>Jarvis was visited by scientists during the International Geophysical Year from July 1957 until November 1958. In January 1958 all scattered building ruins from both the nineteenth century guano diggings and the 1935–1942 colonization attempt were swept away without a trace by a severe storm which lasted several days and was witnessed by the scientists. When the IGY research project ended the island was abandoned again.[23] By the early 1960s a few sheds, a century of accumulated trash, the scientists' house from the late 1950s and a solid, short lighthouse-like day beacon built two decades before were the only signs of human habitation on Jarvis.
>"scientists" go to remote desert island
>while they're there, a storm, not a hurricane, not a tropical storm, but a plain old storm COINCIDENTALLY passes through and absolutely annihilates all traces of human life, including concrete buildings off the face of the island
>while the "scientists" just happened to be there (on an isolated coral island in the middle of the pacific ocean) to observe it
>but the "storm" in question fortunately just happened to leave their shelter as well as a pile of discarded guano and a lighthouse intact
all this sounds a little suspicious doesn't it?
what exactly was being hidden here? What exactly did this alleged IGY project entail?
the island today is one big wildlife reserve and exploration of it is illegal, this desolate island consisting of dead coral sand and bird shit surely needs protection as a wildlife reserve