Is lost Cold War bomb resting on the Arctic Ocean floor? Canadian Navy to investigate 'nuclear device' spotted during diving trip close to site of 1950 US bomber crash 

  • Sean Smyrichinsky found a mystery object when he was diving in Canada
  • He asked around and found out he'd been close to the site of the lost nuke
  • A Mark IV bomb was lost in February 1950 after a plane crash in Pacific
  • He claims what he spotted matches pictures of the bomb and the Canadian Royal Navy will send investigators to the site in a matter of weeks 

 

Sean Smyrichinsky found the object while diving and initially thought he'd spotted some kind of UFO

The Royal Canadian Navy is to send investigators to examine a 'mystery object' found by a diver which could be a nuclear bomb lost in the early days of the Cold War.

Sean Smyrichinsky found the object while diving near Banks Island, a site close to the location of the US bomber crash of 1950, after which the Mark IV bomb was lost.

The bomb was lost on February 14 when a Convair B-36 crashed in northern British Colombia on its way to Texas from Alaska.

Mr Smyrichinsky told CBC news: 'I got a little far from my boat and I found something that I'd never ever seen before.

'It resembled, like, a bagel cut in half, and then around the bagel these bolts molded into it.

'I came out from the dive and I came up and I started telling my crew, "My god, I found a UFO. I found the strangest thing I'd ever seen!"'

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Smyrichinsky said he asked around and was told the story of the lost bomb, and when he looked at pictures of the Mark IV, he thought it could be the bomber, one of which is pictured above

Sean Smyrichinsky found a mystery object while diving in northern Canada and believes it could be the missing Mark IV bomber, one of which is pictured above

Mr Smyrichinsky said he asked around and was told the story of the lost bomb, and when he looked at pictures of the Mark IV, he realised it was very similar to the object he had seen.   

The plane crashed after three of its six engines began shooting flames and the other three were unable to power the plane with its heavy load. 

The pilot flew over Princess Royal Island so the crew would not have to bail out over the North Pacific, and set the plane on a path towards the ocean.  

The bomb was lost on February 14 when a Convair B-36 crashed in northern British Colombia on its way to Texas from Alaska. Smyrichinsky (pictured) also thought that the object was a UFO 

The Canadian Royal Navy will send investigators down in the next few weeks to look at the object. Above, Mr Smyrichinsky who found the object

He was diving near  the area where the plane's crew were forced to bail out, sending the plane plummeting into the ocean. The bomb has never been found 

He was diving near to the area where the plane's crew were forced to bail out and send the plane to crash in February 1950. The bomb had not been found since

In a book published this year, Dirk Septer tells the story of the lost bomb.

He wrote: 'Just before midnight on February 13, 1950, three engines of a US Air Force B-36 intercontinental bomber caught fire over Canada’s northwest coast. 

'The crew jumped, and the plane ditched somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. 

'Almost four years later, the wreck of the bomber was found accidentally in a remote location in the coastal mountains of British Columbia, three hours’ flying time in the opposite direction of where it was supposed to have crashed. 

'After years of silence, the United States finally admitted to losing its very first nuclear bomb; the incident was its first Broken Arrow, the code name for accidents involving nuclear weapons.'

Five crew members died but 12 were rescued after they bailed out. 

Major Steve Neta confirmed to CBC News that the site corresponds with the crash site and the Navy would be investigating. 

A Royal Navy ship will be deployed in the next few weeks.  

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