# unidentified

This year

2023

# Hot air

Still unknown if unidentified objects flying over US were spying, White House says

Beijing and Washington have traded accusations over using high-tech balloons to spy on each other.

China has accused the United States of flying balloons over its territory

The White House knocked back the allegation

Officials believe the events are unprecedented in peacetime

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Feb 13th 2023, 9:43 PM

# Justin Trudeau

US warplane shoots down unknown object flying over Canada

The North American Aerospace Defence Command said it had detected an object flying at high altitude over Canada.

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Feb 11th 2023, 10:48 PM

All time

# unidentified

Gardaí renew appeal for help to identify four bodies found on the west coast

The discoveries were made in Clare and Sligo and cover a period of time from 2009 to 2018.

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Oct 31st 2021, 1:40 PM

# California

Zodiac Killer message decoded after more than 50 years

The message was sent in November 1969 to the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper.

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Dec 12th 2020, 10:00 AM

# Tuskar Rock

Retired garda searches for family of unidentified victim in 1968 Wexford plane crash

There were 33 male passengers whose bodies were never recovered and Gerry Kealy is working through the families to rule them out.

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Jan 6th 2019, 7:05 AM

# identity

Why can't the remains of 5 unidentified men buried in Ireland be exhumed for DNA testing?

There have been renewed calls for a centralised database and repository as currently the State does not know how many unidentified remains there are.

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Dec 30th 2018, 8:00 AM

# missing persons day

Forensic scientists revisiting 20 cases of unidentified remains with new DNA testing

The new testing process has allowed scientists to retest samples from as far back as the late 90s.

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Dec 5th 2018, 4:50 PM

# PSNI

Police in contact with gardaí over unidentified man found in river

The PSNI recovered the body of a man from the water at Shaw’s Bridge, Belfast last Friday.

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Jul 21st 2017, 7:31 PM

# unidentified

Gardaí still don't know the identity of the man whose body was found on a Bray beach

The man’s body was found on 27 March, but remains unidentified.

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Apr 19th 2017, 9:05 AM

# nameless

The mystery behind the unidentified remains in Ireland's morgues

Some of the remains found in Ireland may never be identified and families of the missing say something needs to be done.

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Dec 2nd 2015, 6:00 AM

# identity

Photograph of unidentified girl found outside GPO to be released

The teenager was found in a ‘distressed state’ in Dublin’s city centre in October.

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Nov 4th 2013, 5:34 PM

# unidentified

Edinburgh police in Irish appeal after Claddagh ring found on murder victim’s body

One month after the remains were discovered, the victim still hasn’t been identified.

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Jul 4th 2013, 9:27 PM

# stowaway

UK police unable to identify man who fell from sky

Police believe the man was a stowaway attempting to enter England by hiding in the undercarriage of a passenger plane – and fell to his death as the aircraft descended.

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Dec 10th 2012, 9:48 AM