Naval Officer's account of fifteen scientists who mysteriously went missing in Antarctica.

In 1994, Naval Officer Brian S. worked as a flight engineer, who delivered a team of fifteen scientists within 20 miles of Marie Byrd Land in Antarctica. After a week and a half, the scientists failed to establish their daily check-in for over two days.

Naval Officer Brian's team was instructed to fly back out and check on the scientists. When Brian's team got to the location, no one was there. The supplies and equipment were there. The camp's radio was working fine. There were no tracks. Brian's team circled the camp by air out to a 15 mile radius of the camp. Brian's team saw nothing including no tracks anywhere.

About a week later, Brian's team was told to go back out to the camp because the scientists had radioed in and asked to be picked up. The scientists were supposed to be out there for a month but were calling to come back early after just 2.5 weeks. If anything, scientists usually want more time, not less. Scientists will use as much time as they can possibly get before returning.

Brian's team went back out and was surprised that the scientists boarded the aircraft immediately even before their equipment had been loaded. Not one of the scientists would talk to any of Brian's team. Brian's team asked "Are you ok?" and "So where were you guys at, you guys were gone, we went over, tried to find you and you guys weren't there, so what happened?" The scientists were either looking down on the floor or looking at Brian's team with very afraid wide eyes.

When Brian's team landed, the scientists did not want to leave the aircraft. Brian's team had to shuffle them off. The scientists seemed to be experiencing shock or PTSD.

During an informal debriefing, Brian and his team were told that Brian and his team "didn't see anything" and therefore "there was nothing to talk about with anyone."

The scientist's pallet of equipment was quarantined in an empty Quonset type building and then taken to Ohio in a plane by itself. Taking a plane away from Antarctica with only one pallet was very unusual since every plane is usually loaded to maximum capacity to keep flights efficient.