Defense specialist encounters unidentified object ‘going faster than the speed of sound underwater’ while doing classified work on the Navy’s USS Hampton submarine.
Bob McGwire claims he encountered an unidentified submerged object. The scientist was conducting classified work on the Navy’s USS Hampton. He wasn’t told to keep it quiet and said he was ‘blowing this wide open’:
“The onboard sonar determined the unidentified submerged object (USO) was traveling through the water faster than the speed of sound, he has” claimed (spelling corrected).
I’d moar (spelling intentional) information.
The speed of sound IN AIR is about 1,192 km/h; 740 mph; 643 kn at STP (Standard Temp/Pressure).
The speed of sound IN Seawater is about 1,531 km/sec; 5,000 fps; 3409 mph at STP (Standard Temp/Pressure).
Which “Speed of sound” was it breaking?
How did “SONAR” determine how fast it was going using sound to detect, track, and perform target motion analysis on the object?
I wonder what was “said to” and “heard by” the reporter who wrote that.
I’ve heard this basic story before. Still don’t know if the writer means speed of sound in water or speed of sound someplace else, like, oh, say air? For him to see/hear that he had to have his ear muffs on or maybe watching a strip chart recorder to have a notion of time and distance. His “research” had to already be listening to something outside since there’s nothing otherwise to “hear” inside a nuke. This genius can’t reveal how he observed the speedy thing without also revealing what he was testing/observing/operating. I still have one hand on the BS flag until we get a couple specifics. Testing hypersonics underwater comes to mind but there is nothing quiet about that bit of hocus pocus?