Our research vessel was chartered by a group of scientists from a college in Florida. The chief scientist who sailed with us, has been studying bioluminescence his whole career, and even made mentions of how the navy used research of bioluminescence in the past to detect Russian subs deep underwater. The chief scientist is a PhD and his primary graduate study was in bioluminescence.
This location we were studying bioluminescence at when we saw the object, had very low concentrations of bioluminescent phytoplanktons. We were at the point of calling it quits for the night and moving to the next site entirely.
When the boat gets chartered out by scientists, they provide all the gear. The mission of this trip was to study bioluminescence. So naturally, they bring cameras and equipment to photograph bioluminescence at the surface. The vessel is not equipped with anything more than whatever the scientists decide to bring. Dropping a traditional camera in the water, without the correct protective housing, would cause the camera to break. ( we did not have any gear to send down a camera 60’)
The most logical explanation at first, would be bioluminescence. According to the PhD chief scientist, he immediately declared it was not bioluminescence after viewing the object using the camera equipment that was attached to the ship.
When we consider bioluminescence, remember that organisms such as phytoplanktons and small jellyfish ( I don’t know the species name forgive me), travel in the currents throughout the water column. This makes them move within the water. The object we were observing, was completely still for our entire length of observation. It did not move at all.
Let me throw in a personal opinion, that is not based off of fact. Ok, let’s say it was bioluminescence for sake of argument. I want to know, how was the luminosity of it so bright that we saw it from over 1000 feet away, + 60 feet down. Especially after making the deduction that the object was more than likely sitting on the ocean floor, and why wasn’t it moving with the ocean currents? It appeared as it was anchored, or stationary in one position.
Which brings me to my next point. “How do we know the object was on the ocean floor?” Well… it’s just an assumption to be honest. We don’t know where it actually was in the water column. Logic might make us think, that whatever the object is, it carries mass. Gravity would naturally pull it down. So that is the basis of the assumption it was on the bottom.
Unfortunately, I cannot provide anyone here with documents to prove that the scientists have the credentials they do, or any of that. It’s just my word. I didn’t share the post on the internet immediately because honestly, it was cool, but I don’t care to post on social media
Location coordinates: 28°1.913'N • 83°4.032'W ( 10 miles west of caladesi island, Clearwater beach Florida)
2348 EST , February 27 2024
Charted water depth according to Fathometer 60'
