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[SPEC] Train Derailment Shrouded in Mystery (Florida)
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Max5684
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 		[SPEC] Train Derailment Shrouded in Mystery (Florida)
April 8, 1979
Ok, I was digging around looking for train derailments. The one in Oxford didn't quite make sense to me. When I looked for those in 1979, I found this:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CrUyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mWcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5807%2C5285323

Now, the derailment is in the Florida panhandle, but it "just so happened" to be near the Eglin Air Force Base. Gentlemen from the AFB went to clean it up. They evacuated tons of people stating hazards from chemicals that the train was carrying (cover-up IMHO). Also, they refused to disclose where the train was headed.

Also, look at the article just below the stub of this story titled "20th Anniversary". Notice anything odd? GORDON COOPER is in the picture. There are two more articles about this derailment that I'm currently looking into. I'll post more if I find anything new in them.

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 		Another interesting thing is the bottom article on that page, which talks about nuclear radiation. It might just be a giant coincidence, but it does seem to relate to the Kennedy speech from the RSCOM8 newspaper page.

The Gordon Cooper thing is spooky, though!

I'm slightly put off by the fact that this derailment is in Florida, but it's certainly a good find!

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 		How close would this be to cape Canaveral? Considering this is where NASA is correct? I would imagine if Cooper is in pics of this it must be fairly close.

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Max5684
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 		Location of Derailment
Somewhat far away, but I don't think NASA is related here. See the following link for location:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CrUyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mWcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4832%2C5349034

(look to the left of the article heading).

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famine wrote:
How close would this be to cape Canaveral? Considering this is where NASA is correct? I would imagine if Cooper is in pics of this it must be fairly close.
By the looks of it, it is... 455 mi â€" about 7 hours 36 mins

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heavyunderground wrote:

I'm slightly put off by the fact that this derailment is in Florida, but it's certainly a good find!


You have a point. I don't think it would be the same train... unless they needed to pick up a burger for NASA or something. Razz

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This was what I found unusual about the shipment (from the article):

"Gill (Peter Gill, hazards control officer for Seaboard Cost Line, mentioned earlier in the article) refused to say who owns the chemicals that were being transported by the train or exactly where they were going. He would only say that the tankers were on their way to switching points and from there would go in different directions."

That, combined with the whole Gordon Cooper article is what made me think this was our crash.

The large explosions would also explain the unusual buckling in the train seen in the trailer given that it was only hit by a truck.

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Max5684 wrote:
This was what I found unusual about the shipment (from the article):

"Gill (Peter Gill, hazards control officer for Seaboard Cost Line, mentioned earlier in the article) refused to say who owns the chemicals that were being transported by the train or exactly where they were going. He would only say that the tankers were on their way to switching points and from there would go in different directions."

That, combined with the whole Gordon Cooper article is what made me think this was our crash.

The large explosions would also explain the unusual buckling in the train seen in the trailer given that it was only hit by a truck.


Whoah, I'll have to read them. I can't decide if it is that much of a coincidence or not... we'll see.

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 		I have no idea how or if this is connected. But I had to blink when I checked one of the other articles listed on the right as being associated and on the same page as the article (which was identical to the one on the first page with cooper) there was another article that talked about a Snake Headed monster being sought in Siberia. Its on the link for the Schenectady Gazette http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lgUxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ieAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1797,2962532&hl=en

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 		Damn , 1979 was not a good year to be on a train
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 		You guys are probably going to wind up on some kind of Government watchlist for looking into all these "mysterious" accidents lol.

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 		Honestly I wouldnt be surprised if the NSA had a group of people watch us weird ARGers as it was Wink

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Tenshi Akui wrote:
Honestly I wouldnt be surprised if the NSA had a group of people watch us weird ARGers as it was Wink


That would be some epic recruitment. =]

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 		hey guys just foud this on wikipedia

April 4, 1987 â€" Burnham, Illinois, United States: A South Shore Line (NICTD) commuter train collided with a freight car, which had rolled from a siding onto the mainline. The train’s engineer was killed, several more injured. It was later determined that a rusted rail prevented the freight car from activating the railroad’s signal system.

this covers the writing on the carrage a train crash hope this help im looking in to it mor now

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