Unmanned spy boat washed up on Scottish shore...

[Big Rig]

Never even knew these existed...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2020/10...

[Biker 1]

Been around for a while:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-missile-lau...

[Tankrizzo]

I wonder if that's just the float or whether the actual sub bit is still attached.

[eliot]

Send it to Big Clive or Mike for a teardown

[eharding]

Mysterious small craft, presumably military, washes up on a Scottish Island? Does nobody remember "The Nightmare Man"?

Has anyone checked for radiation? Gruesome murders on the golf course? Bird watchers ending up as dinner? Has anyone phoned the coastguard station....and are the phones still even working?

[take-good-care-of-the-forest-dewey]

eharding said:

Mysterious small craft, presumably military, washes up on a Scottish Island? Does nobody remember "The Nightmare Man"?

Has anyone checked for radiation? Gruesome murders on the golf course? Bird watchers ending up as dinner? Has anyone phoned the coastguard station....and are the phones still even working?

Bloody hell....been trying to remember the name of this series. Scared the hell out of me as a kid. Wasn't the monster some alien looking thing in a flight suite that strode out of the water - turned out to be the pilot of some experimental aircraft or sub???

Must be 30dd years ago since I saw it so memory hazy.

[eharding]

take-good-care-of-the-forest-dewey said:

eharding said:

Mysterious small craft, presumably military, washes up on a Scottish Island? Does nobody remember "The Nightmare Man"?

Has anyone checked for radiation? Gruesome murders on the golf course? Bird watchers ending up as dinner? Has anyone phoned the coastguard station....and are the phones still even working?

Bloody hell....been trying to remember the name of this series. Scared the hell out of me as a kid. Wasn't the monster some alien looking thing in a flight suite that strode out of the water - turned out to be the pilot of some experimental aircraft or sub???

Must be 30dd years ago since I saw it so memory hazy.

First broadcast in 1981 - and it scared the crepe out of me as well at the time. Bought a copy on DVD a while back, and whilst the visual effects overlaid on some of the footage to mimic the heavy fog don't work well on today's TVs, if you squint a bit it's OK. The scene as they watch the photographs from the bird-watcher's tent with the audio cassette playing is still quite harrowing.

Edited - and yes, the pilot of the submersible had unfortunately torn out his brain implants when he got out of the craft, leaving behind the parts of the brain which deal with the rights and wrongs of snacking on the locals.

Edited by eharding on Wednesday 7th October 14:41

[take-good-care-of-the-forest-dewey]

eharding said:

take-good-care-of-the-forest-dewey said:

eharding said:

Mysterious small craft, presumably military, washes up on a Scottish Island? Does nobody remember "The Nightmare Man"?

Has anyone checked for radiation? Gruesome murders on the golf course? Bird watchers ending up as dinner? Has anyone phoned the coastguard station....and are the phones still even working?

Bloody hell....been trying to remember the name of this series. Scared the hell out of me as a kid. Wasn't the monster some alien looking thing in a flight suite that strode out of the water - turned out to be the pilot of some experimental aircraft or sub???

Must be 30dd years ago since I saw it so memory hazy.

First broadcast in 1981 - and it scared the crepe out of me as well at the time. Bought a copy on DVD a while back, and whilst the visual effects overlaid on some of the footage to mimic the heavy fog don't work well on today's TVs, if you squint a bit it's OK. The scene as they watch the photographs from the bird-watcher's tent with the audio cassette playing is still quite harrowing.

I'll have been 8 - no wonder it scared me so much. What was the 'monster'...was it a pilot?

[Gareth79]

eliot said:

Send it to Big Clive or Mike for a teardown

I assume the finder would become the owner if it's not recovered? It seems to still be afloat, but at the shoreline.

[snotrag]

Tankrizzo said:

I wonder if that's just the float or whether the actual sub bit is still attached.

The sub bit is on an 8m cord dangling underneath, so for it to get that far into a rockpool/crevice suggests the lowe half has become detached.


(Maybe there is a system for detaching the lower half once its finished its mission - no doubt the secret spy stuff would be in the bottom section too with the top just being the comms and solar panel/batteries...)

[poo at Paul's]

snotrag said:

(Maybe there is a system for detaching the lower half once its finished its mission - no doubt the secret spy stuff would be in the bottom section too with the top just being the comms and solar panel/batteries...)

That's what i reckon!

Who's your money on? Chinese? Ruskies? Or them Evil Geniuses, the USA!?

[ATG]

poo at Paul's said:

snotrag said:

(Maybe there is a system for detaching the lower half once its finished its mission - no doubt the secret spy stuff would be in the bottom section too with the top just being the comms and solar panel/batteries...)

That's what i reckon!

Who's your money on? Chinese? Ruskies? Or them Evil Geniuses, the USA!?

£1 on RN having another prang during sea trials. As with any good conspiracy, the fact that they've denied it just proves the point.

[anonymous-user]

If it is a Liquid Robotics Wave Glider, then I presume someone at the company (part of Boeing) will know exactly who was operating it / bought it etc.

Whether that information will ever be made public is another thing altogether

It is quite an interesting bit of kit

https://www.liquid-robotics.com/wave-glider/overvi...

[Iamnotkloot]

take-good-care-of-the-forest-dewey said:

eharding said:

Mysterious small craft, presumably military, washes up on a Scottish Island? Does nobody remember "The Nightmare Man"?

Has anyone checked for radiation? Gruesome murders on the golf course? Bird watchers ending up as dinner? Has anyone phoned the coastguard station....and are the phones still even working?

Bloody hell....been trying to remember the name of this series. Scared the hell out of me as a kid. Wasn't the monster some alien looking thing in a flight suite that strode out of the water - turned out to be the pilot of some experimental aircraft or sub???

Must be 30dd years ago since I saw it so memory hazy.

Marvellous, that was. Scared me as well! Although, I’d forgotten all about it until I read this thread.

[untakenname]

Ingenious way of propulsion using wave power to move forward, 2 knots is quite fast in the scheme of things.
https://www.boeing.com/resources/boeingdotcom/defe...

Seeing cartels already use submarines to transfer contraband I wouldn't put it past them to start using unmanned drones as well.

[Fundoreen]

some sort of electric sea scooter.latest chinese tat. Various people in government will be paid to suggest its a good idea to reduce ferry usage and they should be legalized.