Mystery Ship Sails Into Nuclear Testing Zone
(N Z.P A -Reuter—Copyright)
HONOLULU, July 5 A mysterious vessel, falsely acknowledging Coast Guard Identification. has been seen in the Pacific nuclear test sone. The contact was made by the Coast Guard tender Ironwood at 2 am. last Friday. A few hours later, another Coast Guard cutter. Matagorda, made a definite sonar finding of an unidentified submarine, United Press International reported The sighting was made known in Honolulu late yesterday Two Neptune antisubmarine patrol planes had been sent immediately to the area, but a Navy spokesman
refused to reveal what they reported A spokesman for the Joint Task Force 8. controlling the nuclear tests. said the results of the investigation had been sent to Washington The two United States Coast Guard cutters were shadowing the pacifist ketch, Everyman 11, which was sailing to the zone in protest at nuclear testing. The crew of Everyman II saw the lights of the mysterious vessel, as did the Ironwood. The Ironwood thought the ship was the Matagorda and received an answer to a challenge Later it was found the Matagorda was 90 miles away at the time. The mystery ship was last seen heading into the test zone.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29867, 6 July 1962, Page 11
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