Death ship, as many would call it. The SS Ourang Medan is one of the biggest mysteries in the 20th century. There is only a little bit of evidence we know about the SS Ourang Medan’s history. The actual incident was one of the most bizarre and shocking events in human history. There are many different theories about the event. Some seem realistic, while others are just filled with imagination. In order to understand the incident of the SS Ourang Medan, one needs to know it’s background, the event, and the different theories surrounding this ship. There have been two different accounts of when and where the incident actually happened. The story first appeared in a Dutch-Indonesian newspaper. According to the newspaper, the date of the incident …show more content…
Was it just a cover-up? There are no official records that prove the SS Ourang Medan ever existed. Although the Silver Star was real, records have proven that it was sailing the coast of Brazil at the time. Researchers think that the SS Ourang Medan was actually a smuggling ship to carry dangerous gases and bioweapons made by the Japanese. Many believe this theory as the second world war had just ended. The Japanese had a secret research base called Unit 731. It was used to create the most dangerous chemical and biological weapons. They would test the chemical and biological weapons on prisoners of war. Maybe it was Unit 731 that was smuggled onto the Dutch ship, trying to go unnoticed. Seawater could have entered the ship, causing the dangerous gases to react, killing everyone on the ship. A contradicting fact is that the crew of the Silver Star never faced any harm from the supposed gases on the ship. Another theory about the incident is the subject surrounding paranormal activity. The crew of the SS Ourang Medan may have been attacked by extraterrestrials. The dead had a pose of something was going to happen to them. Their eyes were open wide, and their arms were reaching up towards something unknown. Was it extraterrestrials, or was it just from a natural cause? Methane bubbles could of bubbled up from a fissure on the seafloor and poisoned the crew. An unobserved fire or failure in the boiler room may have caused all of the deaths. Carbon monoxide from the boiler room could of leaked out causing the deaths of the crew, eventually igniting the explosion. The most confusing part of this incident is why there are 2 dates surrounding the event. In 1954, a German booklet was written by Otto Mielke. He seemed to know a lot about the SS Ourang Medan. The book was called Das Totenschiffin der Sudsee. Otto Mielke
It was July 30th around 11:30 at night. Hashimoto, the captain of the I-58 Japanese submarine climbed up on the bridge. He picked up binoculars. Hashimoto saw a ship because the moon was behind it and gave the order to dive. Hashimoto was very concerned that it was a destroyer ship coming to attack the submarine. Hashimoto could not get a good look at the Indianapolis because it was not zigzagging.
...ade it difficult to access the beach and also targets of opportunity for the airstrikes from the fighters and bombers of the Japanese. Many things were learned about operating in an island jungle environment. Neither side was prepared to deal with the numerous tropical diseases’ that were running rampant on both sides. The medical supplies that the marines were using and the availability of medicine was inefficient and led to numerous deaths that could have been prevented had there been adequate medicine and treatments available.
The second theory is that the cause of the explosion was an electrical conductor. The “doping compound” that was used to prevent the hydrogen from heating up was extremely flammable. On the night before the Hindenburg was landing their was an electrical storm, and the surface of the ship became electrically charged. Engineers had already planned for this however, they attached mooring lines, ropes, that would go down to the ground and take the static charge to the ground with them as the ship landed. There were, however, panels that remained charged. Eventually, this built-up electricity inside the remaining panels took the form of a spark. Since the charged panels were covered with the doping compound's highly reactive metal powders, this spark caused them to ignite and burn very rapidly.
British Petroleum (“BP”) is the company that is being blamed for the incident. Employing 80,000 people, BP is an international oil company that puts different technology to use for finding oil and gas under the Earth’s surface. One of the oilrigs, Deepwater Horizon has drilled 35,000 ft. making it to be the deepest drilling of oil and gas (Walsh). Deepwater Horizon was drilling in the Gulf of Mexico about 52 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip. After the explosion, helicopters searched for 11 crewmembers that reported missing. 17 people were injured (BP Internal Investigation Team). A day later, the rig was found upside down (BP Oil Spill Timeline). The cost to clean up the damage is approximately $760 million (Walsh).
The My Lai Massacre of 1968 was a horrific blemish of brutality on America’s past. During this massacre, a company of American soldiers callously massacred the majority of the South Vietnamese hamlet of My Lai civilians, including women, children, and elderly. To this day, it remains unclear precisely how many South Vietnamese lives were taken during the massacre, but it was estimated to be as many as 500 civilians. (My Lai Cover-up Attempt) Higher-ranking U.S. Army officers covered up the events at My Lai and downplayed the fatalities among other soldiers. After a year of silence, a soldier knowledgeable of the My Lai event, searched to find justice for the South Vietnamese who were murdered by revealing the brutality of the American company. This act sparked a surge of intercontinental outrage and brought specific investigation to the issue. In 1970, only one of the fourteen officers charged with misconducts associated to the dealings of My Lai was
Tobin, Thomas G., Lt Col, Laehr, Arthur E. Lt. Col., and Higenberg, John F. Lt. Col. USAF, , Last Flight From Saigon, ed. LT. COL. Lavalle, A.J.C. USAF Southeast Asia Monograph Series Volume IV Monograph 6, 1978
We may never know what lays beyond our night sky. It may be nothing, or our Government may be hiding everything from us, perhaps our President is behind these cases as well. This is the mystery that will trouble us for generations, but using evidence such as the LA shooting back in World War II, It is easy to gleam that: Aliens, Do, Exist.
Although there are still questions that remain unanswered, the evidence so far uncovered and released to the public points to careless indifference to the innocent lives being endangered for political, and financial gain by decisions made by those in power. This can only lead to one conclusion: that the primary responsibility for the sinking and loss of life is not with Germany but rather with the British Admiralty and the Cunard Company.
Engineers and scientists began trying to find what went wrong almost right away. They studied the film of the take-off. When they studied the film, they noticed a small jet of flame coming from inside the casing for one of the rocket boosters. The flame got bigger and bigger. It started to touch a strut that connected the booster to the big fuel tank attached to the space shuttle. About two or three seconds later, hydrogen began leaking from the gigantic fuel tank. About seventy-two seconds after take-off, the hydrogen caught on fire and the booster swung around. That punctured the fuel tank, which caused a big explosion.
...what they thought was an alien ship, but alien bodies as well. Among these is Lt. Col. Albert L. Duran, who admitted seeing
The tragedy consisting of rape, murder, and looting will never disappear from the city or its inhabitants. Thanks to John Rabe and several others, thousands of Chinese were able to survive. The history of the massacre is slowly dying, but because of books and museums, the history lives on. The Japanese have not repaired Nanjing or educated their own country about their own mistakes. The Japanese still refuse to believe that the massacre even occurred, even though there are pictures of the event and vital proof.
Norman, Albert, ‘Review: Panzer Leader’, The American Historical Review 58, no. 4 (1953), pp. 918-920.
Although the definite cause of the explosion still remains a mystery, the death of the members on board of the USS Maine persists to live on, marking the end of a new beginning.
After the accident, a full-scale investigation was launched by the United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). It concluded that the accident was caused by metal fatigue exacerbated by crevice corrosion, the corrosion is exacerbated by the salt water and the age of the aircraft was already 19 years old as the plane operated in a salt water environment.
Mitscherlich, Meilk Doctor of infamy: the story of the nazi medical crimes. New York: Schuman, 1949; xxii-xxv