Spills · oil
Offshore old orchard beach, me
Mystery Sheen Off Old Orchard Beach, Me · NOAAORR-10513
- issued
- 2022-09-02 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2022-09-16 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2022-09-16 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 43.333, -69.783
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Mystery Sheen off Old Orchard Beach, ME. Offshore Old Orchard Beach, ME. 1. On September 2, 2022, USCG Sector Northern New England notified the NOAA SSC that they had received 3 separate reports from commercial pilots flying into the Portland Jetport of a black and rainbow sheen approximately 24 NM southeast of Old Orchard Beach Pier. The sheen was approximately 1NM long and .5NM wide. One pilot was able to take photographs. The USCG requested a hindcast to check if the source could be a potential historic wreck. 2. THREAT: OIL. 3. POSITION 43.333N 069.783W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10513: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10513
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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Nearby now · within 120 nm
Nothing else in force within 120 nm.
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Spills
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