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SUAPS Joins Baltic Sea Anomaly Study with Mission of Scientific Integrity

The Society for UAP Studies (SUAPS) is supporting a new scientific expedition to investigate the so-called “Baltic Sea Anomaly,” a large, unexplained underwater object or structure first detected by sonar in 2011. While early coverage of the anomaly was marked by speculation, the current effort takes a deliberately grounded approach, using advanced tools to collect meaningful data and test a wide range of hypotheses, both conventional and unconventional.

 

SUAPS is not leading the expedition but is playing a key support role. Its contribution includes scientific advising, compliance oversight, and ensuring transparent communication across the international research team.

 

“Our priority is to help create the conditions under which good science can thrive—especially in domains where public narratives tend to outpace empirical analysis,” said Dr. Michael Cifone, Founding Executive Director of SUAPS.

 

The project’s first phase is now underway, funded by a restricted donor-directed research grant (DDRG). It involves non-invasive surveys using:

 

  • Multibeam sonar

  • Sub-bottom profilers

  • 3D photogrammetric modeling

  • Environmental sensors

     

SUAPS is helping oversee a structured data management process, with a public report expected after initial analysis and validation. The team includes experts in salvage and recovery, oceanography, geology, robotics, and planetary science.

 

Importantly, the expedition begins with no fixed assumptions. Its methodology centers on falsifiability, reduction of observer bias, and iterative testing, which are hallmarks of serious scientific inquiry. Part of SUAPS’ role here is to ensure those standards are maintained throughout.

 

This mission lays important groundwork for SUAPS’ upcoming research program, which aims to expand research investigations into unexplained aerial and underwater phenomena. Insights from this expedition will help refine the methods and standards used in future studies, guide research priorities, and support the development of new tools for analyzing UAP-related anomalies across oceanic, atmospheric, and terrestrial environments. It also advances the Society’s goal of fostering deeper interdisciplinary collaboration, including with researchers in the humanities and social sciences.

 

Public discussion around the Baltic Sea Anomaly has long been fueled by incomplete data and low-quality imagery. SUAPS aims to help shift that conversation away from speculation and toward credible, testable research questions. It’s not often you see a public anomaly tackled with this kind of methodological care. We think this is how the conversation should have started, not where it should end.

 

A preliminary summary of findings is expected following Phase 1 data review.

 

If you're ready to see UAP research leave the drawing board and hit the field, this is your chance to follow it as it happens, and help make more projects like this possible.

 

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