re: #33 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

Deep ocean mining, specifically manganese nodules, was the cover story for Project Azorian, the amazing 1970s project to salvage a sunken Soviet ballistic missile submarine. The special ship built for this, the Glomar Explorer, was far too large and odd looking to hide any other way. The contractor, Global Marine, was basically an offshore drilling company that had developed advanced station keeping technology. It was a perfect match of contractor and mission, since there was nothing strange or alarming at a company like Global Marine trying its hand at seabed mining.

Wasn’t Howard Hughes involved, someways…????