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Local author exposes Cold War cover-up
Panama City News Herald ^
| May 7, 2007
| David Angier
Posted on 05/07/2007 5:09:13 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: colorado tanker
I saw something on maybe The History Channel. I thought that they were pretty sure that it was hit by a torpedo. They were able to say that because of the wreckage, but mostly by reports of sonar data that were later obtained. I thought that the commonly accepted theory was that it was hit by one of its own torpedoes.
The explanation was that the torpedo was armed and its propulsion system malfunctioned. The prop was spinning in the torpedo tube and it had to fired in order to avoid an on board explosion. There were several high ranking naval officers, in uniform, offering this explanation. I thought that it sounded pretty far fetched. I'm not a conspiracy guy. However, if there was evidence that it was hit by a torpedo and the intent was to cover up an act of war. What other story could you tell?
To: RaceBannon
I was on subs in the 80’s...i always heard this as a rumor...never knew anything for certain.
To: Tallguy
My main source on this is Blind Man’s Bluff also, but it’s been a few years since I read it. An outstanding read - highly recommended. My recollection is the Scorpion chapter was well researched and documented.
To: outofstyle
I read somewhere that Bob Ballard was given the funds for his deep see explorations to find the Scorpion. I think that they know exactly what killed it and her crew.
Then Ballard went and found the Titanic with the same gear.
To: El Gran Salseron
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posted on
05/07/2007 6:04:04 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: mylife
There is nothing new in this story that hasn’t been published before.
I wonder about the author’s credibility because the Scorpion wasn’t sunk in the Med. It was sunk off of the Azores in the Atlantic. The “listening station” in Newfoundland gave detailed accounts of what happened. It was sailing East when the loudest explosion was heard, not West as it should have been. The depth, if I remember correctly, was 400 ft. Well, now I don’t know. The other depth that comes to mind is 150.
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posted on
05/07/2007 6:12:04 PM PDT
by
El Gran Salseron
(The World-Famous, popular DJ and FReeper Canteen Certified, Equal-Opportunity, Male-Chauvinist-Pig!)
To: colorado tanker
Medit is a journalists’ error, I bet.
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posted on
05/07/2007 6:15:26 PM PDT
by
Shermy
To: El Gran Salseron
Thats the way I recall it but 150 ft?
Any thing could have happened playing cat and mouse
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posted on
05/07/2007 6:16:13 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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posted on
05/07/2007 6:19:46 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: mylife
400 was my initial thought so is probably more accurate.
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posted on
05/07/2007 6:20:05 PM PDT
by
El Gran Salseron
(The World-Famous, popular DJ and FReeper Canteen Certified, Equal-Opportunity, Male-Chauvinist-Pig!)
To: Tailgunner Joe
I see that no one has gotten to the real reason: Bush’s Fault
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posted on
05/07/2007 6:20:42 PM PDT
by
feedback doctor
(Hate is not a Family Value; It's a liberal value)
To: El Gran Salseron
Wierd thing. I ran into my old Master Chief at IHOP sunday
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posted on
05/07/2007 6:20:54 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: El Gran Salseron
I would think so since 60 has you looking out the window
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posted on
05/07/2007 6:25:59 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: feedback doctor
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posted on
05/07/2007 6:28:27 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Tailgunner Joe
“Offley said the government can, and probably will, refute his findings.’
I don’t think Offley understands what ‘refute’ means.
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posted on
05/07/2007 6:31:25 PM PDT
by
gcruse
To: mylife
I ran into the guy who used to be the Chief Sonarman on one of the boatS I served on. I had just started working in a shipyard where he was already working.
I was standing behind him and asked, “How are you doing this morning, Chief?” He started to answer without turning around and got about halfway through a sentence then recognized my voice. He spit coffee all over the place, threw his coffee cup away and gave me a big bear hug. ROFL
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posted on
05/07/2007 6:33:26 PM PDT
by
El Gran Salseron
(The World-Famous, popular DJ and FReeper Canteen Certified, Equal-Opportunity, Male-Chauvinist-Pig!)
To: El Gran Salseron
Its a small world after all L0L
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posted on
05/07/2007 6:35:19 PM PDT
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mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Tailgunner Joe
The Scorpions wreckage was found months later in the Mediterranean Sea. A board of inquiry reviewed available information and concluded that it didnt know what caused the sinking. Must be a different Scorpion. The U.S. one was found south of the Azores.
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posted on
05/07/2007 6:44:00 PM PDT
by
Non-Sequitur
(Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
To: Tailgunner Joe
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posted on
05/07/2007 6:50:00 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: colorado tanker
Scorpion was found well into the Atlantic, not the Med. My BS detector is going off. Well Panama City News Herald writer David Angier screw that...
The guy with the Russian did it theory, Ed Offley get's it right on his own web site
..."More than five months later, the Scorpion's wreckage was found on the ocean floor, two miles deep in the Atlantic."
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posted on
05/07/2007 7:08:15 PM PDT
by
tophat9000
(Al-Qaidacrats =A new political party combining the anti American left and the anti Semite right)
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