Two Crab Boat Captains Filmed Something Off Alaska in 2009 — They Still Won't Say What

In 2009, two experienced Alaskan fishermen filmed a strange object moving through the waters of Cook Inlet for more than eight minutes. The massive, dark shape appeared to be nearly 200 feet long, while the water around it behaved in ways neither fisherman could explain. After reporting the sighting, the original tape reportedly disappeared, leaving behind a receipt, a degraded copy, and only about 90 seconds of surviving footage. Years later, both fishermen independently described the object's behavior with the same chilling words: “It was taking a sounding.” Was it an unknown creature, an unusual vessel, or something else entirely—and what was it actually measuring beneath the boat?