Ever Wonder Why There Are So Many Conspiracy Theories About ?

In 1985 a mission to find the lost wreck of the Titanic was launched headed by Dr Bob Ballard due to documents that have now been declassified the Titanic search was actually a cover story for inspecting the wrecks of two nuclear submarines.

The United States Navy lost two submarines during the 1960s the USS Thresher and USS Scorpion which had more than 200 men on board, since then they have put tracking devices on board subs. Officials feared at least one of them had been sunk by the USSR.

When Dr Ballard approached the Navy for funding to find the Titanic using his robotic submarine craft, they asked him to discover the submarines first.

The USS Thresher (SSN-593) was the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines. She was lost during deep-sea diving tests in 1963 after a high-pressure pipe blew causing the vessel to lose power and implode as it sank.

The USS Scorpion disappeared in 1968 amid speculation that it was sunk by Soviet forces.

Dr Ballard mapped both submarine wrecks using his newly developed underwater robot craft. He concluded that the most likely cause of the Scorpion's destruction was being hit by a rogue double agent torpedo it had fired itself.

Ballard then only had 12 days left to find the wreckage of the enormous ship 73 years after it sank in the Atlantic. He had little time to explore further.

It was not until he returned to the site in 1986 that he was able to make a detailed study.

Most people don't understand this, when you invite the Devil in anything can happen and the Devil calls the shots. It all worked out well and a crappy film was made.

Lets hope that US subs have improved since then but then again would we find out if they had until 20 years later?