Island in Pacific Ocean disappeared, CIA to blame?

A team of Australian scientists found themselves sailing through what appeared on charts as a large island during a research trip in the South Pacific.

Sandy Island – according to Google Earth, world maps, marine charts and scientific publications – lies in the Coral Sea, between northern Australia and the French territory of New Caledonia.

Except that it doesn’t, as the scientists discovered – or undiscovered – during their recent 25-day voyage. Where the island was marked on maps they found only deep blue ocean – very deep, as it turned out.



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