Summary: Discovery of the Baltic Sea Anomaly Anniversary Special:<br><br> Love the weird.<br><br> ⁓The Voice before the Void<br> “Baltic Sea anomaly”<br> Wikipedia<br> The Baltic Sea anomaly is a 60-meter circular rock-like formation on the floor of the Baltic Sea, discovered by Peter Lindberg, Dennis Åsberg, and their Swedish “Ocean X” diving team in June 2011. The team reported that the formation rests on a pillar and includes a structure similar in appearance to a staircase, leading to a dark hole.<br> Commentators have suggested that the structure could be a World War II anti-submarine device, a battleship gun turret, sediment dropped by a fishing trawler, or a flying saucer. Several experts have stated that it is most likely a natural geological formation.<br> 1. Discovery<br> The discovery was made on June 19, 2011 by the Swedish based “Ocean X Team” during a dive in the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland while searching for an old shipwreck. The group describes themselves as treasure hunters and salvage operators who specialize in underwater searches for sunken “antique high-end alcoholic beverages and historic artefacts.” In March 2012, Ocean X formalized a partnership with entertainment producers Titan TV to produce a TV documentary series and documentary film.<br> 2. Description<br> According to Ocean X, the formation has an appearance of “rough granite,” is round, 3 to 4 meters thick and approximately 60 meters in diameter, stands on an 8-meter tall pillar-like feature, and is located at a depth of 85 to 90 meters. There is also another smaller object not far away. The object is at the end of what resembles a 300-meter “runway.”<br> The Ocean X team has published one additional close-up sonar scan on their website and nine additional close-up sonar scans on their YouTube page that appear to show a 90-degree angle and other features of the object.<br> On their second expedition, they reported that they found something that looks like a staircase and a round black hole that goes directly into the structure.<br> 3. Chemical composition<br> Infrared spectroscopy analysis made by Steve Weiner, director of the Kimmel Center for Archaeological Science at the Weizmann Institute, indicates that a piece which was recovered by divers from the circle anomaly is made of limonite and goethite. Dr. Weiner’s opinion is that it is strange to find these materials in a structure like this, and thinks these materials would be most likely found in a modern construction. However, two other geologists – Fredrik Klingberg at Geological Survey of Sweden and Martin Jakobsson, marine geologist at Stockholm University – claim that the chemical composition of the sample resembles that of nodules that are not uncommon in sea beds, and that the materials found, including limonite and goethite, can indeed be formed by nature itself.<br> Stone samples have also been analyzed by Volker Brüchert, an associate professor of geology at Stockholm University. According to Brüchert, most of the samples that were brought up from the sea bottom are granites, gneisses and sandstones. Among the samples was also a single loose piece of basaltic (volcanic) rock, which is out of place on the seafloor, but not unusual. “Because the whole northern Baltic region is so heavily influenced by glacial thawing processes, both the feature and the rock samples are likely to have formed in connection with glacial and postglacial processes. […] Possibly these rocks were transported there by glaciers,” explained Brüchert.<br> 4. Reaction<br> While a former Swedish naval officer speculated that the sonar image could show the remains of a World War II German anti-submarine device, and Discovery.com contributor Benjamin Radford considered that it could be a damaged gun turret from an old battleship,
