Bizarre submersible found floating off New York: Three men arrested

Breitbart ^ | 8-03-07 | Breitbart.com

[Anti-Hillary]

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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I always wanted to get one of these when I was a kid.

[Minnesoootan]

but it would take a YEAR to save $6.98

;-)

[AmericanHunter]

Yes, but it did fire rockets and torpedos.

[ModelBreaker]

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

Who would have imagined . . . What will they think of next?

[Heavy Fuel]

unless they know the backgrounds of the 3 men, the whats and whys, they cant say for sure its not connected to terrorism. They are too fast to say its not.

[processing please hold]

No, but ‘Richard Reid’ doesn’t, either...

Touche! :)

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Being the East River, my first guess was The Mob, then the terrorists. Maybe the submariners can tell us where Hoffa’s located...

[Lee'sGhost]

Me too. But exactly what is it? Cardboard? Paper? Plastic?

[Robe]

I just saw the footage on FOX... it appears to be a replica of the TURTLE. a revolutionaly war attempt at a submarine..And well done too!!!! The news babe refered to it as a WWII replica submarine (DUH)

Read more about the "TURTLE"HERE

[Ranxerox]

Looks like the Butcher, the Baker, and the Candlestick Maker went with an upgrade...

[af_vet_rr]

unless they know the backgrounds of the 3 men, the whats and whys, they cant say for sure its not connected to terrorism. They are too fast to say its not.

Oh, I don't know about that. When it's a wooden replica of a submarine from the 1770s, I'm pretty sure those on hand probably guessed that a terrorist would use something a lot more modern, that actually had a chance of working (1770s submarine technology, while impressive for its time, is not going to match a terrorist in SCUBA gear ).

As soon as I saw the pictures, the history geek in me immediately realized what it was, and trust me, one person with SCUBA gear would be much more effective than this thing.

Heck, the Hunley was safer than this thing, and that's not saying much.

[Ueriah]

To me, sounds more like drug runners then terrorists, but without the details, hard to tell.

[af_vet_rr]

They did a good job of making the replica (although they picked the wrong place to test it out, there are plenty of areas around New York where they wouldn't spook anybody, or they should have had a banner or two clearly stating what they were doing).

You couldn't pay me enough to climb in that thing though, even if it used modern materials. Bushnell was a genius, but dang, that's a "here, hold my beer while I climb into this thing" kind of setup.

[CPOSharky]

Official’s first words, “It does not appear to be terrorist related.”

Even when Hussien Al-Bagdad is throwing hand grenades at the El Al terminal.

[Calvin Locke]

My brother and I convinced Mom and Dad to order it. They opened the box, took a look, and sent it back the next day for a refund.

So, I'd say thin cardboard, but that was about 40 years ago, when $6.98 was real money.

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I served on the USS San Francisco (SSN-711). One of my crewmates modified one of our standard blue baseball caps to read USS Turtle (SS-001)

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[Robe]

A lease you learned something in history class not like the putzes in the police dept and the media

[Robe]

LOL

[Moonman62]

Even if these guys are innocent, they are idiots for launching it where they did.