Transcription Error
According to Navy officials, Japanese records gave them all the information they needed to come to their conclusion about the incident. When the subject was investigated further, it was discovered that an incorrectly written number in a map reference had been recognized as a result of a transcription error, which was the source of the problem. As a result, the Grayback was discovered at a location that was drastically different from the one that scientists had predicted it would be in all along.
Transcription Error
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