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Sweden hunts for mystery undersea intruder, could be Russia or possibly Nessie

The Swedish minesweeper HMS Kullen and a guard boat are seen in the search for suspected 'foreign underwater activity' at Namdo Bay, Stockholm October 21, 2014. [TT News Agency]


The Swedish minesweeper HMS Kullen and a guard boat are seen in the search for suspected ‘foreign underwater activity’ at Namdo Bay, Stockholm October 21, 2014.
[TT News Agency]

Sweden’s military is working on two new observations that could be evidence of suspected “foreign underwater activity” near the country’s capital, said a senior naval officer today.

Reuters:

Swedish forces have been scouring the sea off Stockholm since Friday, after what the military called three credible reports of activity by foreign submarines or divers using an underwater vehicle.

The vessels were unidentified, but during the 1980s the Swedish navy from time to time hunted suspected Soviet submarines in its waters.

One of our readers suggests that it could be a sunken Ikea meatball cluster. But let’s look at an enhanced version of that shot…

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