later shipwrecks – was a device with at least 30 (some say 70) gears, all precision engineered (the teeth were hand-cut equilateral triangles).

More proof that yes, we have no idea of our ancestors' technological capabilities.  How many of our computers would survive 2000 years?  Our modern perspectives must be retooled, and our minds opened to the possibility that ancient societies achieved more than we understand, and more was lost than we can comprehend..

Evidence of ADVANCED technology thousands of years ago in Peru

NOT IN OUR HISTORY BOOKS.  Indeed.  From Godlike Productions.  I'll let the original poster's videos do the heavy lifting here..

Video One:    Video Two:  Video Three:

Don't believe it?  Ok, then;  Let's here YOUR theory!  The precision of this masonry suggests mathematical knowledge and construction skills not normally attributed to neither the Incas nor this time period.  And yet, here's the evidence..  

More, please..