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3. On April 26, 1972, the CIA used the Navy's most advanced deep sea submersible to recover what mysterious object from 16,000 feet under the Pacific Ocean?
A film capsule ejected by a US photo reconnaissance satellite had lost its parachute and sunk, leading to the rescue mission.
A film capsule ejected by a US photo reconnaissance satellite had lost its parachute and sunk, leading to the rescue mission.
A film capsule ejected by a US photo reconnaissance satellite had lost its parachute and sunk, leading to the rescue mission.
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A Soviet missile warhead. |
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Film dropped from a US spy satellite. |
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A crashed U2 aircraft. |
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