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This section contains descriptions of unexplained facts provided by eyewitnesses or published in the media, as well as the results of their analysis by the group.

Ghost. Australia

ID	#1526475175
Added	Wed, 16/05/2018
Author	July N.
Sources	thinkaboutitdocs.com Fort 637; Anatomy 12
Phenomena	Ghost
Status	Hypothesis

Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness

Incident date:

11.06.1881 04:00

Location:

Между Мельбурном и Сиднеем в море

Australia

Two sons of the Prince of Wales, took a cruise on Board "La Bacchante" when an object resembling a fully lighted Ghost ship was seen ahead. He observed two men within two minutes.

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Original news

The two sons of the Prince of Wales, one of them the future king of England, were cruising aboard “La Bacchante” when an object resembling a fully lighted ship was seen “a phantom vessel all aglow”. One object was observed by two male witnesses on the ocean for two minutes.

Hypotheses

List of versions containing features matching the eyewitness descriptions or material evidence

Mirage

Optical phenomenon in which the air in the result of the refraction of light rays in addition to items in their true position, see their virtual images in the direct, inverted or severely distorted.

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Inferior Mirage occurs when a large vertical temperature gradient (drop it with the height) over a superheated flat surface, often desert or paved road. Usually this "puddle" on asphalte or sand.