Posted on 11/28/2016 4:09:23 PM PST by BenLurkin
A metallic object discovered underwater off the coast of British Columbia and suspected of being a missing U.S. atomic bomb has now been identified as an industrial hunk of steel.
The Royal Canadian Navy used an underwater robot to check out the object, sitting on the ocean floor in about eight metres of water south of Prince Rupert.
Cmdr. Stephan Gresmak said military specialists determined the object was not an unexploded military munition. “It was safe and there was no danger,” said Gresmak who is with Joint Task Force Pacific.
“It was determined to be a metal part of a larger machine assembly and appears to be a piece of industrial equipment,” the Canadian Forces noted in a news release.
There was speculation the object, found by a scuba diver was either a Mark IV atomic bomb or part of the device lost in 1950. The warhead, which did not contain radioactive material, was jettisoned from a U.S. Air Force B-36 bomber after the plane caught fire.
The bomber crew parachuted from the burning aircraft; five were reported dead and 12 were rescued. The wreckage of the plane was later found on Mount Kologet in the BC interior, about 300 km northeast of where the crew bailed out.
The U.S. military later sent a team to recover equipment from the plane but the whereabouts of the atomic bomb has been the source of intense speculation and various theories over the decades.
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Actually, the blot standing on end was the battleship USS Arkansas.
I have no idea, but would like to know also.
I hope you read the thread. See post 19.
Aircraft was so large it was referred to as an aluminum overcast.
There are only 4 B-36 examples left on display; at the AF Museum, the old Castle AFB, at Offut, and at the Pima Air Museum in Tucson.
I did. Thanks. Free Republic is a fountain of knowledge.
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