An intriguing piece of footage circulating online purportedly shows an eerie glowing object that a research vessel spotted submerged in the Gulf of Mexico. The puzzling encounter is said to have unfolded in late February and came to light this week by way of an individual who shared a detailed account of the incident on Reddit. According to the witness, who claimed to be a worker on the vessel, the ship had been "chartered by a group of scientists from a college in Florida" for the purpose of "studying bioluminescence." During the excursion, the researchers noticed an unusual glow off in the distance and headed out toward the illumination for a closer look. 

The vessel eventually reached the mysterious glow and "hovered directly on top of it," however the scientists observing the oddity were flummoxed as to what it could have been. That said, the witness noted that they quickly ruled out "bioluminescent phytoplankton" as the source of the illumination. The worker went on to indicate that the deployment of an underwater camera proved futile as "this object producing the light did not have a physical shape that we could detect" and it was also "invisible to our sonar." Based on the stationary nature of the illumination, they surmised that it must have been sitting "on the bottom of the ocean" at a depth of around 60 feet.

After several hours trying to decipher the nature of the object for several hours, the witness said, the scientists eventually ventured off to a different site, though the illumination was still visible as they departed the scene. Lending credence to their fantastic account, the worker shared a handful of videos and photos (seen above) that were said to have been taken during the alleged incident. Ultimately, the witness asserted that the researchers could not explain the curious glow, though one imagines that skeptics will suggest that the USO might have been the light from a downed vessel or buoy. What do you think the researchers encountered in the Gulf of Mexico? Weigh in with your thoughts at the C2C Facebook page.