The news of Silver Cloud's hijacking spread through various channels.
Because of the many channels, there was no unified narrative, and the truth about the hijacking was widely debated.
Rumors had it that the cruise was hijacked by a group of pirates near the Mexican coast, who bribed the ship's security for an inside job, aiming to hijack the cruise and kidnap passengers.
Another report claimed the hijackers were a dangerous terrorist organization.
There were even conspiracy theories, saying the mastermind behind the hijacking was a major country trying to force America to make some concessions.
More outlandish rumors suggested the hijackers were aliens intending to abduct the passengers for human biological experiments, and that the FBI and Navy SEALs joined forces to defeat the aliens.
