Defense specialist encounters unidentified object ‘going faster than the speed of sound underwater’ while doing classified work on the Navy’s USS Hampton submarine

Satellites search for alien life on distant planets, but one scientist's strange encounter suggests we might want to look deeper into our own universe.

Bob McGuire, a professor at Virginia Tech and the Institute for Defense Analyzes, was conducting covert work on the submarine USS Hampton when he heard “something buzzing.”

Onboard sonar determined that the unidentified submerged object (USO) was moving through the water at faster than the speed of sound.

McGuire said such underwater speeds should have crushed the submarine, but he said it was as if it was standing still.

McGuire said he urged the Marine team to report the encounter, but they decided it would hamper the mission.

“When I left there with the knowledge in my head, I was not told to remain silent, nor was I told that it was confidential… I have the right to tell whoever I want.” “They messed it up,” McGuire said, noting that he would not discuss the secret work done on the submarine.

The bizarre incident occurred in the late 1990s, but McGuire recently posted the story on the UAP Society's YouTube channel, as he wanted to “break the whole thing wide open.”

The story has also resurfaced online, attracting the attention of many people on social media who are “wondering what it was about.”

McGuire would not share what he was doing on the Navy submarine, the location and depth at which it was due to classified information.

He said the clash lasted only a few seconds.

“We were on our way, and all of a sudden I heard a sound. It's really weird and obvious that something is coming off of us,” McGuire said.

The Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Hampton (SSN 767) is assigned to Submarine Squadron 11 in San Diego, California.

McGuire boarded the submarine from an undisclosed location and took a photo before heading into the depths of the sea.

The bizarre encounter happened in the late 1990s, but McGuire recently posted the story on the UAP Society's YouTube channel, wanting to “break the whole thing wide open.”

The USS Hampton is limited by how fast it can move due to the invulnerability of the water pressure in front of it, but the USO “exploded close” to the submarine.

McGuire said during a YouTube interview that “someone with knowledge of the submarine’s onboard systems” who was likely monitoring the sonar technology announced that something had passed the submarine at hypersonic speed.

Sound travels faster in water, about 3,330 miles per hour because the liquid is about 1,000 times denser than air.

The only man-made object that can compare is the Russian Shkval torpedo, but it can only reach speeds of 230 miles per hour.

The fastest marine animal is the sailfish, which can swim at 68 miles per hour.

Lehto said McGuire “has extensive experience in the Navy” and has done work in classified radio frequencies.

The USS Omaha photographed a circular object in 2016, which was making a controlled flight over the water for an extended period of time before finally entering the ocean.

McGuire also served as a high security clearance intelligence officer and earned a Ph.D. From Brown University.

While the account is bizarre, McGuire's statements echo a 2021 video showing US Navy personnel having a close encounter with an unidentified flying object (UFO).

The object was photographed by a camera aboard the USS Omaha as it sailed off the coast of San Diego in July 2019.

Two unidentified crew members can be heard exclaiming: “Wow, it's splashed,” after the ball made a controlled flight over the ocean, then splashed into the sea and disappeared under the water.

They filmed the object making a controlled flight over the water for a long period of time before finally entering the ocean.

Investigative filmmaker Jeremy Corbell shared the footage on Mystery wire.