# Baltic Sea Anomaly **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 4, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltic-sea-anomaly/719250 "2015-05-04T15:51:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltic-sea-anomaly/719250/1 "2015-05-04T15:51:12Z")
Just stumbled across a reference to this: [Baltic Sea anomaly - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Sea_anomaly) Don’t know how accurate any of these images are: [![](https://beforeitsnews.com/contributor/upload/343420/images/Baltic%20Sea%20Anomaly1.jpg) ](https://beforeitsnews.com/contributor/upload/343420/images/Baltic%20Sea%20Anomaly1.jpg) [![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Up4jCH2wCRA/UxFxRS-elUI/AAAAAAAAK7k/6G7u6eZLZUw/s1600/Artistic+rendition+not+100%25+accurate75m+depth+is+actually+the+top+of+the+bump+and+the+stair+formation+is+probably+only+on+the+NE+side+june+16+13.jpg) ](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Up4jCH2wCRA/UxFxRS-elUI/AAAAAAAAK7k/6G7u6eZLZUw/s1600/Artistic+rendition+not+100%25+accurate75m+depth+is+actually+the+top+of+the+bump+and+the+stair+formation+is+probably+only+on+the+NE+side+june+16+13.jpg) [![](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/9Ja4tPog7Ew/maxresdefault.jpg) ](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/9Ja4tPog7Ew/maxresdefault.jpg) [![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kEqAA6WXG_0/UBaogg5PrHI/AAAAAAAAA-I/Mtgp6ue0a4w/s1600/baltic-size-compare.jpg) ](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kEqAA6WXG_0/UBaogg5PrHI/AAAAAAAAA-I/Mtgp6ue0a4w/s1600/baltic-size-compare.jpg) I highly doubt it’s an alien artifact, but it _is_ an interesting shape. Anyone know anything more about it? ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltic-sea-anomaly/719250/2 "2015-05-04T16:45:39Z")
Looks like it could be part of a battleship turret. It could also be an intentional hoax that someone with too much time made and then intentionally sunk in order to waste our time. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltic-sea-anomaly/719250/3 "2015-05-04T16:53:31Z")
Millennium Falcon, clearly. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltic-sea-anomaly/719250/4 "2015-05-04T17:04:22Z")
Given the size, it’s more likely an advance scout from the Independence Day aliens. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltic-sea-anomaly/719250/5 "2015-05-04T17:47:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Just stumbled across a reference to this: [Baltic Sea anomaly - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Sea_anomaly) > > [http://beforeitsnews.com/contributor/upload/343420/images/Baltic%20Sea%20Anomaly1.jpg](http://beforeitsnews.com/contributor/upload/343420/images/Baltic%20Sea%20Anomaly1.jpg) I see a dead body by the stairs. So did Mr. Black kill them with the manhole cover? The Baltic Sea is covered in stuff I’m sure. When I was there last year I saw UN ships looking for WWII mines, at least that’s what the local guide said they were doing. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltic-sea-anomaly/719250/6 "2015-05-04T18:00:55Z")
It’s the entrance to R’lyeh, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltic-sea-anomaly/719250/7 "2015-05-04T18:36:44Z")
Looks fake as shit. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltic-sea-anomaly/719250/8 "2015-05-04T19:21:10Z")
According to Snopes, it’s part of a larger undersea [drawing](http://www.snopes.com/photos/supernatural/balticufo.asp) of a dong. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltic-sea-anomaly/719250/9 "2015-05-04T19:25:34Z")
The wiki and the discoverers seem pretty confused. If it’s 200 \*feet \*in diameter then whatever it is, it certainly isn’t a battleship turret which are more like 30x50 feet max. ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltic-sea-anomaly/719250/10 "2015-05-04T19:26:13Z")
Reading some of the other articles on it, it appears to be a rock. The people who found it sent a bunch of rock samples to a geology professor, but it sounds like they didn’t actually note which ones came from the object. It also sounds like they’re trying pretty hard to make it into some sort of tourist destination and give submarine tours. It looks to me like it’s just a granite boulder, probably a glacial erratic or a dropstone. It’s fractured into a funny shape, but it looks like they’re taking some liberties with the bad sonar image. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltic-sea-anomaly/719250/11 "2015-05-04T20:10:30Z")
Aren’t these things usually Atlantis? Unless they’re found in the mountains, in which case they’re usually Noah’s Ark. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltic-sea-anomaly/719250/12 "2015-05-04T21:04:04Z")
[This](http://blog.world-mysteries.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/BalticUO.jpg) is more what it really looks like. Everything else is an “artist’s representation”. Meaning, they made it look way cooler that it is, and added detail that can’t be seen in the one (!) existing sonar image. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltic-sea-anomaly/719250/13 "2015-05-04T21:08:23Z")
Well, not to cross threads, especially from _there_, but… just goes to prove that there’s no bar too low for a Wikipedia article. Essentially content-free blogfill about a rock, but it’s a longer article with more attentive writing and cites (I said ‘more attentive,’ not ‘better’) than many on significant topics. Yay notability. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltic-sea-anomaly/719250/14 "2015-05-04T21:31:40Z")
Looks like they were building a pyramid before it was a sea, and then the geyser thing went wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltic-sea-anomaly/719250/15 "2015-05-04T22:01:54Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Looks like they were building a pyramid before it was a sea, and then the geyser thing went wrong. Should have used a ramp. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2015, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltic-sea-anomaly/719250/16 "2015-05-05T00:50:17Z")
So THAT’S where I left it! Damn parking spots all look the same at night. Well, so long — and thanks for all the fish! ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltic-sea-anomaly/719250/17 "2015-05-05T02:29:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Just stumbled across a reference to this: [Baltic Sea anomaly - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Sea_anomaly) Via the Giant’s Causeway?