ok, so why wouldn't they want publicity or money for their expenses?

Haha look at the them squirm already... "um erm aaahh....it could still be..aliens.."

You believers crack me up.

So their trying to make money, like i said in my prev post, however on their website there isnt an Adsense ad in sight, i think they must be rather dim when it comes to business

Originally posted by GeisterFahrer
ok, so why wouldn't they want publicity or money for their expenses?

Of course they want publicity and money. And that's cool. Money makes the world go round. But this stunt, if that's what it really is, has been tailored to the extraterrestrial UFO/USO crowd. Traditionally, a group of people who believe in conspiracy theories, and maybe a little bit on the paranoid side, although a healthy dose of paranoia is not a bad thing (apply tin foil hat). Additionally, this group has been lied to by its government in both imagined and unimagined events and/or history. Further attempts to intentionally deceive them will not be welcomed warmly. The subject of extraterrestrial UFO's is an emotionally charged issue, for both believers and non-believers, regardless of evidence or lack of evidence, science or pseudoscience. Just my thoughts.

Cheers!

Interesting. I saw this claim about it being a stunt on another site just the other evening. I wonder if it could be one and the same person/s behind this claim, for I have not yet seen it elsewhere.
In any case, sure, it could be a stunt, but so far the claim of it being such, lacks actual proof, and seem to be more opinionated guesswork than actually supported.
Not to mention, the writer of the linked page writes him/herself that s/he is merely guessing and wonder if this or that could be the case, which it, ofcourse, and as said, could. After all, the world is filled with Hoaxers.

Nonetheless, such a stunt would inevitably be very costly for the guys in question that is supposed to be behind this idea, as everyone knows who they are by now, so it is doutbful that they would be able to sink back into the shadows afterwards as if nothing has happened.

When investigating a mystery, it is okay to create mystery in The Press. It is not okay to outright lie and to date The Ocean Explorer folks have not lied, yet.

I suspect they will drag it out for all it's worth though as running any expedition has enormous costs. To keep that ship afloat and in "Expedition Mode" is likely costing upwards of 20,000+ per day. Should they get some great press to help with getting investors? YOU BET! Why? They are looking at something we ALL want to see!

Or it's just part of the cover up to lessen public attention

It may very well be a strawman tatic to cover what was really found. The media now has something to run around with shouting hoax so your average person can feel safe in believing we are still alone. With this kind of publicity I am expecting a 'no comment' next from the divers and crew, but shall wait and see.

Originally posted by BeforeTheHangmansNoose
Or it's just part of the cover up to lessen public attention

This is an interesting point, and significantly so!

Looking back to Roswell 1947, it has been "suggested" that the initial headline and press report, "RAAF Captures Flying Saucer on Ranch in Roswell Region," was utilized to draw attention from the more northern and significant crash site.

At first it makes no sense; why say anything at all? But delve deeper into the greater conspiracy and you come to understand the importance and significance of the mis-direction.

What's amazing to me is that there's so much widespread attention given to a circle of BS in the baltic sea under 300 feet of water in the middle of human civilization. We do this even when we're surrounded by a truly massive mystery that sits quiet and patiently: space. We've only sampled one other planet for life and it was only one experiment and really the first of its kind. That was Viking. We're a long long ways from sampling the rest of the planets and comets and asteroids and moons in our single system. And there're potentially a couple billion other earth analogs along with many billions more of earth-like planets in just our Milky Way. There're many comets and asteroids and moons that could also harbor life that're present in each system. A new paper I saw recently claimed there could many more planets inbetween systems that could also have life on them in special circumstances. We're way beyond billions, we're into the trillions! Our galaxy is in a local gorup of galaxies and there're billions of galaxies out there with who knows how many out beyond the observable universe. We could be surrounded by life but we're so invested in our dubious hunts for ET in the baltic sea and in the circle of BS that I have ot wonder if we'll ever survive long enough to find life elsewhere.

We gotta stop wasting time looking or Santa Claus and start being real.

How is it a scam? If you take their comments at face value, it sort of proves there IS something there. Trying to generate interest and money from a find isn't a "scam." It would be a scam if it was not really there. From the hidden snippets, it seems that it IS there.

Is the circle something that can be salvaged and which contains monetary value? If the circle is a natural resource, the OX team can not guarantee monetary compensation as it’s located within an economic zone.

That imo, means it is actually there.

Note that the English translation carries nuance probably not felt or intended in the original, which apparently just meant to say that they must make efforts to get funding so they can go back and do a proper investigation, which is exactly what we all want.

Haha look at the them squirm already... "um erm aaahh....it could still be..aliens.." You believers crack me up.

i totally missed that.
can you please quote who said that or anything even near that.
coz i sure as s*** didnt see anyone write anything remotely like that.
so go ahead and show me where that was said.
your imagination cracks me up. not.