Categories Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. During the early 1940s, the US Navy embarked on a mission to survey and map the Antarctic coast. If the Soviet report is based on disinformation, then its release serves to promote international conditions for a future false flag UFO . [8], Naval ships and personnel were withdrawn back to the United States in late February 1947 because of the ufo attacks happening from the nazis, and the expedition was terminated due to the early approach of winter and worsening weather conditions.[9]. Although theyve discovered some interesting facts, theyve come up empty-handed when it comes to what Byrd had written in his diary. The press was not able to hear what he had to say about Operation Highjump in the future. Blair in March 1944), Gwion Davies handyman, scientific assistant, James E.B.F. The tail, wings and midsection of each aircraft were painted with bright orange stripes for enhanced visibility in case they went down on the ice. The story of the daring secret expedition led by American merchant navy chief admiral golddrett to Antarctica. The wars end also signaled the onset of the atomic age and a corresponding desire among the victorious nations to secure supplies of uranium and other natural resources. M/S Stars and Stripes flag being hoisted over the frozen wastes.Date given on old record is 19/05/1947. There is a major problem with Sayersons quote. The next two days were spent searching for a site for Little America IV. Obviously, it was very difficult to avoid the common stereotypes about the exterior of flying saucers imposed by movies. If Joseph is correct, then it is very possible that a USS Maddox was destroyed during Operation Highjump, and the US Navy changed official records to hide this. Ensuring that all the ice was removed from the propellers, wings and tail surfaces was also critical. We are talking about the well-known battle of Antarctica, also known as Operation Highjump, during which, in 1946, U.S.A. The US Navy has long been notorious for falsifying the identity of its ships and re-writing their histories if they embarrass official policy. If the fortress was in Antarctica, was it built by the Nazis, or discovered there? The base comprised large tents, weather equipment, Quonset huts, three packed-snow runways and one short runway made of steel matting. So too, the Maddox cited by Soviet espionage was similarly consigned to an official memory hole. Subscribe to our HistoryNet Now! [7], In response, the British authorities sent the armed merchant cruiser Queen of Bermuda to patrol the area between South Georgia, the South Shetland Islands and Weddell Sea. The flight deck was only 300 feet long, but with the JATO assist the first aircraft, with Byrd aboard, was airborne in 100 feet. It won the 1948 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film.[17]. Abandoned Hektor Whaling Station, Deception Island, April 1945. After the defeat of Nazi Germany, according various sources, elite Nazi scientists and leaders escaped to this impregnable fortress by Uboats, two of which experienced difficulties and surrendered in Argentina. Operation Windmill (OpWml) was the United States Navy's Second Antarctica Developments Project, an exploration and training mission to Antarctica in 1947-1948. Indeed, Operation Highjump had suffered many casualties as stated in initial press reports from Chile. [79], Among other accomplishments, it brought Chilean President Gabriel Gonzlez Videla to inaugurate one of its bases personally, and he thereby became the first head of state to set foot on the continent. Actually there were at least three American destroyers known by that name (DD-168, DD-622 and DD-731) all of them contemporaneous. Originally published on the official World of Warships site. The smaller Sikorsky HNS-1 accommodated a pilot and one passenger and had a range of 130 miles. The expedition was commanded by Commander Gerald L. Ketchum, USN, and the flagship of Task Force 39 was the USS Burton Island. However on March 3 1947, the squadron was attacked by the. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.. [80], Britain, on the other hand, continued the operation of the bases built during Operation Tabarin by transferring them to the newly established Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey. Port Lockroy was designated a Historic Site or Monument (HSM 61) and is now a museum following a proposal by the United Kingdom to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting.