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Solved: The mystery of the Mary Celeste

Adrian Lee, 2006. UCL News (from The Express), 20 May 2006.

Reports Andrea Sella's experiment for a Channel 5 documentary: butane ignited in a model of the hold produced a wave of flame that left no soot or scorching, which Sella offers as a way leaking alcohol could have frightened the crew off without leaving a trace.

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The 2006 experimental form of the explosion theory.

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Lee, A. (2006). Solved: The mystery of the Mary Celeste. UCL News (from The Express), 20 May 2006. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2006/may/solved-mystery-mary-celeste
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