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Beneath the waves, something is moving
For decades, the skies have captured humanity’s attention with UFOs and strange aerial encounters. But now, the ocean—Earth’s last great frontier—is becoming the new stage for unexplained phenomena. Recent data collected by the anomaly-tracking app Enigma suggests something remarkable is happening below the surface: a dramatic rise in Unidentified Submersible Objects, or USOs.
Since August 2025, Enigma has logged more than 9,000 reports of mysterious underwater sightings near U.S. coastlines, with hotspots forming off California and Florida. The data comes not from conspiracy forums, but from verified user submissions and professional observations compiled into what may now be the world’s largest public database of aquatic anomalies.
And what those reports describe defies both logic and technology.
The ocean’s unexplained visitors
Witnesses have described objects that move through water with impossible speed and precision. Some seem to hover below the surface, others streak upward into the sky without any visible propulsion, and many exhibit what researchers call transmedium behavior—the ability to travel seamlessly between air and water.
Former Navy personnel and seasoned mariners have weighed in, noting that these movements don’t match any known military craft, drone, or submersible technology. “They accelerate like nothing we’ve built,” one retired officer commented anonymously through Enigma’s reporting network.
If true, that means someone—or something—is operating in our oceans using physics we don’t yet understand.
The voice of concern
Among those now speaking publicly about these mysterious detections is Retired Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, a former U.S. Navy oceanographer and hydrographer. He’s warned that these unidentified submersible phenomena could pose a national security concern, especially given how frequently they appear near critical military zones and coastal defense regions.
In an interview cited by Marine Technology News, Gallaudet said, “The frequency and pattern of these events suggest advanced technology. If it isn’t ours, we need to understand who—or what—it belongs to.”
His comments echo a growing unease among defense insiders who believe the government knows far more about these objects than it’s revealing to the public.
The Enigma connection
The app Enigma, which began as a crowd-sourced UFO and paranormal reporting tool, has evolved into a serious database for studying global anomalies. Users can upload videos, radar data, and location information in real time, while scientists and enthusiasts verify, tag, and cross-reference each report.
Since launching its “Ocean Anomaly Tracker” this summer, Enigma’s data scientists have been mapping these underwater encounters. The clusters off California’s Catalina Island and the Florida Keys are particularly dense—both regions with long histories of UFO and USO sightings dating back decades.
Some analysts believe these modern reports may be part of the same pattern that puzzled Navy sonar operators in the 1960s and 70s, when unidentified echoes appeared on radar, traveling faster than any submarine known to exist.
The transparency debate
Author and researcher Kent Heckenlively, known for his investigations into government secrecy surrounding UFO phenomena, has been one of the loudest voices calling for openness. In a recent interview, he stated bluntly, “The government is lying to us. They’ve known about these objects for years and continue to downplay their significance.”
Heckenlively argues that while much attention has been placed on aerial UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena), the real story may be unfolding beneath the waves. “The oceans are 95 percent unexplored,” he notes. “If we’ve learned anything from history, it’s that the unknown rarely stays quiet forever.”
Patterns in the deep
Data analysts studying Enigma’s reports are beginning to see correlations between oceanographic features and USO hotspots. Many sightings occur near deep ocean trenches, continental shelves, and undersea volcanic zones. Some researchers speculate that these areas might provide natural cover or energy sources for whatever these objects are.
Others propose that magnetic anomalies or gravitational distortions could explain some sightings, though that fails to account for the reported transmedium movement—craft that leap from ocean to air without creating visible splashes or sonic booms.
If these reports are accurate, we may be witnessing a new class of phenomena entirely—one that crosses the boundary between two worlds.
Government silence and speculation
Despite the mounting data, U.S. defense agencies remain largely silent. Requests for comment from the Navy and NOAA have gone unanswered, and several researchers who’ve sought public data under the Freedom of Information Act report significant delays or denials.
This silence has only fueled speculation. Some suspect classified military testing. Others wonder if foreign technology could explain the sightings. And then there are those who believe these craft are not from Earth at all, perhaps part of a long-term presence hidden beneath our oceans.
The idea might sound far-fetched, but even skeptics admit the unknown deserves investigation. As Gallaudet himself put it, “Whether it’s adversarial technology or something entirely different, the data demands serious scientific attention.”
A new frontier of the unexplained
Our understanding of the skies has changed dramatically in recent years, with governments acknowledging unidentified aerial phenomena as real and worthy of study. Now, the same conversation is spreading to the oceans.
If 9,000 verified reports are even partly accurate, something extraordinary is happening underwater. And the fact that these objects can move through both sea and sky blurs the line between marine science and cosmic mystery.
Until the government or scientific community offers answers, the Enigma database will continue to grow—filled with the voices of those who have seen something extraordinary beneath the waves.
As one witness wrote in a recent submission:
“We looked down at the sonar, and there it was—an object the size of a car, moving like a bullet. Then it shot straight up and disappeared into the clouds.”
Whatever is hiding in the depths, it’s watching us from below. And one day soon, it might decide to surface.