Instances of missing aircraft and ships are no longer rare, but what is strange is that after disappearing for a period, they suddenly return completely intact. These planes and vessels, devoid of their crew, seem like souls returning to Earth from another Universe.
Mysterious Missing Planes and Ships Suddenly Return
In 1985, in the swamps of New Guinea, a two-engine passenger aircraft that had been missing for nearly half a century was discovered. What baffled investigators was that the plane looked as new as it did when it vanished, showing no signs of aging or distortion. The identification number on the aircraft was still clear and easy to read. This gleaming silver plane had disappeared 45 years prior while flying from Manila, Philippines to Mindanao. Inside the cabin, investigators found newspapers dated the third week of January 1937, on a Sunday.
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A military aviation expert team from Indonesia was dispatched to the scene. After examining the “as good as new” aircraft, they emerged pale and astonished. The supervising authority immediately ordered the area around the newly discovered plane to be sealed off.
Initially, when investigators first saw the aircraft, no one dared to believe their eyes. The exterior looked pristine, with the fuselage showing no signs of wear, shining like a mirror in the sunlight. Investigators thought the door would be rusty and difficult to open, but to their surprise, the doorknob turned easily, opening quietly without a creak.
Inside the cabin, there were no living or dead passengers. However, paper cups, cigarette butts, and newspapers from 1937 remained unyellowed, as if someone had just been sitting in the aircraft. An ashtray contained a fragrant cigarette package that had been popular in the 1930s but ceased production during World War II. The clothing styles and hairstyles in the newspapers also belonged to the period of economic crisis and depression in America. Even the thermos still held hot coffee, and its aroma had not faded.
What astonished investigators the most was the aircraft’s condition. The battery was fully charged, and all it took was to flip the switch for the lights to turn on. The fuel tank was nearly full. All these findings sent chills down the spines of the investigators.
The aircraft appeared to have made an emergency landing on its wheels, conveniently touching down on soft ground in the swamp, thus sustaining no damage and capable of flying again just as it did 50 years ago. Scientists continue to investigate the mystery of how this long-lost aircraft suddenly reappeared.
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Records indicate that similar events occurred in the 1960s. An American bomber on April 4, 1946, prompted a search effort by the US Air Force across a 500 km area where it was lost, but to no avail. Unexpectedly, in 1962, the aircraft reappeared just a few hundred meters from the airport. The radio equipment aboard was intact. Based on the analysis of the equipment, it seemed that the plane had just landed that same afternoon, surprising everyone that it had been missing for 17 years.
On a clear day in 1984, five American military aircraft suddenly appeared on a beach in Northern Mexico. The fuselages were still shiny, and the fuel tanks were full, yet the planes were completely empty of crew. American experts believe that all five aircraft had been missing since 1945 in the Bermuda Triangle. However, this remains a topic of debate, as some assert that the reappearance of the long-lost aircraft is an undeniable reality.
As for ships that have returned after going missing, the discovery of the “RaDahama” in August 1935 at coordinates 37 degrees 37′ North and 51 degrees 55′ East is particularly famous. When the merchant ship “Astich” found RaDahama, it was completely deserted. What shocked the captain and crew of the “Astich” was that when they departed from England, the captain of the Italian ship “Ricosca” had told them that he had seen the “RaDahama” sink in the Atlantic Ocean before July.
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Over 100 years ago, in the Atlantic Ocean, another ship that had been missing for many years was discovered: the Meri Sairaista. When it was found, there was no crew on board, but valuable items such as gold, silver, and diamonds remained untouched. The lifeboats and other equipment were intact, and even leftovers from meals were still on the table. What happened to the people on that ship?
In early 1990, the two-masted sailboat “Durixis”, which had been missing for 24 years, suddenly reappeared on a deserted beach near the city of Caracat in Venezuela. The three sailors discovered in 1990 were astonished. They had set sail from Aroba Island on January 6, 1966. Unexpectedly, while they were catching a large fish weighing 110 kg, a storm hit. Everyone hurried to take cover from the wind, unaware that the storm would last for 24 years.
