Submerged "UFO" Cripples Nearby Electronics

[Stormwaltz]

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[joe-h2o]

Have you seen their website rofl. It looks like it's X files themed. Yeah REALLY professional guys.

Somehow I buy this even less now. If that was possible...

http://www.oceanexplorer.se/

A fiver says this is the start of a viral marketing campaign for some movie. That website is just too polished to look like it's legit but also to push the X Files angle.

Have you ever seen the websites made by science research teams? I say this as one of those very scientists - there's a reason we're not graphic designers or website makers...

I assume that the researchers are in on the deal, to secure funding for other projects. A "Take part in this hoax for the movie and we'll fund your legit research" sort of deal.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

Have you seen their website rofl. It looks like it's X files themed. Yeah REALLY professional guys.

Somehow I buy this even less now. If that was possible...

http://www.oceanexplorer.se/

A fiver says this is the start of a viral marketing campaign for some movie. That website is just too polished to look like it's legit but also to push the X Files angle.

Have you ever seen the websites made by science research teams? I say this as one of those very scientists - there's a reason we're not graphic designers or website makers...

I assume that the researchers are in on the deal, to secure funding for other projects. A "Take part in this hoax for the movie and we'll fund your legit research" sort of deal.

You are probably right.

It was the background that tipped it off for me. The whole thing is just ridiculous. I also can't find anything on the diver that is mentioned in the article other than the escapist article.

 

[Nurb]

Aliens? In OUR ocean?

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

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I think we would all love it to be some evidence of extraterrestrial life.

But I think the most likely outcome is that it's a viral campaign for a movie

 

[redisforever]

They should totally make a blockbuster film about it, where a group of cocky Marines go to investigate and are trapped in a titanic yet boring battle with aggressors of unknown origins... I'm calling Hollywood now, this is foolproof

That should be the title of the movie. Foolproof!

what you mean like
a group of cocky Marines go to investigate and are trapped in a titanic yet boring battle with aggressors of unknown origins Staring Taylor Kitsch as "The Highly Rated yet Rebelious Marine who has a problem with Discipline and Authority" and Music Megastar Dolly Parton as "The Token Music Star to try to get people who only own a radio to pay to watch this film"

Right Draconalis, I think we're set, now all we need is someone with a really deep voice to do that barotone voice over for our awesome Movie trailer
"The Story of a Man[footnote]dramatic pause[/b].... on a mission"

I think we got this licked.

I volunteer my voice.

It would be easy enough to make, just cut up clips of various movies that are exactly the same! Hmm... I may just be bored enough this weekend to cobble a trailer together...

Captcha: marital aid
No thanks, I'm good, Captcha

 

[notimeforlulz]

Some one find out if ocean X work for the history channel; if they don't, I might actually believe this.

 

[unacomn]

If anyone finds a rake anywhere near that thing, do NOT pick it up. Leave it there, don't touch it, don't use it as a weapon to take over the world.
Also, if you see any cats nearby, do not antagonize them!

 

[RedDeadFred]

A hoax is a hoax.
There is nothing magical and mysterious about the world. Give up.

Sad but true. It's likely that there is other life in our galaxy but the odds of it being intelligent and it making contact with us are extremely low. There could have been intelligent life in our galaxy a long time ago that just died off. It's also possible that we are the most advanced beings in the universe given that it is only 14.6 billion years old. It took the Earth 4.5 billion years to get to us. It's actually quite possible that we are the most intelligent beings to ever exist.

 

[MetalMagpie]

Sources: Daily Mail

Never a good sign. Next they'll be demanding Cameron makes clear his position on extraterrestrial immigrants.

 

[Ledan]

My guess is hoax or either: a meteroite, military hardware, or a collection of metals forced together by pressure from the oceans.

EDIT: Wait... this is in Sweden? Huh.... old ship? Viking Stonehenge that got dragged into the sea?
BS though that they already have a spaceship depicted on their website.

 

[CaptainMarvelous]

Okay, I don't care about the contents of this article because the sub-head pisses me off.

"UFO-like object." Really? Don't you know what UFO stands for? Unidentified Flying Object.

Time for some insight into the English language. One, that choice of words is redundant and two, *picks up a megaphone* UFO does not mean an alien space ship. UFO by itself literally means a flying object that hasn't been identified.

It could be a space ship. It could be a weather balloon. It could be a vulture having a scandalous affair with an otter. When a flying object is unidentified, that means there are possibilities. None of which have to center on extra-terrestrials.

They are also traditionally in the air not a few hundred feet under water. Just adding that to the discussion.

 

[PingoBlack]

Amazing amount of fail in this news post. It's like fail had a big orgy and babies are now popping up all over the place.

 

[MammothBlade]

Tourist trips: Diver Peter Lindberg is hoping to take wealthy tourists down in this submarine to see the object

Let me guess, the submarine stops working if it gets too close. So people cannot go closer to investigate the object.

That's why they're planning tourist trips before they get down to some proper research, right?

Smells rather fishy to me.

*ding ding ding* we have a winner people. Have a look online, all the "alien conspiracy" websites are lapping this up, and these whackadoodles will gladly piss away their life savings in order to see a "real" space ship, even when "see" amounts to "vaguely discern a blurry mushroom-like shape for about four seconds".

These guys evidently weren't making enough money hunting for treasure and "antique alcoholic beverages" in shipwrecks, so the bunch of fucking vultures have moved on to hoaxing. And they are fucking vultures, they're no better than graverobbers, desperately scrubbing through the sites of horrible tragedies in search of trinkets to sell to equally morbid private collectors. Scum.

It's not that I hate treasure hunters, or people who actually go to the effort of exploring wreckages - I think it's an admirable career, except that said treasures should go to museums first - but I'm calling it out for what it is, an elaborate hoax to attract tourists.

 

[PingoBlack]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_interference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse

The very precise use of language definitely points to this being anything else then ... scientific. Even some fake numbers of EM field measurements would do, fake graphs, whatever.

"My phone stopped working over it." Oh yeah, the dude is LEGIT! /facepalm

 

[More Fun To Compute]

This sounds pretty legit. I don't know why everyone here is trying to cover it up and make it sounds like it isn't credible.

 

[blackrave]

Crap!
They located my secret base.
Need to dislocate, FAST!