Plane that disappeared in Bermuda Triangle in 1945 lands in Florida, crew members remember nothing

 

One of a group of five Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bombers that disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle on December 5, 1945, mysteriously reappeared this morning at the Patrick Air Force Base in Brevard, Florida.

Around 7:15 AM this morning, a single-engine propeller aircraft arrived in the vicinity of the United States Air Force restricted flight zone and used an abandoned military radio frequency to demand permission to land on the installation.

The pilot ignored several warnings from the tower operators, insisting that his obsolete aircraft was a military vehicle belonging to the U.S. Air Force.

The craft was finally escorted to the airfield by two F-14 jet fighters and landed on the airfield under close scrutiny.

The base’s security staff was extremely surprised to see two disoriented old men wearing WW2 uniforms come out of the cockpit, visibly confused.

According to U.S. Air Force spokesman, Colonel James Miller, the two men claimed to be have disappeared in 1945 and have no memory of what happened to them over the last 75 years.

“They asked us if the war with Japan was over and who had won. These old guys seemed visibly confused.”

Colonel Miller says the men’s fingerprints and teeth seem to match the military records of the men they claim to be, Lt. James Monroe and Captain David Smith Jr., but they seem to be much younger than they should.

“They look around 65 years old when they should be over 110 years old. It’s as if they had gotten lost in a type of warp zone where time is slowed.”

Both men will undergo a thorough medical examination and interrogation to try and determine the veracity of their story and what may have happened to them.

Colonel Miller says the aircraft is authentic and the crew’s story seems legitimate, but the U.S. Air Force will open an investigation to try and determine what really happened to them and their lost comrades in 1945.

The aircraft was authenticated as one of five planes part of Flight 19 which disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle in December 1945.

Flight 19 was taking part in routine navigation and combat training exercises in TBM-type aircraft when they lost radio contact and disappeared.

None of the planes were ever found, and another craft even disappeared while searching for them.

Unfortunately, the two men seem to have no memory of what happened to them during their ordeal, so the mystery remains total concerning the fate of the other aircrafts.

‘We Ate Only Once In Two Days, Defecated In The Same Place We Slept’ – Kankara Schoolboys

Some students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State have narrated their ordeal in the hands of their abductors.

The schoolboys returned to Katsina on Friday after being with their abductors since December 11.

They met with Governor Aminu Masari at the State House.

One of them told the news media that they were served mainly cassava and at irregular times.

“Sometimes it took two days before we ate in the bush,” the student said.

Another boy said they were made to defecate in the same place where they slept.

“In the night, the place where we sleep is the place we also defecate,” he said, adding “It is only in terms of security that we have problem. The school is far from the town so before the police and army could come, they had taken us away.”

The student said he was very happy when they arrived at the Katsina Government House.

Couple Married For 72 Years Die, Buried Same Day

 Pa Israel Akojede and his wife Esther Akojede who were married for 72 years and died few hours apart have been buried at the Apostolic Faith Church Cemetery, Ijeja in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital.

The couple died on October 30 at Gbonagun in Obantoko area of Abeokuta.  Pa Israel was 103 years at the time of his death while his wife who died shortly after receiving the news of her husband’s passing was aged 98.

Delivering a sermon on Friday at the funeral service for the couple at Apostolic Faith Church, Ogun Regional Headquarters, Abeokuta, Rev. Folorunsho Ajayi admonished couples to always pray together and believe in one another.

The oldest child of the late couple Joseph Akojede told NAN after the interment that his parents were loving, caring and prayer warriors.

“They were both great in life and in death. They were parents to all and not only the biological ones. They both exhibited parental care and were friends to all,” he said.

The first grandson Olanrewaju Akojede said he was grateful for the love and support he received from his grandparents.

 

Xenophobia: South Africa Shuts Down High Commission In Nigeria

The South Africa High Commission in Nigeria has shut down its offices and consulate for fear of reprisal attacks by youths.

Acting High Commissioner, Bobby Moroe, said on Thursday that he had directed the mission to suspend all consular activities until the situation improved.

The closure comes amidst attacks on businesses of South African origin in several parts of the country.
“I directed that the Mission should be closed until the situation improves. We heard that South Africans were being pulled out of vehicles and attacked. We feel unsafe and that is why I directed that the mission should close down until further notice,” Mr Moroe said.

The Federal Government’s envoy will on Thursday arrive Pretoria to speak with President Cyril Ramaphosa on the xenophobic attacks on foreigners in South Africa, especially Nigerians.
Meanwhile, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Muhammad Bello, has called on residents of the territory, especially students and youths, not to carry out retaliatory attacks on South African nationals and business interests in the FCT.
Bello, in a statement by his media aide, Anthony Ogunleye, said the Federal Government was already exploring diplomatic channels to address the issue, appealing that residents should allow the efforts to succeed.

He added that the South African business interests in the FCT were set up in partnership with Nigerian investors and were contributing to the economic development of the city.

“Attacking or vandalising them will ultimately have negative economic consequences for the Nigerian economy and employees of those organisations,” he said.

The minister also assured South African nationals and business interests of their safety, adding that it was the pleasure of the administration to have them living and working in the FCT.

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Only Nnamdi Kanu And IPOB Speaks for Igbos in Nigeria – Pastor Chris Okafor

The general overseer of the Mountain of Miracles and Liberation Ministries during his Sunday ministration said that we should be thanking God for a man Like Nnamdi Kanu.

We Should Be Giving Thanks To The Leader Of IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu And Not Attacking His Group IPOB.

Without Nnamdi Kanu And IPOB’s Courage, Determination And Strength, The South-East Would Have Been Enslaved And Overrun By The Fulani’s.

“Nnamdi Kanu Is A Genius And A True Leader Whose Sole Purpose Is The Well-being, Betterment And Safety Of Ndigbo. Is It Too Much To Ask For Equal Shares Of What Other Regions Get From The Federal Government?

“We Don’t Have Good Roads, No Adequate Hospitals, The Only International Airport We Have In The South-East Was Shut Down, Even The Second Niger Bridge Is Taking Years To Build Because Its Just A Political Project Just For Formality.

“And The Worse Part Is, No Igbo Leader Or Governor Is Doing Anything To Better The Lives And Future Of Ndigbo, Only Nnamdi Kanu And IPOB Has The Tenacity To Speak Against The Injustice And Marginalisation Of Ndigbo In Nigeria.

But Some of The So-called Igbo Leaders And The Federal Government Wants To Still Kill Nnamdi Kanu And They Even Proscribed His Group, For What Reason?

For Doing The Right Thing?

For Speaking Out Against Injustice?

For Doing What Other Igbo Leaders Don’t Have The Courage To Do?

“Nnamdi Kanu And His Group Are Not Armed And They Didn’t Kill Anyone But Fulani Herdsmen Are Killing Our People And Destroying Properties In The South-East, Most Especially Enugu State.

What Has The Federal Government Or The Governors Of The South East Done About It? Nothing, But All Our Igbo Leaders Care About Is Eating Yam In Germany While Their States Is on Fire And Their People Are In Grave Danger.

By Pastor (Dr) Chris Okafor,
The general overseer of the Mountain of Miracles and Liberation Ministries.

We’ll disgrace, arrest Buhari in Japan, says Kanu

Daring President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu said members of the group in the Republic of Japan had received orders from him to disgrace and arrest the President when he arrived the Asian country on Sunday.

According to Kanu, President Buhari must be arrested and handed over to Japanese authorities to enable him to answer for his alleged mass murder and crimes against humanity, which he allegedly committed in Nigeria between 2015 and 2019.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, had earlier on Friday informed Nigerians that the President would leave Nigeria for Japan on Sunday to participate in the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development, holding in the City of Yokohama from August 28-30, 2019.

But in a statement on Friday evening, the pro-Biafra leader urged its members in the country to mobilise and ensure that they arrest President Buhari, saying they were ready for the legal aftermath of the action.