Overview
- A Reddit user identified as 'Dabier' says a retired Cold War U.S. Navy sonarman told him crews logged unidentified, non‑biological sonar contacts in a dedicated section of a file kept aboard submarines.
- The anecdote describes recordings of unusually fast contacts and unnatural buzzing noises, with materials reportedly sent off the boat periodically, though their disposition is unknown.
- The claim has not been corroborated by official sources and remains a social‑media report rather than a verified Navy record.
- Separately, AARO’s 2024 submission to Congress highlighted 21 cases requiring further analysis, while noting numerous other reports were resolved as balloons, birds, satellites, or similar mundane sources.
- Well‑known unresolved incidents referenced in coverage include the Navy’s GOFAST video and a rapidly moving silver sphere filmed by a U.S. drone in the Middle East, and a former NASA official urged greater NASA involvement in tracking such phenomena.