Unidentified submerged object

An Unidentified Submerged Object, or USO, is defined as any object or optical or mechanical detection phenomenon of unknown origin observed under water that remains unidentified even after thorough investigation. The maritime analog to UFOs, or unidentified flying objects, unidentified submerged objects are often seen by those who study unidentified flying objects as a related phenomenon. Likewise, many sightings of USOs constituting "typical" UFOs emerging from the water are seen as a subset of the latter rather than of the former. Although identifying unidentified flying objects and dispelling mistaken ideas about them has typically been important to the military 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.

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. [ [http://www.waterufo.net/tice.php Through The Ice ] ] 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. [ [http://www.ufoevidence.org/documents/doc1713.htm Observations of Unidentified Submarine Objects in Norway - UFO Evidence ] ]

hag 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 were 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 dispatched but by the time they arrived along with other vessels at the point of entry the yellow foam was all that remained. Every conventional explanantion was explored including that of downed aircraft. However, all flights in the area were accounted for and the divers found nothing.

Other reports

*In May 1958 (17 days), in October 1959 (five days) and January 1960 (24 days) in Golfo Nuevo (Argentina), on each occasion an unidentified submarine was hunted by up to 14 Argentine warships (including an aircraft carrier) as well as over 30 navy planes. The submarines, though audible and occasionally visible to the naked eye, could not be triangulated by sonar, sonar buoys, hydrophones or radar. Despite intense bombing and depth-charging by the most up-to-date US explosives, torpedoes and naval gunfire, it proved impossible to damage or sink the submarines, and the hunt was abandoned on each occasion without success. Capt. Ray M Pitts, the leader of the U.S. Navy anti-submarine warfare team involved in the third hunt, confirmed afterwards that it had been a definite submarine, but he was prevented from saying more. Some sailors and eyewitnesses described it as a Type XXI U-boat developed by the German Navy 15 years earlier. [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,939605-1,00.html "The Ping in Golfo Nuevo"] - "TIME" - Monday, Feb. 22, 1960] [ [http://www.waterufo.net/item.php?id=396 Water UFO - A Research Endeavor] ] [ [http://www.taringa.net/posts/954080 Operation Golfo Neuvo (Attack Submarine)] - Taringa! ] [ [http://www.histarmar.com.ar/InfHistorica/OpGolfoNuevo.htm Operation Golfo Neuvo] - Maritime Archeology and History – Argentina]
*In 1966, an Australian banana farmer witnessed a USO emerge from a nearby swamp [ [http://ufos.about.com/od/ufocrashes/p/tullynest.htm 1966-The Tully Saucer Nest ] ]
*In 1967, a fleet of Brazilian ships was followed by a submerged USO for several minutes [ [http://www.temporaldoorway.com/ufo/report/670720.htm The Temporal Doorway - 7/20/67 - Captain Ardanza and his wife, Cape Santa Maria Grande, Brazil ] ]
*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 2006, and the most recent USO sighting in December 2004.
*In Sweden in 1999, a supposed USO crashed into a lake, with spectators nearby [ [http://www.ufocasebook.com/swedenfallenufo.html Swedish Military Search For Fallen Ufo In Lake, UFO Casebook Secret Files ] ]

USOs in Popular Culture

* The Abyss
* - Computer game about USOs.
* Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

ee also

* Conspiracy theory
* Extraterrestrial life
* UFO conspiracy theory
* Atlantis
* Bloop
* Slow Down
* Vimana
* UFO Files: the episode "Deep Sea UFOs" documents some USO cases

References

*cite book | last = Sanderson | first = Ivan | title = Invisible Residents | publisher = World Press | location = Cleveland, Ohio | year = 1970 | isbn =

External links

* [http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/dledger/[e-mail]/dledger/The_Maritime_UFO_File.html Shag Harbor Information]
* [http://www.ufoarea.com/lloyd_oceans.html Extraterrestrials in Our Oceans]