Who owns the stuff that has sunk into the ocean?  Airplanes, shipwrecks, etc.?
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In 1987 the United States Congress passed the Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987. The Act provides that the United States has title to all abandoned shipwrecks found in U. S. waters within the 3-mile limit; however, the U. S. Government then passed title to the state in whose waters the shipwreck was located. If the shipwreck is outside of the territorial waters, then the general admiralty law applies. In order for someone to a finder, they must prove that the shipwreck has been abandoned by its original owners. If it has not been abandoned by its original owners, then the person recovering either the vessel or its contents would be treated as a salvor and would be entitled to a portion of the value retained.
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I realize this will be quite difficult, but you will have to do a little more "dirty hands" research and dig up some information such as the name of the company who owned the ship, or where it was built, etc. in order to find your info.  I have seen lots of info about ship-owning families and companies, but few ship's names (except very famous ones) actually appearing in web searches.  Good luck!
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Yes. and its actually the remains of a starfish-like thing.
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I don't think that they will ever really solve it. At one point they thought that it had something to do with a spot in the center of the area that was randomly letting gases out of the earth and if messes up electronics. Which is way they thought that planes were disappearing. There is also and another place that is the same somewhere off the coast of Japan.
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This question is extremely open. There have been developments in marine machinery ever since the first man went away from shore on the trunk of a fallen tree.\n\nPlease provide more information.
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This was a question much pursued by the Allies during the little publicized Japanese War Crimes Trials immediately following the end of  hostilities.\n\nIt has been said that gold and other valuables that the Japanese stole during their occupation of the Philippine Islands is still there, perhaps buried, or maybe hidden in a cave.\n\nAdventurers and historians, to this very day, are still searching for Yamashita's Stash.\n\nDo I believe it still exists, remaining uncongenial to discovery?\n\nI like to think so..
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It's still there, but now we know the most likely culprit of all the troubles there was caused because of a huge methane gas field in that area.  When the gas is released and it comes to the surface of the water, the water density is changed and ships are no longer able to stay afloat.  When it comes to Aircraft, it also changes the density of the air, and the aircraft fall out of the sky because they no longer are able to obtain lift.  I can't remember what they said it exactly does to the primitive navigation systems, but essentially it screws them up to.  \nNowadays we know what to be looking for when in that area, and how to avoid trouble.
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good question. I think it ultimately boils down to who has the bigger guns! nah, but on a serious note, depends on if it is in International waters or within Philippines territory etc.  Good question though, id love to discover a new island and claim it mine
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The most difficult part of assessing these sorts of things is that if you haven't been there and seen it yourself, you really don't know what is being observed. As long as there are no facts to confuse the issue, the imagination is free to run wild. \n\nI've read about the Bimini Road before, and find it very plausible that it could be a natural deposit of broken up beach rock. In that depostional environment it is common for the seabed to form hardened layers that can be broken up by a storm and might resemble large flagstones.  As a geologist, it seems to me that the most obvious way to prove that Chinese sailors dumped these rocks is to sample the rocks and determine if they are allocthonous- that is from somewhere else (like China??). Since no one seems willing to present this sort of evidence, the claims don't seem to be scientifically supported.\n\nThe Yonaguni Island  is actually more interesting to me, although I see a dangerous assumption being made by anyone saying these are ten thousand years old. The website is very vague about the water depth, but it appears these may be in only 20 feet of water. That would make it possible for these to be man-made and only be a few thousand or even a few hundred years old. The area of this island is quite active tectonically, and subsidence could have only been within the the last millenium. Dr. Schoch also reports that all of the seemingly shaped rocks are part of bedrock, that is there are no large blocks of stone that would help prove these are manmade. He also reports similar styles of weathering of the local rock on some beaches on the island, so the whole thing could still be naturally formed. Again, there are geologic methods that could probably be used to prove how long these rocks have been submerged, and the fact that no one seems to be trying to prove anything here makes me suspicious that there is nothing to prove; that it is much more profitable to keep generating controversy that makes for good tourism and dive attractions. \n\nTo see how the rock could be tested to determine when it was submerged this could be employed:\n(I quote)\n\n "Burial dating:\nIf a quartz-bearing material accumulates 26Al and 10Be while exposed at the surface and is subsequently buried deep enough that it is completely shielded from cosmic rays (e.g. by deposition in a cave, sedimentary deposit, or deep water body), then the 26Al/10Be ratio will diminish over time, recording the time since burial, according to (Granger and Muzikar, 2001) "\nfrom\nhttp://web.ges.gla.ac.uk/~dfabel/CN_explain.html\n\nSo as a geologist, I remain a skeptic because the parties who have made these discoveries are not attempting to prove scientifically that the evidence is real, for whatever reason.
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i'm looking in it right now, screwdriver, playing cards, pliers, screws, nails, key chains, keys, scotch tape, electrical tape, golf ball, birthday candles, batteries (old and new), chip clips, paper clips, awww, i just found an old "eye spy" photo telescope of my niece and nephew at Sea World in 1995!  i wondered where that went...
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whoblitzell...since the stuff they found isn't dangerous, lets bury it in your backyard, okay? \n\nSaddam was a saint-of course he had no WMDs. That's why he wouldn't give the UN inspectors complete access, right? The guy buried entire combat jets-intact-in the desert. Is it perhaps possible that he has buried other, smaller things as well?
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Look here as well. Plus it was SOLD, not destroyed.
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atlantis. believed by plato to have sunk into the ocean.
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eBay closed auctions.\n\nAlso pro military appraisers.
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Fascinating idea, that, but impractical.\n\nThe oceans are just huge and very deep.  Its not like finding a quart in your swimming pool...\n\nUndersea treasure hunting is an imprecise business at best.\n\nThere are already adventurous souls seeking the probable locations of old treasure ship wrecks and diving for any treasure they might hold.  Generally, IF they find anything, the first have to pay taxes to the government controlling the water they find it in, pay their own expenses (which are sizeable) and finally pay off the investors sponsoring their adventures.\n\nMany people can and Do go broke and never find anything down there.
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I'm not especially well informed on that subject, but I believe archaeological evidence support it.  Bones, DNA, etc. Pottery shards, all that sort of thing.  It's my understanding they crossed a land bridge that used to exist across the Bering Strait,  then the land bridge was gradually eroded away.
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one source ws from the former soviet union...after that fell apart many former soviet officials started peddling off their stuff like a yard sale on the black market.  I would guess a lot comes to them through Syria who gets them from russia and china.  You are right Jennifer.  There are international arms dealers who don't care who they sell to...some have lived right here in the U.S.  In wwII there were people who were American citizens who actually sold equipment to Hitler.  I'm sure it continues and that is a disgrace.