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Some of you are going to wonder, like I did, if there was a missile associated with it. Kind of bizarre for something around 90 feet long not to be reported by the ship that lost it....
Posted on 12/29/2007 4:27:35 PM PST by af_vet_rr
Experts are trying to identify a huge metal container that has been washed up on a beach in the Western Isles.
The tank, which is 27m high, has no markings and is thought to have fallen from a ship before being washed up on the west of Benbecula.
It was discovered by a dog walker on Poll Na Crann beach - known locally as Stinky Bay - near Griminish.
Stornoway Coastguard is using two numbers on the container to try to find out where the item has come from.
Alasdair MacEachen, assistant director of environmental services at Comhairle nan Eilean Siar told BBC Scotland: "It's certainly generated a fair bit of interest with people walking on the beach or just travelling along the road, because you can actually see it from the main road along the west side of Benbecula.
"It would be standing almost 30m tall and really looks pretty much like a silo. I think it's a bulk storage tank of some sort, possibly for storing some liquids."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Not really. “Washed overboard. Presumed sunk.”
Paging Mr. Kuchinich, we found your mother ship....
Why don’t they open it?
It has flanges for mounting it vertically? Is that a valve in the center? hmmmmmmm.....
-—careful —maybe it’s the “Thing”—
planet of the apes?
I suspect a bit of sensationalism as I find it interesting that no photos are included of the other end.
Yeah - my first thought was this thing was made to be mounted vertically. Probably going to turn out to be something simple and industrial related, and like 1rudeboy, it washed over and was probably presumed lost (obviously it’s lightweight - a good storm with a lot of wind could have taken something that lightweight and with such a large surface mass right off of a ship).
Looks like the bottom is toward us. Clicked on the link, but didn’t see any of the other end.
Could have come from a rig instead of a ship. Looks in too good of shape to be something washed away by Katrina.
Looks like something a sub would have attached to the upper hull to covertly transport equipment.
LOL! Time for Paul and Kookinich to return.
That’s obviously a Transformer (more than meets the eye!) egg.
did it fall from a North Korean vessel?
The real question is, where are the other 5579?
Why didn’t someone call the police and have them investigate?
One of the Loch Ness monster’s coffee cans
I’m probably not supposed to say this but that is an ion discharge nozzle. Not from a sub, but an orbital vehicle.
There is a pic of a dairy cow on it.
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