The latest lab test results made by Professor Dr. 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. These materials are part of the Iron oxides/hydroxide family.
The tests were performed by a method called; Infrared Spectroscopy
The graph should be read as follows:
a= The black powder, originally a piece broken off by a diver, directly off the circle anomaly
b= Another solid piece broken off by a diver, directly off the circle anomaly
c= Comparison to a “pure” Limonite
Professor Dr. Steve Weiner’s opinion is that it is strange to find these materials in a structure like this. He thinks these materials would most likely to be found in a modern construction, such as on a ship wreck in this case
2013-05-08
2013
It will be a very interesting year for us with many assignments.
We have already found a number of wrecks that are interesting.
When it comes to the object in the Baltic Sea, it is a very large project with a lot of preparation and many people involved.
Have no exact date when project shall be carried today.
2013-05-08
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2013-04-27
Now we have seen the documentary at the Titan office, THE MYSTERY BENEATH. How it was: Incredible, the best we have ever seen. Titan has really gotten it right. Good work Titan.
Soon everyone will understand why it is so important with the discovery in the Baltic Sea. http://www.drg.tv/ProgramDetails.aspx?ProgramDetail=12324
2013-04-27
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2013-04-18
PROMO_MYSTERY_BENEATH – OCEAN X TEAM, SOON ON TV
2013-04-09
Burned organic material on Baltic anomaly rock sample
Preliminary lab tests made by different experts at the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Institute of Archaeology in the Tel-Aviv University (Micromorphology of Archaeological Sediments and Infrared Spectroscopy) shows that a piece of basalt rock that was recovered from the circular shaped anomaly in the Baltic Sea has burned organic material on it. Further analyzes will hopefully show what kind of material it might be, and even try to date it.
2013-03-11
At last! We have finnished the last additional interviews for the TV documentary with Titan. It will be ready for distribution next week.
2012-10-12
Last expedition 2012
The Ocean X Team went on their last expedition 8-14 September. The weather was too bad to be able to carry through any of the planed actions at the circle anomaly. The time at sea were spent on searching wrecks instead. Despite the rough sea the team managed to survey an area of 28 Km² of the sea floor. The team came across some interesting hitswhich have to wait till next year before the team will be able to investigate closer what they might have found this time.
Further investigation of the circle anomaly is still desirable since more questions have risen instead of being answered at the expeditions this summer, 2012.
2012-10-09
The s/s Astrid expedition
During one of Ocean X Team’s expeditions in the summer of 2012 the wreck of s/s Astrid was found in international waters. Astrid was built in 1872 in England as the yacht Saga, she changed owner a few times before ending up in Sweden to serve as a freighter. She was 34 meters long and 6.5 meters wide and was propelled by a 150 HP steam engine. It was during a trip between Stockholm and Rauma in Finland on 11 September 1916 thatAstrid finally met her final fate. She was discovered by the German submarine U 22 (which incidentally was the same sub that sunk the ship Jönköping which carried the famous champagne load, salvaged in 1997/98). Astrid was stopped by U 22 and the German captain decided after been reading the freight documents that Astrid brought contraband in her cargo and therefore they had to sink her. After Astrid’s crew, which consisted of 10 men and two women, had entered the two life rafts the submarine opened fire with its deck gun. 16 shells were fired in total and after the first shell the boiler blow into the air with the result that the superstructure was razed completely. Fire broke out and at 13:40 in the afternoon she sunk and would not been seen again for 96 years. Astrid’s life rafts with her crew were towed towards the Finnish coast by U 22. They were however left some 10 nautical miles off the Finnish coast and had to row the final distance before reaching land.
Dives has been performed with both divers and robots to a depth between 65-58 meters. Astrid is very badly damaged due to the fire and the damages caused by the gun fire. Among other things, most of the bottles of port wine that was in her hold were shattered and the divers had to dig through broken glass to find the rare whole bottles. Despite this, the Ocean X Team’s expedition could shoot some unique pictures and video sequences of a long-forgotten ship.
