Debris

Ten meter white cylindrical object adrift vicinity 28-19.5N 139-38.1E at 160730Z sep

Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 1496/01

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2001-09-23 00:00Z

This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.

Source and dates: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA XI 628/01 161115Z SEP 01. Issued 2001-09-16 11:55Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Philippine Sea. The parsed report position is 28.325, 139.635. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Philippine Sea →

issued: 2001-09-16 11:55Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA XI 628/01 161115Z SEP 01
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea: Philippine Sea
position: 28.325, 139.635
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. TEN METER WHITE CYLINDRICAL OBJECT ADRIFT VICINITY
   28-19.5N 139-38.1E AT 160730Z SEP.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 23 SEP.

Reading this warning

Adrift: Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
Position (degrees and minutes): How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
Date-time group (DTG): A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · drifting objects

7 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.

Month of issue in the collected archive

All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.

Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

080200UTC issued at 080200UTC sep 2026 volcanic warning volcano name:nishino shima LOCATION:27-14.6N…Volcanic · 92.6 nm
Discoloured water observed in extending south for 5 miles, 2 mile wide, from 27-16.7N 140-56.6E at 120643Z octVolcanic · 93.7 nm
Discoloured water observedVolcanic · 95 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

3 drifting objects listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 22:25Z; source collection times vary.

Debris

Logs, buoys, mooring gear and other objects adrift. All current drifting objects →

Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.