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gave some semi-mystical status to this phenomenon in Russian Navy, its name is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy. The heir conversations. On the contrary, the "guys" from submarine joined the Soviet fleet in 1980 and, as of he multi-mission subs treated the kvakeri with rather 2009, is active in the Russian Pacific Fleet.) At a depth cynical humour, saying that playful lobsters were of 100 metres, the Russian sonar operators discovered ornicating. Sonar stations working in the direct two underwater targets that caught up with and istening mode registered sharp changes of bearing in overtook the submarine cruiser. They moved at a speed relationship to the objects. In the active mode, they of 50 knots, while the Soviet submarine moved at 10 sighted objects up to hundreds of metres in size, but knots. The submarine’s commander joked: "Your only briefly. Dima added that while "on the surface" he — glorious sonar operators, oh commander of radio ad never seen or heard anything about the kvakeri. He — engineering, discovered an underwater aeroplane!" said he thinks that the experimental manned This information comes from an article (in Russian) submarines we know today are not capable of matching written and posted by Sergey Vasilyevich at he speed of the objects. His ttp://tinyurl.com/3t2mp73. statements (in Russian) can be found Another former Soviet submariner at http://tinyurl.com/3ms3rmz. shared his views on a website forum According to Admiral Anatoly hat discussed the kvakeri Alexandrovich Komaritsin, Chief of Re phenomenon: the Main Directorate of Navigation You cannot "You cannot even imagine what took Defence of the. Russian Federation, even imagine Navy during. peresroika and the Soviets tried to locate and de ect what took place in raternisation when the issue of the acoustic stations, Sometimes, ater | the Main Staff of | Resiiscaly, NATO thought the futon moving through an area of kvakeri the Soviet Navy were our weapons, while we though return to bese. only fortheircew to | @UFIng perestroika | \rore someone else's, The point is Surfaces were covered with some ana ele dea Som that level (that is why we though biological mass. This mass when the issue of about geniuses from NATO), nor would emit light for a long time, ; could NATO (that is why they but under the sunlight the the kyakeri Was thought, ‘What in damnation did luminescence would eventually discussed with the Soviets invent?’).” This information can be found at http://tinyurl.com/4ydduzc. disappear. A former Soviet submariner, who stated his name as Sergey Vasilyevich, wrote about his experience with the kvakeri in 1985, while serving aboard the K- NATO.” A Natural Property of Water The Russian newspaper Argumenty | fakty published an 433 Soviet nuclear submarine in article about kvakeri in its 9 June the northern region of the Pacific 2010 issue. The author, Yuliya Ocean. (The K-433 was a Project 667BDR Kalmar-class | Garmatina, mentioned that eyewitnesses referred to Delta III nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine o kvakeri as "ghosts of the ocean". the Soviet Navy and is presently, under the name Svyatoy Many Soviet submarines encountered such ghosts. It Georgiy Pobedonosets, part of the modern Russian Navy.) | seemed to the submariners that the kvakeri that emitted At a depth of approximately 100 metres, after an hour o croaking sounds wanted to ram their vessel and then "croaking" by kvakeri, the submarine encountered and disappear, as if to dissolve. Sometimes "it", as collided with something soft and viscous. The sound — Garmatina was told, would glow, creating shapes in the was similar to the one that raw meat makes when water. dropped on a cutting board, but the "piece of meat" was Garmatina also presented the views of a prominent so huge that it forced the submarine cruiser (of 13,000- Russian scientist on the origin of kvakeri. This scientist, ton displacement while under water) to shudder and Aleksandr Smirnov, from the Moscow State Institute of shake. Radio Mechanics, Electronics and Automation Sergey Vasilyevich also recalled the incident that took — (Moskovskiy Gosuderastvenniy Institut Radiotekhniki, Eletroniki | place in 1989 when he was serving aboard the —Avtomatiki), is an expert on the properties of water. He submarine K-21] in the Sea of Japan. (The K-21] was considers kvakeri to be a natural water phenomenon. also a Project 667BDR Kalmar-class Delta III nuclear- powered ballistic missile submarine; now, as part of the Continued on page 82 even imagine what took place in the Main Staff of the Soviet Navy during perestroika and fraternisation NATO.” water. Garmatina also presented the views of a prominent Russian scientist on the origin of kvakeri. This scientist, Aleksandr Smirnov, from the Moscow State Institute of Radio Mechanics, Electronics and Automation (Moskovskiy Gosuderastvenniy Institut Radiotekhniki, Eletroniki | Avtomatiki), is an expert on the properties of water. He considers kvakeri to be a natural water phenomenon. 56 * NEXUS “You cannot when the issue of the kvakeri was discussed with Continued on page 82 OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 20II www.nexusmagazine.com