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Project Azorian

Project Azorian (also called "Jennifer" by the press after its Top Secret Security Compartment) was a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) project to recover the sunken Soviet submarine K-129 from the Pacific Ocean floor in 1974 using the purpose-built ship Hughes Glomar Explorer. The 1968 sinking of K-129 occurred about 1,560 miles (2,510 km)…

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Location
16,500 feet (5,000 m) below the Pacific Ocean
Date
1974
Outcome
Successful recovery of a portion of Soviet submarine K-129
Participants
CIA, U.S. Navy

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Wreck of K-129

Building Glomar Explorer and its cover story

Recovery

Public disclosure

Conspiracy theory

Eyewitness accounts

CIA Museum artifacts

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Project Azorian

Nodes105
Edges104
Triples131
Avg. degree1.98
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Components1

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Project Azorian

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related to Eyewitness accounts · 34
Project Azorian → Azorian, Charlie Johnson, CIA, CIA Deputy Director Carl, Craig Reed, CV, Duckett, Global Marine, Houston, Hughes Glomar Explorer, Inside, Joe Houston, John Parangosky, K-129, Lockheed, Lockheed Ocean Systems, Michael White, Mr, Norman Polmar, Operation Ivy Bells
related to The New York Times story · 21
Project Azorian → Anderson, Bill Kovach, Bush, Central Intelligence William Colby, CIA, Director, George, Gerald Ford, In February, Jack Anderson, Los Angeles Times, March, Navy, New York Times, New York Times Washington, Rejecting, Seymour Hersh, Soviet Union, The CIA, The New York Times
related to CIA Museum artifacts · 14
Project Azorian → CIA Debrief, CIA Museum, George Bush Center, Glomar, Glomar Explorer, Hughes Glomar, Intelligence, One, Pacific, Sherman Wetmore, Soviet, Summa Corporation, The, YouTube
related to Documentaries · 13
Project Azorian → Azorian, CIA, Episode, John Cardwell, K-129, Michael White, Netflix, Robert Wallace, Season, Spy Ops, The, The Raising Of The, Two
see also · 13
Project Azorian → British, Charles Stross, China, Glomar Explorer's, Harry Turtledove, HMS L55, Jennifer Morgue, K-129, List, Mining Barge, Poseidon, Soviets, Three Miles Down
related to 1998 release of video · 11
Project Azorian → Burleson's, Clyde, Discovery Channel, Matter, National Security, NOVA, PBS Cold War, Portions, Russia, Soviet, The Jennifer Project
related to FOIA request and the Glomar response · 11
Project Azorian → After, CIA, CIA's, FOIA, Freedom, Glomar, Glomarization, Harriet Ann Phillippi, Information Act, The CIA, This
related to 2010 release of 1985 CIA article · 10
Project Azorian → CIA, Exactly, Freedom, In February, Information Act, Intelligence, Matthew Aid, National Security Archive, Studies, The
Date · 1
Project Azorian → 1974
Location · 1
Project Azorian → 16,500 feet (5,000 m) below the Pacific Ocean

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project cia k-129 submarine soviet glomar azorian ship recovery hughes explorer operation us story intelligence also ocean isbn 1968 missile

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Project AzorianDate19741.00infobox
Project AzorianLocation16,500 feet (5,000 m) below the Pacific Ocean1.00infobox
Project AzorianOutcomeSuccessful recovery of a portion of Soviet submarine K-1291.00infobox
Project AzorianParticipantsCIA, U.S. Navy1.00infobox
Project Azorianrelated to 1998 release of videoSoviet0.60section
Project Azorianrelated to 1998 release of videoRussia0.60section
Project Azorianrelated to 1998 release of videoPortions0.60section
Project Azorianrelated to 1998 release of videoDiscovery Channel0.60section
Project Azorianrelated to 1998 release of videoMatter0.60section
Project Azorianrelated to 1998 release of videoNational Security0.60section
Project Azorianrelated to 1998 release of videoClyde0.60section
Project Azorianrelated to 1998 release of videoBurleson's0.60section

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