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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.

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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