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3 unusual facts about Wassaw Sound


1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision

Based on a hydrologic survey, the bomb was thought by the Department of Energy to lie buried under 5 to 15 feet (2 to 5 m) of silt at the bottom of Wassaw Sound.

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Following several unsuccessful searches, the bomb was presumed lost somewhere in Wassaw Sound off the shores of Tybee Island.

Wassaw Sound

The Pentagon recorded the incident in a top secret memo to the chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).



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