Friday, October 4, 2019

Science on Tap: 11/7/19 - Project AZORIAN with Tony Hiley

8th year of Science on Tap

Thanks to the continued support of UNM, Explora and the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History

 

 A time to eat, drink & talk about science!


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Join us Thursday, November 7 at 5:30


Project AZORIAN

Tony Hiley

Former Director of CIA Museum, 
Current Board Member at 
National Museum of Nuclear Science and History.



Imagine standing atop the Empire State Building with an 8-foot-wide grappling hook on a 1-inch-diameter steel rope. Your task is to lower the hook to the street below, snag a compact car full of gold, and lift the car back to the top of the building. On top of that, the job has to be done without anyone noticing. That, essentially, describes what the CIA did in Project AZORIAN, a highly secret six-year effort to retrieve a sunken Soviet submarine from the Pacific Ocean floor during the Cold War.


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