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I guess you're thinking of this one 
So there was this aircraft carrier and a lighthouse....
no, wait a minute....
no, wait a minute....
The US Navy webpage on the Lighthouse Joke.
U.S. Navy: The Lighthouse Joke
During the 1990s they had a more extensive webpage on the joke.
TJ
U.S. Navy: The Lighthouse Joke
During the 1990s they had a more extensive webpage on the joke.
TJ
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Did anyone really believe this was true ?
Do lighthouse keepers give a basic or traffic service to warships at full steam in open waters ?
TJ
Your debunking page is incorrect itself.
USS Coral Sea was in fact;
Decommissioned - April 30, 1990
Sold For Scrap - May 7, 1993
Scrapping Completed - August 9, 2000
USS Coral Sea Tribute Site - Significant Dates
Do lighthouse keepers give a basic or traffic service to warships at full steam in open waters ?
TJ
Your debunking page is incorrect itself.
*Note: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) was decommissioned and scrapped 2 July 1993.
Decommissioned - April 30, 1990
Sold For Scrap - May 7, 1993
Scrapping Completed - August 9, 2000
USS Coral Sea Tribute Site - Significant Dates
Do lighthouse keepers give a basic or traffic service to warships at full steam in open waters ?
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The Russians in their strange wisdom used Nuclear powered unmanned lighthouse with a reactor in each one!!!!!
Abandoned Russian Polar Nuclear Lighthouses | English Russia
Then, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the unattended automatic lighthouses did it job for some time, but after some time they collapsed too. Mostly as a result of the hunt for the metals like copper and other stuff which were performed by the looters. They didnt care or maybe even didnt know the meaning of the Radioactive Danger sign and ignored them, breaking in and destroying the equipment. It sounds creepy but they broke into the reactors too causing all the structures to become radioactively polluted.
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Re speeding ticket : in the latest issue of Motor Sport magazine there is an advert for a De Tomaso Pantera, imported into the UK, complete with a speeding ticket issued in the states...218 mph 
Nutloose - thesame went for automated Met stations all across the FSU. There are stories of farmers in the Caucasus snuggling up to them at night for the warmth. The IAEA and US Department of Energy spent a huge amount of time and money to recover these - and the buoys/light house reactors lest they fell into teh wrong hands. I beleive that they eventually achieved a 100% sucess rate.
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for a through debunking of the lighthouse story, see snopes.com: Lighthouse and Aircraft Carrier
Note it dates from 1939 - or earlier
As to the Russian nuclear material - they also had a bunch of radioactive sources which were used for sterilising seeds to kill of bacteria / fungi. A campaign was also carried out to recall all those, but not all were found.
You couldn't make an explosive from them, but theres the real possibility of a dirty bomb
Note it dates from 1939 - or earlier
As to the Russian nuclear material - they also had a bunch of radioactive sources which were used for sterilising seeds to kill of bacteria / fungi. A campaign was also carried out to recall all those, but not all were found.
You couldn't make an explosive from them, but theres the real possibility of a dirty bomb
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The "Sidewinder Air-to Ground Missiles" gives you a clue about the knowledge of the person writing this!!
Unusual occurrence admittedly, but happened nevertheless. Don't recall the coppers pointing anything at it though.
Over the years the Sidewinder has been adapted for air-to-ground use. A variant was used in combat in Vietnam.
General Electric AGM-87 Focus
AGM-87 Focus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There was also an anti-radiation variant.
Image link
File:AGM-122.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This image link appears to be mis-titled. Unless there was an AIM-9L designation back in 1971?
File:AIM-9L hits tank at China Lake 1947.jpeg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The USAF requested a Sidewinder air-to-surface capability during 2007. In 2009 tests were conducted.
EXCLUSIVE: Raytheon adapts AIM-9X for air-to-ground mission
TJ
General Electric AGM-87 Focus
AGM-87 Focus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There was also an anti-radiation variant.
Image link
File:AGM-122.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This image link appears to be mis-titled. Unless there was an AIM-9L designation back in 1971?
File:AIM-9L hits tank at China Lake 1947.jpeg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The USAF requested a Sidewinder air-to-surface capability during 2007. In 2009 tests were conducted.
EXCLUSIVE: Raytheon adapts AIM-9X for air-to-ground mission
TJ
Purveyor of Egg Liqueur to Lucifer
Over the years the Sidewinder has been adapted for air-to-ground use. A variant was used in combat in Vietnam.
