Posted on 11/24/2012 5:53:37 AM PST by Kartographer
Sandy Island was nowhere to be found when Australian scientists reached the South Pacific location where it appeared on Google Earth, nautical charts and world maps. "It raises all kinds of conspiracy theories," expedition member Steven Micklethwaite said, adding that the CIA is among the sources of the world coastline database. "It reminded me of the hypernatural island in the "Lost" TV series." The phantom Manhattan-size island in the Coral Sea was shown as Sandy Island on Google Earth, sized about 15 miles by three miles on Google Maps, and halfway between Australia and the French New Caledonia.
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Maybe it is like the inflatable island KAOS had in a episode of GET SMART>
http://www.ecoenquirer.com/levitating-islands.htm
:^)
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