Many, many moons ago I was training certain maneuvers in a fixed wing prop plane, very low over the ocean.
I spotted what we thought was a wreck on a sandbar, but turned out to be a very, very, small submarine. As in, I doubt it was as big as the one in the story.
I could see tank treads on the bottom, clearly visible from the air (they were on the sides, like a tank). Men were scurrying around on top. They were clearly having some kind of difficulty and were not happy to see me.
We alerted the Navy, and I don’t know what happened after.
I’ve always assumed it was some kind of Soviet submarine, but I’ve looked for versions on line without ever having success.
Supposedly, the Swedes have found ‘tank tread’ tracks on the ocean bottom in their territorial waters. You’ll only need one guess as to who they suspect is responsible.
“I spotted what we thought was a wreck on a sandbar, but turned out to be a very, very, small submarine. As in, I doubt it was as big as the one in the story.
I could see tank treads on the bottom, clearly visible from the air (they were on the sides, like a tank). Men were scurrying around on top. They were clearly having some kind of difficulty and were not happy to see me.”
Was it these guys?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TszIJX-F4U
Emergency, everybody to get from street
Where did your encounter take place?
https://news.vice.com/article/submarines-with-wheels-underwater-blimps-and-a-new-nuclear-arms-race
There ‘is’ precedent for the bizarre you observed, but I don’t have the time to search for it.
At one time they thought the Ekranoplan was a myth (so I read somewhere)...http://www.wired.com/2011/06/ekranoplan/
I have looked too, it seems that everything is on the Internet- except that.
Well, the Russians had this thing:
“IRM Amphibious Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle This vehicle was based on the chassis of the BMP-1. It mounts the engine and suspension of the BMP-1 in a new hull. It was designed to undertake a variety of specialized engineer reconnaissance roles including mine detection and river-bottom reconnaissance. For its mine detection role, the IRM has two devices mounted at the front of the vehicle which can be retracted flush with the hull when not in use. The IRM is fully amphibious, propelled in the water by two shrouded propellers at the rear of the vehicle. When submerged, a snorkel is erected on top of the hull; this is kept horizontal when not required.”
Their India class submarines supposedly carried two of these that were modified for seafloor recoveries.