Hart insisted in interviews that the ship had broken in half, a widely debated rumour that was later proven to be true after the discovery of the wreck site by Robert Ballard in 1985. She was also adamant regarding the controversy surrounding SS "Californian", a ship that was only a few miles from "Titanic" and yet failed to respond to distress rockets and calls for help. Hart claimed the vessel was less than ten miles from "Titanic", not nineteen as was previously believed: