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Re-examining the Port Chicago Disaster

Posted by michael on from the things-that-go-boom dept.

GoneGaryT writes "Say chaps, this might be old hat, but there's a fab site for conspiracy theory aficionados at portchicago.org ; it's a pdf book expounding the theory of Peter Vogel's that the Port Chicago magazine explosion (1944) was a nuclear weapons test. It's actually pretty thorough, like 20 years of research thorough. Would the US really blow up their own people for the sake of global military supremacy? Naaaah..." Chapter 9 of the book has a factual account of the disaster (which I'd never heard of before); if you're not interested in the rest of the theory, at least reading the historical account is informative and will give you an appreciation of the explosive power of several million pounds of military ordnance.

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  1. News? by DraconPern · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't how this is related to News for nerds. Stuff that matters... Must be a slow day, and it's only 12:48am!

  2. Point of order... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    It is my personal opinion that we should all start referring to the "megaton" as the "2x gigapound."

  3. Re:This I Truly Love ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sorry not everyone's a rich white guy whos Exxon stock goes up everytime a oil producing country gets conquered...

  4. It's a deliberate hoax! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    I know it's consider incorrect around here to comment on spelling, but the author begins to lose credibility when he misspells "Manhattan Project" on his front page [portchicago.org].

    As the authors point out themselves on their own site, the whole thing is an elaborate hoaxe. The spelling "mistakes" were intentional give-aways, congrats for picking them up. This just looks like the biggest troll in Slashdot's history. (does this make it a nuclear troll?)

  5. It's a hoax. Move along. Nothing to see here. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Whether or not there was a nuclear explosion, I don't think so.

    You are right to be so sceptical. The whole book is just an elaborate hoaxe, as the authors themselves point out, if you find the right page.