When dryly humorous memorial plaques started popping up around the U.K. So what about the long-forgotten half of the Murphy discovered by Crowell? Today, the undersea wreck is home to a commemorative plaque inscribed in memoriam to the dozens of crew lost with the ship that sank-but didn’t. The remaining half of the Murphy was restored with a new bow, soon after to support the Normandy invasion at Omaha Beach the destroyer eventually ended its career with four battle stars for its World War II service. The stern, however, miraculously stayed afloat. The bow of the ship was lost to the freezing Atlantic, along with 38 crew members. Here's what happened: On October 21, 1943, the Murphy fell victim to a hit by a German U-boat. Navy, that destroyer, the USS Murphy-which Crowell had positively identified using a tag recovered in the wreck-never sank. World War II destroyer 75 miles off the shore of New Jersey, it led to another rather confusing discovery: According to the U.S. When diver Dan Crowell discovered the remains of a U.S. The plaque, displaying the official New Hampshire state seal, calls the incident “The first widely-reported UFO abduction report in the United States.” It can be found at New Hampshire’s Indian Head resort, just north of the spot where the mysterious aircraft is said to have appeared. This seemingly conclusive evidence of an alien landing has since been the subject of many books, films, and, in 2011, a plaque commemorating the 50th anniversary of the encounter. Later, under hypnosis, both produced details of an alien abduction experience. Spooked, they quickly drove away, but they later experienced an amnesia-like gap in memory from the following two hours they also found mysterious tears and scrapes on their clothing neither could account for, along with odd circular shapes on their car.
BETTY AND BARNEY HILL PLAQUE FULL
In 1961, Barney and Betty Hill were returning from a trip to their summer home when they spotted a large “cigar-shaped” aircraft full of “strangely not human” figures along the New Hampshire highway. Thanks to this plaque, UFO junkies can visit the exact spot where one of the world’s most famous alien encounters allegedly took place. Obviously, it was a successful date Michelle even recalled Barack as “hip, cutting edge, cultural, sensitive.” Said the president: “Take notes, gentlemen.” Or at least visit the birthplace of America’s current reigning power couple. Though the area has changed a bit since then (for one, that Baskin-Robbins is now a Subway restaurant), the owners of the building were intent on immortalizing the kiss, first commissioning the marker back in 2010.
I kissed her, and it tasted like chocolate.” Set in a boulder surrounded by flowers, the plaque is inscribed with these words from the president: “On our first date, I treated her to the finest ice cream Baskin-Robbins had to offer, our dinner table doubling as the curb. The night ended with a sidewalk kiss that is now forever memorialized with a plaque (above) at Dorchester Avenue and 53rd Street in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. In 1989, a young Barack Obama took Michelle Robinson out for ice cream at Baskin-Robbins. From presidential kisses to witchcraft to events that may or may not have actually even occurred, plaques are rich and often underestimated sources of history that’s weird, funny, or just plain creepy. A quick glance at a shiny metal plaque can often serve as shorthand for “Something important happened here.” But if you step closer, the events such plaques commemorate are often far from simple.
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