| ID | #1623851434 |
| Added | Wed, 16/06/2021 |
| Author | July N. |
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| Status | Research
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Port Shepstone lifeguards are monitoring a mysterious situation in which "numerous" eyewitnesses reported an unidentified object falling into the sea, the National Institute of Maritime Rescue (NSRI) said on Sunday.
Eddie Noyons, the NSRI station commander at Shelly Beach, said eyewitnesses reported that an unidentified object, possibly a plane, crashed into the sea beyond the fault line off the shore of Port Shepstone High School. Police, rescue vessels and a fixed-wing aircraft were alerted to the scene for investigation.
"After a full-scale search in an area covering 12 square nautical miles, nothing was found." "There are no reports of activity in the area that may be related to this incident, and there are no reports of overdue or missing aircraft," Noyons said.
He said numerous eyewitnesses, including teachers and students attending high school sports events and other passers-by, including local fishermen, were convinced they saw the plane go into the water, including seeing an explosion of smoke and water. Interviews with witnesses revealed that some also reported seeing flames.
"Some reported seeing something, an unidentified object, splashing in the sea, causing a ripple effect," Noyons said.
Due to the large number of eyewitnesses with similar reports, it was assumed that the weather activity in the area at the time could give the impression that something had fallen into the sea.
"We will continue to monitor the situation, which remains a mystery," he said.
Original news
Location. Port Shepstone, Cape Town, South Africa Date: May 20 2006
Time: afternoon
Port Shepstone rescuers are monitoring a mysterious situation in which “numerous” eye-witnesses reported an unidentified object crashing into the sea, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said on Sunday. Eddie Noyons, NSRI Shelley Beach Station Commander, said eye-witnesses reported that an unidentified object, possibly an aircraft, had crashed into the sea behind the breaker line off-shore of the Port Shepstone High School. Police, rescue craft and a fixed wing aircraft were alerted to the scene to investigate. “Following a full scale search of the area covering 12 square nautical miles nothing has been found.” “There are no reports of activity in the area that may be related to this incident and there are no aircraft reported to be overdue or missing,” said Noyons.
He said numerous eye witnesses—including teachers and pupils attending a sports event at the high school and other by-standers including local fishermen—were convinced they had seen an aircraft go into the water, including seeing smoke and water exploding. Interviews with the witnesses revealed that some also reported seeing flames. “Some reported seeing something, an unidentified object, splash into the sea causing a ripple effect of waves,” Noyons said. Due to the number of eye-witnesses with similar reports, it was presumed that weather activity in the area at the time might have given the impression of something falling into the sea. “We will continue to monitor the situation which remains a mystery,” he said.
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