The 1985 expedition to the sunken ocean liner was a front for testing a new deep-sea imaging system, the head of the mission has said
The 1985 discovery of the sunken RMS Titanic by American researchers was in fact part of a broader, covert US Navy mission aimed at testing a newly-developed deep-sea imaging system, the expedition’s head, Bob Ballard, has told CNN.
In an article published on Monday, the media outlet quoted the researcher as saying how after an unsuccessful initial attempt to locate the resting place of the ocean liner in the 1970’s, he turned to the military for funding to develop a remotely operated underwater vehicle that…
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