Spills · oil
To the south
Texas Mystery Anomaly; Offshore of Galveston · NOAAORR-8258
- issued
- 2010-10-20 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2010-11-03 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2010-11-03 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 28.013, -94.578
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Texas mystery anomaly; Offshore of Galveston. To the south. Offshore of Galveston. To the south. 1. Oct. 20th, 2010 NOAA vessel PICES reported a mystery slick of some unknown substance off Texas. 2. THREAT: OIL. 3. POSITION 28.013N 094.578W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8258: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8258
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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- Intermittent oil sheen; flower garden banks national marine sanctuary, bright bank2026-08-25
- Release of aluminum phosphide in M/V thorco liva; port arthur, texas2026-07-28
- Mystery oiled shoreline at holly beach; cameron parish, louisiana2026-07-10
- Johnson bayou, la2026-06-17
- 2726 gillespie, crystal beach, tx 77650, USA2026-05-16
- On april 27, 2026, the U.S2026-04-27
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Timeline · 2 messages since 2010-09-29 · closed 2010-11-03
- EB-164 incident; gulf of mexico, w of flower gardens nms2010-09-29 → 2010-10-13
- To the south this message2010-10-20 → 2010-11-03
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