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Communication between the Galician Maritime Emergency Station and the U.S. Navy is real and was recorded off the Galician Coast of COSTA DE FISTERRA Oct. 16, 1997, and released for publication by the Spanish Military in march of 2005. Galician: (Background noise) Here is A853 speaking to you, please change course 15 degrees to avoid collision. You are heading directly towards us, distance 25 nautical miles. American: (Background noise) We advice you to change course by 15 degrees north to avoid collision: Galician: Reply negative. We repeat. Change course 15 degrees south to avoid collision. American: (another voice). This is the CPT. of the Navy of the United States of America speaking to you. We insist that you change course 15 degree north immediately to avoid collision: Galician: We see this as neither doable nor necessary. We recommend for you to change course to avoid collision. American: (in a excited commanding tone) this is captain Richard James Howard, commander of the airplane carrier “USS Li
