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Alongside notable historical documents, such as a letter written by Captain James Cook before his final voyage, are curiosities like "Project Seal", a top-secret US-New Zealand attempt to create a doomsday device to rival the nuclear bomb.
The project was launched in June 1944 after a US naval officer noticed that blasting operations to clear coral reefs around Pacific islands sometimes produced a large wave, raising the possibility of creating a "tsunami bomb".
Explosive tests carried out in waters north of Auckland led scientists to conclude that the weapon was feasible and a series of 10 massive blasts offshore could create a 10-metre tsunami capable of inundating a small coastal city.
Among the other oddities in the archives are Defence Department records of hundreds of UFO sightings by members of the public, military personnel and commercial pilots, mostly involving moving lights in the sky.
Some of the accounts include drawings of flying saucers, descriptions of aliens wearing "pharaoh masks" and alleged examples of extra-terrestrial writing.
British and US defence chiefs were eager to see it developed, and it was considered potentially as important as the atomic bomb. It was expected to cause massive damage to coastal cities, and could have even been used with a nuclear charge. The weapon was only tested using small explosions and never on a full scale. After 4000 test explosions over a seven-month period, none of which generated an appreciable tsunami, the project was closed down when it was determined that there were errors in the theoretical basis of the plan.
Originally posted by daaskapital
This news article got my attention mainly due to the title (which seems to change between the link and the article headline...). The last i heard about a Tsunami bomb was when a Russian guy was threatening to destroy other countries with one...but i never knew that New Zealand and the USA were working on a joint project...pretty cool!
Originally posted by EartOccupant
Great info about the ufo inscriptions e.d.
About the Bomb, I think you could be mistaken with the Tsar bomb as for the Russian bomb that is.edit on 30-12-2012 by EartOccupant because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by daaskapital
'Tsunami bomb': NZ archives reveal strange weapon, UFOs
news.ninemsn.com.au
(visit the link for the full news article)
Alongside notable historical documents, such as a letter written by Captain James Cook before his final voyage, are curiosities like "Project Seal", a top-secret US-New Zealand attempt to create a doomsday device to rival the nuclear bomb.
The project was launched in June 1944 after a US naval officer noticed that blasting operations to clear coral reefs around Pacific islands sometimes produced a large wave, raising the possibility of creating a "tsunami bomb".
In 2008, during the resulting political row between the United Kingdom and Russia, he suggested dropping nuclear bombs over the Atlantic Ocean in an effort to flood Britain.
Originally posted by daaskapital
The last i heard about a Tsunami bomb was when a Russian guy was threatening to destroy other countries with one...but i never knew that New Zealand and the USA were working on a joint project...pretty cool!
Originally posted by daaskapital
...pretty cool!
Originally posted by sonnny1
Originally posted by daaskapital
The last i heard about a Tsunami bomb was when a Russian guy was threatening to destroy other countries with one...but i never knew that New Zealand and the USA were working on a joint project...pretty cool!
I thought you felt America was culpable of "War crimes" ?
And you find this.........
Originally posted by daaskapital
...pretty cool!
Hmmmm............
Originally posted by Regenstorm
reply to post by daaskapital
You mean Vladimir Zhirinovsky?
In 2008, during the resulting political row between the United Kingdom and Russia, he suggested dropping nuclear bombs over the Atlantic Ocean in an effort to flood Britain.
Source
It was tested in Whangaparaoa off the coast of Auckland between 1944 and 1945, in experiments conducted by Professor Thomas Leech. British and US defence chiefs were eager to see it developed, and it was considered potentially as important as the atomic bomb. It was expected to cause massive damage to coastal cities, and could have even been used with a nuclear charge
The top secret documents on Project Seal were only declassified in 1999