> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.theoceaniacables.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Undersea UAP: Transmedium Claims, History and Files - URL: https://www.theoceaniacables.com/undersea-uap-transmedium-claims-history-and-files/ - Published: 2026-08-25T02:28:29.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-25T02:28:28.000Z - Description: Retired Navy admiral’s second-hand account of a transmedium object joins 700+ historical USO cases & declassified files on objects in the ocean. - Author: The Oceania Cables - Tags: Ocean, UAP, USO, Navy ### **Summary:** Objects reported entering, leaving or operating beneath the surface of the ocean form a long but under-examined strand of the unidentified anomalous phenomena record. That undersea category has drawn renewed attention after a recent interview with retired Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, former Oceanographer of the Navy and acting administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Speaking with Jesse Michaels on American Alchemy, Gallaudet gave his most detailed public account of an infrared video described to him by a military colleague. The object was a roughly 20-foot teardrop-shaped craft travelling under the water; it emerged without disturbing the surface, hovered, then accelerated vertically beyond the sensor's track. He associated recurring activity with five to seven ocean regions and pointed to Southern California waters as an area of repeated naval observation. Those claims sit alongside a much longer compiled record. Historian Richard Dolan has published two volumes of A History of USOs, assembling roughly 700 unidentified submerged object cases of which about two-thirds are transmedium and in which electromagnetic effects rise sharply in military encounters. Declassified U.S. files already contain over-water and near-water incidents of their own, including coordinated cold orbs above the Gulf of Oman, luminous objects over the Persian Gulf, and high-speed intercepts tracked by a destroyer near Puerto Rico. With only a small fraction of ocean volume explored, Gallaudet has argued that unexplainable objects in U.S. water space leave both a maritime-security concern and a scientific gap. ### **Detailed Report** ### **1\. USOs and the Maritime Domain: An Overlooked Strand of the UAP Record** Public discussion of unidentified anomalous phenomena has focused overwhelmingly on the air. A parallel category—objects observed entering, leaving or operating beneath oceans, lakes and other bodies of water—has a continuous reported history yet has received far less systematic attention. These are commonly termed unidentified submerged objects, or USOs. When the same objects appear to move between water and air without apparent loss of performance, the behaviour is described as transmedium. That category has drawn renewed notice following a long-form interview conducted by Jesse Michaels on [American Alchemy with Rear Admiral (ret.) Tim Gallaudet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRKNVFQBi38&ref=theoceaniacables.com). Gallaudet holds degrees in oceanography from the U.S. Naval Academy and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, served as Oceanographer of the Navy and commander of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, and later acted as administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Michaels interview supplied his fullest public description to date of undersea sensor data and of recurring regions of observed activity. ### **2\. Admiral Gallaudet's UAP Video Account & Ocean Hotspots** Gallaudet described a second-hand account from a military colleague deployed on a joint task force overseas. An intelligence officer from another service brought the colleague into a SCIF and showed an infrared video attached to an email. The object was teardrop-shaped, approximately 20 feet in length, and was travelling beneath the ocean surface with waves visible above it. It then surfaced with no disturbance of the water, continued, stopped to hover in a manner the observers interpreted as awareness of the sensor, and after a few moments accelerated vertically beyond the sensor's ability to track—motion Gallaudet compared to gravity in reverse or an inverted fall. Gallaudet stated that activity has been associated with five to seven ocean regions and that closer investigation or recovery is difficult. In the same interview he described a classified email from a female Navy commander in naval intelligence that documented UAP tracking across those regions. Southern California waters are among the areas he has repeatedly cited as sites of naval observation of objects entering and leaving the ocean. He has also cited conversations with submarine officers and acoustic intelligence specialists describing sonar contacts that moved faster than known submarines or torpedoes. ### **3\. 700 USO Cases: Richard Dolan's Historical Compilation** The contemporary claims sit against a compiled historical record of several hundred cases. Historian Richard Dolan has published two volumes of *A History of USOs: Unidentified Submerged Objects*, with a third planned, assembling roughly 700 cases. An appendix and a public spreadsheet organise the material by date, body of water, shape, relationship to the surface, electromagnetic effects, witness numbers and a strength-of-evidence scale. Dolan reports that about 68 percent of the cases in his set are transmedium. Roughly one in five cases involve military observers, with the large majority of those American and predominantly Navy. Electromagnetic interference appears in roughly 8.5 to 9.5% of cases overall and roughly doubles in military encounters. The rate rises further when missing time or associated beings are also reported. Dolan notes that the interference is concentrated at the moment of closest approach, when recording equipment, sensors or communications most often fail. His inference is that the phenomenon is not simply generating random interference as a by-product; it appears to limit what observers can capture precisely when they are nearest. He treats that as a behavioural pattern rather than proven intent. A sharp shift toward night-time reporting is visible after the late 1960s, especially in military cases. Geographic clustering includes waters near Puerto Rico, the California coast, the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and the South China Sea. Two cases illustrate the range of the historical material. In 1972 a silver disc was reported bursting from Lake Erie in front of a fisherman. On 27 July 1984 the fishing vessel Steeva 10 reported a large flaming object manoeuvring then entering the water off Carter Point near Lummi Island, Washington; the Coast Guard was notified. Months later a local recovery team reported a metallic, possibly disc-like target on the seafloor; a diver felt a hum through his boots; an underwater video attempt failed; the object was gone on return. Dolan rates the incident high on his evidence scale while leaving origin open and treats it as a rare candidate for a submerged recovery attempt. ### **4\. Declassified UAP Files: US Navy Water Encounters Revealed** Records released under the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters already contain maritime and near-water material. A September 2021 [Gulf of Oman](https://www.theoceaniacables.com/pursue-release-05-41-declassified-uap-files-unsealed/) incident recorded by an AC-130J gunship describes approximately 25 cold orbs observed in infrared, some hovering between the surface and 20 feet above a water-activated flare, others moving in coordinated formation at calculated speeds of 250 to 1,300 mph with no visible propulsion. Files from a later tranche include four luminous objects in diamond formation over water near Iranian territorial waters in the [Persian Gulf](https://www.theoceaniacables.com/pursue-release-02-72-new-declassified-uap-files-revealed/), and a CIA memorandum noting an increase in multi-object formations and trans-medium events in the Middle East and Central Asia. Infrared video from the [Gulf of America](https://www.theoceaniacables.com/u-s-department-of-war-releases-new-uap-documents/) in 2019 and additional clips from the Yellow Sea and East China Sea appear in other releases. Near Puerto Rico in November 1965 the destroyer [USS Gyatt](https://www.theoceaniacables.com/pursue-release-05-41-declassified-uap-files-unsealed/) tracked a contact exceeding 3,800 knots; a pilot described a delta-shaped object roughly the size of a fighter and estimated speed above Mach 3; radar scope films were obtained. Earlier Scandinavian “ghost rocket” reporting includes objects said to have dived into lakes. These records do not resolve origin or intent. They establish that over-water and near-water cases form part of the official declassified set. ### **5\. The Ocean UAP Gap: Security Risk and Scientific Frontier** Only a small fraction of ocean volume has been explored—Gallaudet puts the figure at about 10%—and modern high-resolution mapping still covers only roughly a quarter of the global seafloor. Direct visual observation of the deep seafloor remains below 0.001%. Against that background Gallaudet has argued that objects with unexplainable characteristics are entering U.S. water space while knowledge of the ocean remains limited, creating both a maritime-security concern and a scientific gap. He has called for treating transmedium UAP and USOs as a national ocean research priority. The congressional definition of unidentified anomalous phenomena already includes submerged and transmedium objects. ### **Conclusion** The undersea and transmedium category now rests on three bodies of material that can be examined together: a multi-volume historical compilation of several hundred cases that finds consistent patterns across the record, detailed recent claims by a former flag officer with professional oceanographic credentials, and declassified U.S. files that already record objects operating over and near water without explaining them. None of those sources settles origin or intent. Together they establish that the ocean domain is no longer a footnote to the aerial discussion, and that any full accounting of unidentified anomalous phenomena has to include what is reported beneath and across the surface of the sea.