They noted that, oddly, two of the containers were missing, and wondered what, if anything, it had to do with the missing couple from California. After bailing the water out of the boat and pulling it to shore for closer inspection, the Jordans noticed that the boat had four rectangular storage compartments, which were about three feet deep. Its metal hull had the inscription "USAF" and was covered with yellowish barnacles. When the last of the drums emptied, the drums became buoyant, and the old sunken boat lifted out of the water. After they had the drums secured to the wreckage, Robert went down and uncapped the drums. Because they didn't have scuba diving equipment, the Jordans had to continually come up for air. Using a number of old empty gasoline drums, the Jordans filled them with lagoon water and sank them next to the wreckage. The next day, as promised, the Jordans began a salvage operation to raise the sunken vessel. Robert said he didn't know, and because it was late in the day, said that they would go back the next day to investigate the sunken boat. Sharon wondered if this boat had anything to do with the missing couple, and mentioned it to Robert. Robert asked her what it was, and Sharon said it was boat. Sharon, who was looking at the beautiful fish, yelled to Robert that she saw something in the water. During their excursion, they sailed near an old seaplane ramp on Cooper Island, which is part of Palmyra. This day was different, as both Sharon and Robert decided to go fishing. The Jordans kept their routine the same until January 4, 1981. Sharon didn't like to take her walks inland, near the lagoon. Robert fished and Sharon cooked, looked after the Moya, and to keep herself from getting stressed, she took daily walks on the outside of the atoll. Weeks passed, and the Jordans took to Palmyra beautifully.
The Jordans read all the clippings and began theorizing about what happened to the unfortunate couple. After reading the clippings, the Jordans realized that the missing couple had disappeared while visiting Palmyra. In the building they found old newspaper clippings about the missing couple, which had been left behind by other visitors to the island. After the Jordans anchored their sailboat, the Moya, they began exploring the atoll.ĭuring one of their explorations, the Jordans came across an old building in the jungle of the island, which was left behind from W.W.II. During their adventure, they heard stories about the disappearance of a couple on the South Seas, but they didn't connect those stories to Palmyra. Answer: Because the high tide was due in a few minutes, and the container and its contents would have been washed out to sea, never to be seen again.ĭuring the first week of November 1980, a yachting couple, Sharon and Robert Jordan, from Johannesburg, South Africa arrived on Palmyra.
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