"The search for the Titanic was a secret Cold War mission"

BrucePartington · 12-13-18, 03:05 PM

I apologize if this has been posted before. Just came across this video on Youtube, dated today.

Cheers.

Dowly · 12-13-18, 03:31 PM

Nothing new really. It was always known that Ballard was on a US Navy mission and that that's how he got the chance to look for the Titanic.

ETR3(SS) · 12-13-18, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Nothing new really. It was always known that Ballard was on a US Navy mission and that that's how he got the chance to look for the Titanic.

Pretty much. The Navy wanted him to take pictures and video of the Thresher and Scorpion wrecks and he got to look for the Titanic as a bonus.

Platapus · 12-13-18, 07:38 PM

very cool story

August · 12-13-18, 09:56 PM

It's funny, that was the same basic premise of the book "Raise the Titanic".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raise_the_Titanic!

em2nought · 12-14-18, 03:07 AM

My brother lost money on Global Marine bonds because it was just a cover for raising a Russian sub https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Azorian

Platapus · 12-14-18, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by August

It's funny, that was the same basic premise of the book "Raise the Titanic".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raise_the_Titanic!

What better cover than a fictional story that is actually factual.

Jimbuna · 12-14-18, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

What better cover than a fictional story that is actually factual.

Indeed

12-13-18, 03:05 PM	#1
BrucePartington XO Join Date: May 2013 Location: KM AM99 Posts: 405 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	"The search for the Titanic was a secret Cold War mission" I apologize if this has been posted before. Just came across this video on Youtube, dated today. Cheers. __________________ "The bureaucracy is expanding, to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy." - Leonard Nimoy

12-13-18, 07:38 PM	#4
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,362 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	very cool story __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

12-13-18, 09:56 PM	#5
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It's funny, that was the same basic premise of the book "Raise the Titanic". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raise_the_Titanic! __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

12-14-18, 03:07 AM	#6
em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,485 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My brother lost money on Global Marine bonds because it was just a cover for raising a Russian sub https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Azorian __________________ em2nought is ecstatic garbage!

12-13-18, 03:31 PM	#2
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Nothing new really. It was always known that Ballard was on a US Navy mission and that that's how he got the chance to look for the Titanic.