Case file · Anomaly hotspot
MV Alta, the ghost ship that crossed the Atlantic
The abandoned cargo ship MV Alta, whose crew were rescued in 2018, drifted unmanned across the Atlantic for over a year before running aground near Ballycotton, Ireland, in February 2020.
2020 CE · 51.83, -8.00 · status: explained
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It had been seen by a Royal Navy ship in mid-Atlantic in 2019, but then vanished from view until Storm Dennis drove it ashore.