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Is it true: Harold Holt Disappearance Claims?

Unsubstantiated70% confidence

There's no solid evidence for it.

The disappearance is real and unresolved in a practical sense, but espionage and abduction claims lack strong evidence.

The claim

Claims that Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt was abducted, defected, or killed rather than drowning.

Key evidence

Holt's body was never recovered

The 2005 Victorian Coroner's inquest concluded accidental drowning

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