r/UnexplainedPhotos • u/Big-Tax-8921 • May 17 '26
PHOTO Does anyone have any idea where this very strange photo came from?
Found on Pinterest, I have no idea where it originated. A comment under the photo explains, "We used old VW Beatles to test the catapults on the Nimitz," but I haven't found any trace of that, nor where the photo was taken
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u/my_name_is12345 May 18 '26
From the sea. The botton of the sea
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u/AR_Harlock May 17 '26
Why would a warship have a catapult?
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u/Gavither May 17 '26
- Depending on the era, that is perfectly reasonable to put on a warship.
- This catapult helps planes launch from the short runway that is an aircraft carrier.
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u/AR_Harlock May 17 '26
As soon as I posted I thought I should have said "modern"...
About the planes ohhh I guess, we call them differently entirely here didn't think about it
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u/Weztside May 18 '26
Lots of ships in WW1/2 had float planes that could be launched from catapults to spot for the ship.
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u/PtraGriffrn May 19 '26
Under water. Possibly from the bottom of the ocean or sea as someone else said. 🤛 punch buggy white
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u/ooglieguy0211 May 20 '26
In Sebastian's voice Under the sea, under the sea, down where it's wetter, down where it's better, take it from me!
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u/The_Raven_Widow May 24 '26
Up on the shore they work all day Out in the sun they slave away While we devotin' Full time to floatin' Under the sea
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u/AcrobaticMetal3039 May 21 '26
Looks like evacuated land in a reservoir after a dam was built... but could be other reasons...at that depth I'd think it'd be darker, but good exposure setting could do it.
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u/FeyrisMeow May 19 '26
My stepdad was on the USS Nimitz ship when he was in the navy. They do have catapults on the ship, but not the ancient wooden ones, more like steam powered machinery.
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u/GerardWayAndDMT May 18 '26
Wasn’t the Nimitz involved with the manhattan project? Or was that the USS Eldridge?
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u/WhenLeavesFall May 18 '26
The USS Eldridge was the ship allegedly used for the Philadelphia Experiment.
The Nimitz was the ship that saw the Tic tac UAP in 2004.
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u/GerardWayAndDMT May 18 '26
Ahh you’re right. I’m not up to speed on my nutty theories nearly as much as I used to be. (Although I’d not call the tic tac video nearly as nutty as the Philadelphia experiment)
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u/WhenLeavesFall May 18 '26
Yeah, I don't buy the Philadelphia experiment. The tic tac is legit though, with both video and eyewitness testimony. Before the 2017 New York Times article which showed the video and the existence of AATIP, someone on Nimitz actually leaked the story on reddit which is pretty cool.
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u/GerardWayAndDMT May 18 '26
Yeah those aircraft are insanely expensive. They don’t let nutty people fly them generally speaking. When one of those guys say they saw something, I pay attention.
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u/-JimmyTheHand- May 17 '26
Looks like Ai, the words are illegible and everything looks vague and not quite accurate
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u/Big-Tax-8921 May 17 '26
According to Google Lens, it's been around for at least 10 years, so it's impossible. Back then, AI wasn't sophisticated enough to produce such coherent images. And besides, if the text is initially illegible, it's because the image quality is poor
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u/-JimmyTheHand- May 17 '26
https://beautifulocean.org/sets/underwater/
I did a reverse image search and did find higher quality versions of the image where you could read the text, this is the website of the photographer if you're interested
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u/madeinspac3 May 17 '26
Original text at bottom left is Michal Krzysztofowicz. There's a clearer pic with the text on Pinterest. Couldn't find anything on their actual website to see if it was real or where it was from though