Titanic Revelation
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 8:05 pm
http://www.examiner.com/x-234-Baltimore ... S-ScorpionRobert Ballard’s discovery of RMS Titanic’s final resting place in September 1985 was a find over and above his real mission. Newly declassified information reveals that the Navy contracted Ballard to investigate the wrecks of two US Navy nuclear submarines USS Thresher and USS Scorpion, in order to determine their fates. The search for Titanic was a side expedition to Ballard’s actual classified mission.