Spills · mystery_substance
Cape canaveral, fl
Mystery Sheen; Cape Canaveral, Fl · NOAAORR-7810
- issued
- 2008-04-22 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2008-05-06 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2008-05-06 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 28.883, -79.400
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Mystery Sheen; Cape Canaveral, FL. Cape Canaveral, FL. 1. A brown sheen of about 20 miles in diameter, located about 60 miles east of Canaveral Florida was reported by a commercial airliner. The Coast Guard has contacted a ship in the region to try to get on scene observations. It is not known at this time whether the sheen is oil, another material, or a natural phenomenon. Coast Guard requested a trajectory analysis in case it turns out to be oil. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: UNKNOWN MATERIAL. TAGS: MYSTERY SUBSTANCE. 3. POSITION 28.883N 079.400W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7810: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7810
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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Nothing else in force within 120 nm.
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