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A 400-foot ship is concealed in Antarctic ice
satellite-image interpretationEvidence status
Unverified visual interpretation
The reporting documents a shape-based interpretation, not an inspected vessel or authenticated wreck discovery. Resemblance in remote imagery alone cannot establish a ship.
Editorial assessment of this proposition; not a numeric confidence score.
Claim or proposition being examined
MrMBB333 interpreted a ship-shaped feature visible in Google Earth imagery near Antarctica as an approximately 400-foot ice ship.
Limitations
Preserves the original claim’s approximate size; no coordinate-level geological verification performed. Distinct from the South Georgia crash-track UFO.
Catalog review date reported: 2026-10-28. This is inherited catalog metadata, not a new verification of the linked source.
Original material
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Sources and what they support
Links document the record, the claim’s circulation, an assessment, or reuse terms as labeled. A source link is not automatically corroboration.
- claim provenancehttps://www.ibtimes.co.uk/google-earth-user-spots-frozen-ship-surface-icy-antarctica-terrain-1681811
- assessment or corroborating documentationhttps://www.techtimes.com/articles/251689/20200810/ice-ship-found-near-antarctica-via-google-map-claimed-to-be-a-capsized-boat.htm
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