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An expert in magnetic surveys told Gele? the readings from that area near the island was too strong to be a ship-iyfeck, adding the signal is one of the strongest magnetic anamolies he had ever seen.
Using equipment such as a side scan sonar and a position plotter, Gele' and his crew made several surveys of the area and discovered numerous objects, all aligned either north-south or east-west, extending upward from the silt on the sea bottom.
Divers from his ship searched the bottom with compasses, some 20 feet down, but were unable to pinpoint any structure.
With his information, Gele? applied for a state permit to conduct archeological studies in the area to confirm his beliefs, a permit which would have made him eligible for state and federal grants for the project.
The I/)uisiana Archeological Society did not feel Gele? had enough information to merit a permit, however, and denied him authority to search the sea bottom.
Now he is running out of personal funds and is finding it difficult to continue his search for the underwater city.
?I find myself in a chicken-or-the-egg situation,? Gele' told the diving club.
?If I don?t get a permit, I cannot touch the walls. If I don?t get part of the wall as proof, I cannot get a permit,? he explained.
He showed a number of photographic slides depicting sonar readings and satellite photographs, explaining that white areas behind the many rectangular and square objects in the photos represented shadows.
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He said one of the squares is 10 feet around sticking nine feet out of the silt, a rectangle is 20 feet by 30 feet ap-vproximately extending one-half foot from the bottom, and a ?wall? 80 feet long extends some nine feet from the silt.
He also pointed out a number of lines _ which he believes are stone walls running parellel to each other.
?We believe these are remnants of buildings and walls,? Gele? said Thursday.
?Dr. David Zinc, author of ?Stones Of Atlantis? and ?Megalithic Stones,? said this is a very important archeological find,? he continued.
?This is the strangest image the size of a house,? Gele? explained, pointing to a large shadow on the movie screen.
?Here we have this 20-foot by 30-foot structure in the middle of nowhere. We intend to map and locate all of these objects,? he added.
Gele? said with the October, 1979 launching of Magsat, photographs taken of the Chandeleur Islands which are presently being studied may present a clears- image of the city.
?Perhaps one of the most significant finds we have discovered in our sonar readings is a pyramidal structure some 30 feet tall,? Gele? said.
?As crazy as it sounds, we have a city south of here buried in the sound,? he told the (livers.
?Basically, we need your help. I have talked to a lot of people in the past seven years, and I feel we can approach this from a highly technological viewpoint,?? he continued.
?I need remote equipment and handheld aonar for divers,? he added.
Gele' said he has the geometric
GEORGE L. GELE? location of the city, but each time he gets near finding his ?Atlantis,? weather or other difficulties arise which prevent divers from searching the waters.
?One day we went out on a Saturday, but darkness caused us to cancel for the ; day. We boated out to the site the next day, but 12 foot waves prevented divers 1? from going in the water,? Gele? said.
Another time Gele? said he had a buoy 20 feet from the center of the magnetic signals, but before divers could descend the boat captain threw the vessel in full reverse and the buoy was sucked into the propellers.
Gele? told the divers Thursday he has re-applied for a permit and should receive word of its status ?within days.?	j"
One of the divers told Gele?, ?If you I find the stuctures and drop anchors, we will have the divers ready.?
?That is what I am here for...looking for bodies,? Gele? said.
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