Operation Highjump

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Operation Highjump was a United States Navy operation in Antarctica from 1946-47, the largest effort in the southmost continent to this day. Admiral Richard E. Byrd's fleet was made up of 4,700 men serving on the following ships:

1 Aircraft carrier, newly commissioned (Philippine Sea - deck full of transport planes)
2 Destroyers Brownson and Henderson
2 Seaplane Tenders Pine Island and Currituck
2 Tankers Cacapon and Canisteo
2 Icebreakers Burton Island and USCGC Northwind
2 Supply ships Yancey and Merrick
1 Communications ship Mount Olympus
1 Submarine Sennet

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Operation Highjump is a frequent topic among UFO conspiracy theorists. It is claimed Highjump was in fact a covert US military operation to conquer the secret underground Nazi facilities in the Antarctica and capture the German Vril flying discs and Thule mercury-powered saucer spaceship prototypes. See nazi mysticism.