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State Chapters => Florida => Topic started by: Elderberry on June 30, 2020, 02:21:40 am
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Strange Sounds -Jun 29, 2020
A ‘what is this?’
The Facebook video from FishMonster shows a curious vehicle spotted off Florida’s Key West last week, with virtually the only part of it above water is a mast supporting an array of antennae.
(https://strangesounds.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/SHARC-spotted-off-Florida.jpg)
The vehicle is almost certainly a Wave Glider made by U.S. company Liquid Robotics (now owned by Boeing BA) , and the antennas suggest it is part of a U.S. Navy program known as Sensor Hosting Autonomous Remote Craft, or SHARC.
The Wave Glider
The object at first looked like debris — but it is moving under its own power.
The Wave Glider harnesses natural energy to power missions lasting weeks, months, or years without refueling.
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Typical speed is just 1.3 knots, but the Wave Glider can keep going indefinitely; in 2013, one made an epic 8,000-mile, year-long journey across the Pacific.
More: https://strangesounds.org/2020/06/mystery-unmanned-craft-florida-waters-secret-sharc-spy-vessel-video.html (https://strangesounds.org/2020/06/mystery-unmanned-craft-florida-waters-secret-sharc-spy-vessel-video.html)