It is apparent that the story about bandleader Glenn Miller’s disappearance over the English Channel during World War II has no end. The latest version appeared in the January 10th edition of The Daily Mail, one of Great Britain’s largest circulated newspapers. The paper has run previous theories of what may have happened to Miller back in 1944, so the latest would appear to be more than just an update.
We now learn that a “previously-unknown witness” has claimed he is “utterly convinced” he pulled up the wreckage of Miller’s small plane in his fishing nets while fishing in the English Channel in 1987. The fisherman told TIGHAR (The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery) that in 1987, he was captain of a fishing trawler. While trawling, his net hooked on to something large, which he pulled to the surface. He was amazed to see that it was a small aircraft with World War II markings. On advice of the Coast Guard, he dropped the aircraft back in the water where he had found it roughly 30 miles south of Portland Bill, Dorset.
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Here’s where the story gets a little shaky: It was not until years later when the fisherman saw photographs of the UC-64 Norseman plane in which Miller was a passenger when he vanished in December 1944 that he thought his find might be connected. Now a team from TIGHAR, along with local divers, are planning
