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FWIW. The men were fishing on the dock of the Gulf Cities Fisheries that was one mile North of the Ingall’s Shipyard which at the time had the USS Shark in dry dock for repairs. The USAF had inspectors that were doing a Class 3 operation in the plant there. They were taken to Keesler AFB and interrogated by USAF personnel. Before they were taken in we ran a Geiger Counter over them. Col R.L. Hanson with CM/SGT Brent asked them questions about the encounter and followed the decontamination protocol. These men were frightened beyond anything I had ever seen or have seen since. IMO the fact the nuclear submarine Shark was so close was important. We had Russian trawlers nearby almost daily when it was in dry dock.