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The Hughes Glomar Explorer and the CIA's Secret Mission to Retrieve a Sunken Soviet Submarine
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The Hughes Glomar Explorer was a cover story for a CIA mission to retrieve a sunken Soviet submarine, but the vessel's involvement in top secret projects, such as making spy satellites, made it a perfect choice for the mission. The cover story included mining manganese deposits in the area to prevent Soviet suspicion.

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