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1. Nov 4, 2026 at 12:48 AM

   November 2026: Verdict changed from debunked to unsubstantiated. The 1998 National Geographic computer analysis was inconclusive between a mine and an internal coal-bunker fire rather than supporting the coal-fire finding, so the cause of the sinking is treated as unresolved; there is still no evidence that Spain placed a mine.