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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 Lincoln“, the second largest warship of the north American fleet of the United States Nayy: we are accompanied by six armored cruisers; six distroyers; four submarines and several other support ships. we are on course for the persian golf to prepare military maneuvers for an offence against iraq: i do not advise you... ..i order you!... to change course 15 degrees due north!!!!! should you refuse to comply we will take all necessary measures to guarantee the safety of this airplane carrier and this military force: you are a member of allied state; member of nato and this force. please obey forthwith and get out of our way !!!!!! GALICIAN: This is Manuel Salas Alcбntara. speaking. We are two people. We are accompanied by one dog, our food, two beers and one man from the Canary Islands, who is sleeping at the present time. We have the support of Radio Cadena Dial la Coruna and Kanal 106 of the Maritime Emergency. We are stationed at the lighthouse A-853 Finisterra on the Galician coast. We don't have the faintest clue which place we occupy in Spanish lighthouse ranking. And you may go ahead taking those steps you seem randy to deem necessary guaranteeing the safety of your shitty airplane carrier, especially since you are about to smash into the Rocky Coast of Galicia in a few minutes.... for this reason we persist and would like to put it to your heart one more time that it be the best, the healthiest and wisest for you and your crew to change course 15 degrees to avoid collision....... End of communication
