John Judd Van Vliet Miller, 21, of Tenants Harbor, Maine, disappeared on May 1, 1975, while aboard a recently purchased lobster boat with business partner Michael Pearcy. The pair were last seen returning from Stockton Springs. The next day their lobster boat was found anchored near Isle Au Haut with the hatch cover removed, a detail that suggested the vessel may have overheated. Their skiff was recovered overturned near Belfast the following day, but neither man was ever located.

Weather that day was reported as clear with calm seas, but the water temperature was about 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Authorities, including the Coast Guard, presumed both men drowned, possibly from hypothermia or an accident—scenarios include one man falling overboard and the other attempting a rescue, or both losing the skiff in the cold water. No bodies were recovered. Miller’s family suggested he might have survived with amnesia after a head injury, and there were unconfirmed reported sightings over the years. Does anyone have information about Miller, Pearcy, the boat, or the reported sightings from 1975 onward?