I can't get over the sheer duality of the recent "no Spitfires found" stories. There is simultaneously agreement there are no Spitfires and at the same time there are still unfinished excavations going on. For example:
The archaeologists have concluded that evidence does not support the original claim that as many as 124 Spitfires were buried at the end of the war, the BBC's Fergal Keane reports.
Wargaming.net, the firm financing the dig, has also said there are no planes.
Got it? No Spitfires. But...
The BBC wrote:
Earlier this month, a crate was discovered in the Kachin state capital Myitkyina, but muddy water stopped an immediate identification of its contents.
The central city of Meiktila was another site identified as a possible burial ground for the Spitfires.
...there is an unopened crate and an unexplored location, so there is a good chance the planes might be there.
To summarize the article: "There are
absolutely no Spitfires...unless you consider the unopened crate and unexplored sites." I am confused as to how you can start an article with one assumption, and then end it with the complete opposite.
And in
the Independent's article:
The Independent wrote:
There is no lost squadron of Spitfires buried in Burma, it appears, after the hunt for the missing World War Two planes ended in disappointment.
The Independent wrote:
The search however continues, with central city of Meiktila another site identified as a possible burial ground for the Spitfires.
So, there are no Spitfires - yet they are also continuing to search.
Good lord, even the title and subtitle for the article differ:
Title:
The Independent wrote:
No 'lost Spitfires' buried in Burma
Subtitle:
The Independent wrote:
Dig near Rangoon International Airport proves fruitless but Lincolnshire farmer insists search will continue elsewhere in the country
So, the title informs us that there are no Spitfires
anywhere in Burma, and the the subtitle states that they have only searched
one site.
And here's the worst part - we may never know:
The project was then dramatically halted on Wednesday afternoon when government officials suddenly arrived at the site in blacked out cars accompanied by armed soldiers. Senior government figures had reacted to rumours in the local media that the team had been tunnelling under the main runway, the only international standard runway in the country.
The archeologists have been allowed back on the site today but are limited to using shovels only, officials have banned them from using the two mechanical diggers during the day.
Good luck digging by hand.
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