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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Sep 13, 2019, 05:55 PM Sep 2019

Florida Coast Guard Receives Mysterious Radio Calls Threatening to Set Off Depth Charges

and Sink Their Ships in the Gulf

The U.S. Coast Guard is appealing for information from the public after a command center was sent a series of violent threats and hoax calls.

The transmissions were received via marine band radio off the coast of Florida. The unknown culprit, speaking in an American accent, cited links to the Russian government and threatened to set off anti-submarine weapons known as "depth charges" and shoot down planes.

The latest threat was sent to the Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg command center on August 13 via VHF channel 22A, the Coast Guard confirmed to media yesterday.

The mysterious individual behind the most recent broadcast appeared to be the same person who made previous threats that started with him saying "Mayday" three times before talking about "scrambling all jets we are under nuclear attack," officials said this week.

Audio of the calls was published to the Coast Guard website yesterday but was not working at the time of publication. Navy Times reported it obtained a copy of the August 13 transmission, which lasted roughly 70 seconds and contained a series of bizarre threats.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/florida-coast-guard-receives-mysterious-radio-calls-threatening-to-set-off-depth-charges-and-sink-their-ships-in-the-gulf/ar-AAHeFO5?li=BBnb7Kz

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Florida Coast Guard Receives Mysterious Radio Calls Threatening to Set Off Depth Charges (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2019 OP
Teenagers? marybourg Sep 2019 #1
Someone out on a boat 2naSalit Sep 2019 #2
Thanks for posting. My nephew just reported for duty there. nt woodsprite Sep 2019 #3
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