By Meghan Keneally | UPDATED: 19:52 GMT, 16 June 2012 | The Daily Mail
Skeptics expected that a deep-water dive would debunk the a slew of extra-terrestrial theories surrounding an unidentified
object sitting at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. But the Swedish expedition team that took the plunge surfaced with more
questions than answers - and certainly no solution to its origins.
The divers found that the object, which some have likened to the Millennium Falcon because of its unusual round outline,
was raised about 10-13 feet above the seabed and curved in at the sides, giving it a mushroom shape.
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The Millennium Falcom
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They added that the object has 'rounded sides and rugged edges'
'First we thought this was only stone, but this is something else,' diver Peter Lindberg said in a press release. At the center of
the object, which has a 60-meter diameter, has an 'egg shaped hole leading
into it from the top'.
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Another find that they saw in person for the first time was the 985-foot trail that they described 'as a runway or a downhill path
that is flattened at the seabed with the object at the end of it'.
The object was first found this month last year, but because of a lack of funding and bad timing, they have were not able to pull
a team together to see for themselves - just the strange, metallic outline, and
a similar disk-shaped object about 200 metres away.
As it was before the recent dive, the story behind the object is anyone's guess.
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While the Ocean Explorer team is understandably excited about their potentially earth-shattering find, others are slightly more
sceptical and are questioning the accuracy of the sonar technology.
In the past, such technology has confused foreign objects with unusual- but natural- rock formations.
Part of the trouble they face, however, is that they have no way of telling what is inside the supposed cylinder- whether it is filled
with gold and riches or simply aged sediment particles.
They're hoping for the former, and history seems to be in their favour.
The Baltic Sea is a treasure trove for shipwreck hunters, as an estimated 100,000 objects are thought
to line the cold sea's floor.
Skeptics expected that a deep-water dive would debunk the a slew of extra-terrestrial theories surrounding an unidentified
object sitting at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. But the Swedish expedition team that took the plunge surfaced with more
questions than answers - and certainly no solution to its origins.
The divers found that the object, which some have likened to the Millennium Falcon because of its unusual round outline,
was raised about 10-13 feet above the seabed and curved in at the sides, giving it a mushroom shape.
<a href="http://s1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/?action=view&current=frm00001-55.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/frm00001-55.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
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The Millennium Falcom
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They added that the object has 'rounded sides and rugged edges'
'First we thought this was only stone, but this is something else,' diver Peter Lindberg said in a press release. At the center of
the object, which has a 60-meter diameter, has an 'egg shaped hole leading
into it from the top'.
<a href="http://s1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/?action=view&current=frm00004-25.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/frm00004-25.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
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Another find that they saw in person for the first time was the 985-foot trail that they described 'as a runway or a downhill path
that is flattened at the seabed with the object at the end of it'.
The object was first found this month last year, but because of a lack of funding and bad timing, they have were not able to pull
a team together to see for themselves - just the strange, metallic outline, and
a similar disk-shaped object about 200 metres away.
As it was before the recent dive, the story behind the object is anyone's guess.
<a href="http://s1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/?action=view&current=frm00006-17.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/frm00006-17.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
While the Ocean Explorer team is understandably excited about their potentially earth-shattering find, others are slightly more
sceptical and are questioning the accuracy of the sonar technology.
In the past, such technology has confused foreign objects with unusual- but natural- rock formations.
Part of the trouble they face, however, is that they have no way of telling what is inside the supposed cylinder- whether it is filled
with gold and riches or simply aged sediment particles.
They're hoping for the former, and history seems to be in their favour.
The Baltic Sea is a treasure trove for shipwreck hunters, as an estimated 100,000 objects are thought
to line the cold sea's floor.
