News: Alien Jelly Ball Discovered in Ocean
From Aftenposten.no:
What in the world?
A mysterious gelatinous ball has puzzled and fascinated researchers after undersea photographer Rudolf Svensen spotted it while diving at the mouth of the Matre fjord in Hordaland, western Norway.
On Oct. 1 Rudolf and his brother Erling were diving when he spotted the unusual object.
“It was 50-70 centimeters (19.5-27.5 inches) in diameter and looked like a huge beach ball. It was transparent but had a kind of thick, red cord in the middle. It was a bit science-fiction,” Svensen told newspaper Bergens Tidende’s web site.
The Svensens contacted associate professor Torleiv Brattegard at the University of Bergen, and other experts were notified to try and solve the mystery.
Brattegard was convinced the object was organic, and possibly a species unknown to Norway.
(more here)
Jedi Master Spock — On 10-31-2006 at 8:53 pm
Every time we think we’ve found all the big critters on our planet, another sea creature pops up and reminds us how little we know about the depths of our own oceans.