part of the problem was the officer of the watch, second officer herbert stone, thought that when he saw rockets go up, he thought the ship that was firing the rockets was actually sailing off from the southeast to the southwest. he claimed under oath at the british inquiry that after the first rocket went up, the ship started to sail away and the rockets, the bearing to the rockets were following the ship. he also said the rockets seem to have come from beyond the ship, beyond this vessel that appeared to be close by. he thought it was about five miles away. but the rockets he thought didn't go up high enough. he claimed it may have come from a ship behind. he was questioned about that and he said, well, why do you explain if it came from another ship behind as this vessel went away to the southwest, the rockets follow -- are on the same bearing. he said, yes, he thought about that, too. he said that says it didn't come from far away, it came from that ship he was watching. it turns out that there's nobody today -- once we now know the real position that the titanic went down -- tha