# Flying Dutchman

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-dutchman/490606>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [March 20, 2009, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-dutchman/490606 "2009-03-20T13:09:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![paperbackwriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@paperbackwriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paperbackwriter)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-dutchman/490606/21 "2009-04-09T13:35:35Z")

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I didn’t mean to imply that the ship seen at Falklands wasn’t real. Thanks for that find, **bookkeeper**! From descriptions of the battle it always seemed that its _apparent position_ was due to a mirage.

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