Bizarre submersible found

[Midnyte_Ragebringer]

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id ... _article=1

Bizarre submersible found floating off New York: reports

Aug 3 01:27 PM US/Eastern


New York authorities were questioning three men found in a bizarre submersible vessel floating just off Manhattan on Friday, according to local reports.
The men were discovered early Friday near the cruise terminal in Brooklyn where the massive ocean liner The Queen Mary II is moored, ABC television reported on its website.

When asked about the incident, a police spokeswoman declined to confirm the report or provide any further information, saying only that officers were at the scene.

What the three men were doing in the vessel -- which appeared to be spherical with a circular hatch on top -- was not immediately clear.

According to ABC, there was no indication that the discovery was terror-related -- a constant fear in New York following the September 11 Al-Qaeda attacks on New York.

ABC's radio affiliate WABC reported that the vessel was equipped with oxygen tanks.


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This is something I want to know more about. WTF?!?!

[Boogahz]

Better info and a pic at CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/03/makesh ... index.html

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Authorities arrested three people Friday after detectives saw a replica of a Revolutionary War submarine floating near the dock of the Queen Mary II.

An Intelligence Division detective spotted two men in an inflatable boat and a third in a partially submerged vessel in a channel off the East River near Brooklyn, according to a New York Police Department statement. The NYPD Harbor Unit was called to the scene.

The vessel is an 8-foot replica of the 1776 submersible known as the Turtle, said Petty Officer Seth Johnson of the U.S. Coast Guard. It was unclear what the people were doing, but there was no indication of any connection to terrorism, he said.

The vessel "is the creative craft of three adventuresome individuals," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said in a statement, according to WABC-TV. "We can best summarize today's incident as marine mischief."

Initially the men were going to be charged on a number of violations, but as of Friday afternoon, it was unclear if any charges would be brought forward.

The odd-looking submarine appears to be a hobby of one of those arrested -- Philip Riley, 35, of Brooklyn, Johnson said.

Police said one of the men claimed to be a descendant of David Bushnell, the inventor of the original Turtle, WABC reported.

The Connecticut River Museum claims to own the only working, full-scale model of the submarine. The one-man, hand-propelled vessel was used in September 1776 in a failed attempt to attach a bomb to the hull of a British warship.

Because of weather problems and other difficulties, it was never used in action again, the museum says.

[Aslanna]

That's kind of cool. They should let them go!