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GI0YEW > UFO 28.01.03 04:30l 60 Lines 2711 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: UFO Report - 5/6
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Sent: 030124/2048Z 45164@GB7HMI.#63.GBR.EU [Newtownards] FBB7.00g25 $:45164-GB7
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"GHOST SHIP" FOUND OFF
THE COAST OF AUSTRALIA
"Somewhere in the Indian Ocean, before the sun's
rays bounced off the waves on the third day of 2003,
something happened aboard the High Aim No. 6, a long-line
fishing boat."
"When the (Royal) Australian Navy came upon the 80-
foot vessel six days later, on (Thursday) January 9
(2003) it was drifting, on full throttle, the main gas
tank dry. The auxiliary fuel tanks, full, had not been
switched on. When the sailors boarded, they found 10
tons of valuable bonito tuna in the refrigerated hold."
"A partial carton of Marlboro cigarettes and a jar
of Nescafe were on the dash above the helm in the
wheelhouse, along with the captain's reading glasses.
The crew members' clothes and international documents
were neatly where they should be."
"But there was no crew. Vanished. Gone."
"What happened to the crew of the High Aim has
baffled Australian investigators and salty sea veterans,
as well as the residents" of Willie Creek, W.A. "in this
sparsely populated, far-off corner of Australia, who have
come to call it 'the ghost ship.'"
"The High Aim left Taiwan on October 31 (2002) with
a captain and engineer and sailed to Indonesia, where on
November 16 (2002) it picked up a crew of eight."
"The owner talked with his captain on (Monday)
December 16 (2002). It was the last known contact with
the boat."
"Every theory is quickly dashed on the shoals of
contradicting facts, and more questions surface."
"The first assumption was that the boat had belonged
to people smugglers. But for many reasons, that has been
discounted, officials said."
"Mutiny comes to mind. But there was no blood on
the boat and no other evidence of a struggle."
"The only thing that was missing was the high-
frequency radio. This suggests that someone did not want
the crew to radio for help. That suggests pirates. But
pirates would have taken the boat and the valuable tuna."
"If the crew did flee in a life raft, where are
they? The weather at sea" in the Indian Ocean "has been
calm for the past two weeks, so they could have rowed to
safety."
"'We wait with bated breath,' Australian Customs
Service official Paul McCoy said." (See the Duluth,
Minn. News-Tribune for January 18, 2003, "Australia
clueless about crewless boat," page 6A.)
(Editor's Comment: So here's the latest "mystery of the
sea," a mass crew disappearance similar to the Marie
Celeste in 1872 and the Joyita in 1955. Was the High Aim
crew abducted by a passing saucer? Or did they cross the
path of that fearsome sea phantom, the Flying Dutchman?
You decide, readers.)
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