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Military encounters and government mysteries, case by case. Watch the investigation, compare the accounts, and follow the sources.

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Illustrative nineteenth-century frigate in a dark sea

Illustration · not evidence

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The captain saw a serpent.
His officer saw a fin.

HMS Daedalus, 1848. Two accounts of one encounter, with a detail that refuses to fit.

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TWO WAYS INTO THE CASE

The short versions.

YOUTUBE SHORT / 0:36

60-Foot Sea Serpent? Two Navy Officers Disagreed

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How the Navy Estimated a 60-Foot Sea Serpent in 1848

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