DAVAO MYSTERY
UNIDENTIFIED WARSHIPS IN PHILIPPINES STATEMENTS BY OFFICIALS. ‘•ESTABLISHED BEYOND DOUBT.” (Recd This Day, 1.40 p.m.) MANILA, April 15. The Collector of Customs at Davao, in a radio message, declared that the authorities here state that the twenty-one mysterious vessels anchored in Davao Harbour are warships. It has been established beyond doubt, it is added, that warships entered Davao waters. A statement from the Mayor, Mr C. D. Mac Gee, a retired United States Army officer, states: “I saw around seventeen warships in column formation. I could identify the wireless, but could not identify the flag numerals of any of the ships. The mother ship moved up from the rear to the front of the column. She had a low, flat deck, with a slightly elevated poop as the only superstructure, suggesting that it might have been an aeroplane carrier, although my assistant thought she could have been a collier.” Other eye-witnesses said they saw ships manoeuvering on Sunday night, displaying vari-coloured lights. The Manila army authorities are awaiting the return of two aeroplanes sent out to investigate.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 April 1938, Page 8
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