Even after bringing it to shore, people have no idea what it is.
After hauling it up, one person said:
OK. Sounds reasonable. But there’s that ‘probably’. What’s the definitive answer?
I’m more concerned by the word “buoy” than the word “probable;” since it’s made of metal and concrete, I’d say it’s more likely to be an anchor of some sort, within the context of what the guy was talking about.
Did they dig up the concrete? I only saw the metal structure. I looked up stuff online and it almost looks like the the underside of a floating buoy. Assuming there actually is no concrete.
As for attaching a water craft in some way to it, it looks rather weak unless for very small boats.
I’m going with a submergible, portable buoy mount, that had a floating buoy attached to it. Kind of like when you go to a lake and people have an anchored buoy to let the people with pleasure craft know they are too close to the dock or floor.
So they took the remains to an, “undisclosed location”.:eek: <cue music: DUN DUN DUN>
Only a crude, poorly rendered photo remains!
Some of the original discoverers have already gone missing. Others have reported mysterious diseases and the sound of helicopters in the night.
I’m surprised that there was no body attache to it. Like a former mayor or governor.:eek:
Wouldn’t it be funny, if it turned out to be some kind of Naval Mine, & they wound-up pick the moon outta their ears?
Not funny, but still…
Jimmy Hoffa?
They have top men working on it right now.
Great way to do archaeology - with a JCB…
Who?
Top. Men.
Oh man! I’ve been wondering where I left that thing.
The actual quote is far more damning
They already know what is. Only fools believe that “further examination” is necessary.
The reporter didn’t even question who the “workers” were and who they work for.
Anyone holding their breath?
DUN DUN DUN indeed.
Here are some close up underwater pics, which, oddly enough, don’t really look anything like what they excavated.
I’m still stumped as to what the object even looks like. This thing is in knee deep water and nobody has any better photos? I should send my 11 year old daughter up there. She takes better photos with her iphone in a waterproof bag.
Are you insinuated there are mob influences in Rhode Island? Well, I’m shocked, SHOCKED!!!
Damn, we used to go to the beach right near there (Watch Hill) all the time when I lived in Rhode Island. But that was decades ago. For those not familiar with the area, Westerly is a little town on the CT border, and the local paper isn’t exactly the New York Times or The Boston Globe. It’s not even The Providence Journal, so I would’t put much stock in the “air of mystery” tone. I think you see that in a lot of local rags.
They probably left the original object down there and will retrieve it with stealth under cover of darkness. The doo-dad on the beach was just to satisfy the rubberneckers and curious.
It’s obviously the thing that the aliens use to make crop circles.
I was hoping that the vast brain trust that is SDMB would contain someone familiar with the structure.
More realistic. Images of ocean buoys. Take your pick based on the crappy news photo.
http://tinyurl.com/yab24pvs
"A former NASA/FBI/CIA contractor (sandwich delivery boy), knows exactly what this object is and why the government wants to keep it a secret. He has been silenced for years, but is now bravely prepared to tell his story (for money).
All will be revealed in an upcoming 2-hour special consisting of grainy pixelated photographs, unsubstantiated rumors, big sciency-sounding words, and a portentous voiceover".