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SOS, SOS---came the distress call from the Dutch vessel S.S.Ourang Medan, Dutch and British listening posts located the vessel as proceeding through the straits of Malacca. It was early February 1948, the sea calm, the weather clear. SOS, SOS, again came the frenzied call. After a short silence, "...all officers, including Captain dead, lying in chartroom and on Bridge... probably whole crew dead..." There followed a series of indecipherable dots and dashes and then came quite clearly: "I die." And after that only an ominous silence. Rescue ships from Dutch Sumatra and British Malaya rushed to the indicated location of the in distress. They found her only fifty miles from the position given. Boats were put over the A inunatinatn vessel in distress. T sides to investigate. "Medan" was MOVED. RADIO DIRECTIONALFINDERS ARE TOO ACCURATE & SHIPS TOO SLOW TO MOVE THAT FARIN SO LITTLE TIME (Italic emphasis by A) When boarding parties reached the Ourang Medan they found an eerie sight. There wasn't a living creature on the ship. The captain lay dead on the bridge. The bodies of the other officers sprawled in the wheelhouse, chartroom and wardroom. The faithful "sparks" was slumped in a chair in the radio shack, his hand still on the sending key. The bodies of the hapless crew lay everywhere: in their rooms, in the passageways, on the decks. And on all the dead face was a look of convulsive horror. As a report of the Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council put it: "their frozen faces were upturned to the sun, the mouths were gaping open and the eyes staring..." Everyone was dead! Even the ship's dog a small terrier, was lifeless, its teeth bared in anger or agony. SUFFOCATION? JAMMED "FREEZE" SomebodySlipped- up on this one Must Have been a "Jammed"-Freezer to kill all. Otherwise, the "sparks" would not have got Hit so hard. After a quick conference, the would-be rescuers decided to put a tow line onto the unlucky vessel and take her into port. But at that very moment smoke and flames belched froth from No. 4 hold. The fire was immediately so hot and so widespread that it was impossible to subdue. Telepathic, Eh? The boarding parties hurriedly abandoned the doomed vessel and returned to the safety of their own ships. Moments later there was a terrific explosion on the Ourang Medan and the ship seemed to leap into the air. Then it settled back and quietly slid beneath the waters. From that day to this, no one has ever been able to determine what happened to this unfortunate ship or to her officers and crew. The fake AEA OO Nien NA an te nt ed ee nt A More Work of "The Little-Men" of Mu & their force-ships. Radio Men are Liffle affected by "freezing" when in their Shacks with sender turned on. Electro Resistance. The notable points: sudden death (or disappearance) of people (all life) at a lonely and isolated spot, at sea. No apparent cause assignable. A sudden and unexplained fire, obviously for the purpose of 89 Navigator trying to Plot Movement of ship? But strangely there was no sign of wounds or injuries on any of the bodies. fate of the S.S. Ourang Medan is another unsolved mystery of the sea.