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The dive team and their gear were loaded aboard a US naval ship to be escorted to the project.

This is abnormal, but not unheard of.

But things became more and more strange as they traveled to the project.

First, they were briefed by the commanding officer.

He reviewed the confidentiality agreement regarding our work.

Then the brief was turned over to a man who did not introduce himself.

He explained that the Navy has been working on a prototype submarine.

Its capabilities and new technologies would not be relevant to us.

All we needed to know was that it was tremendous.

The size would dwarf any sub we've ever witnessed.

He then admitted the Navy did not need routine salvage work, but assistance recovering their prototype.

briefed the team that four days prior they had lost contact with the crew.

Sonar images showed the submarine resting on bottom, apparently intact, but nobody was responding to communication attempts.

As the ship arrived on scene, they found that they were not alone.

Nearly a dozen Navy ships were already awaiting their arrival.

The divers were given the go-ahead to get in the water and begin work.

Their first task was to inspect the submarine for damage and hazards.

They needed to provide a bottom report for the engineers to develop a plan for raising it.

They didn't want us rigging it up however seemed fit to us.

They needed the prototype in as good of a condition as possible.