Titanic 'only rediscovered because US military went on top secret nuclear mission'

dailystar.co.uk:

US military officials to happen upon the wreckage of the Titanic, the infamous vessel which sunk on its maiden voyage, killing thousands.READ MORE: Scared beachgoers call police over 'murdered woman' as sex doll washes up on sandA total of 1,494 fatalities were recorded after the sinking of the at-the-time world's largest ship, which was set to run from Southampton, England, to New York City, United States.

Its failed voyage and subsequent sinking turned into quite the handy cover story for the US decades later, who were searching for two nuclear submarines.

America's quiet search for two missing nuclear submarines was made a tad easier by the grand cover story of wanting to uncover the wreckage of the Titanic, which they initially had no intention of doing.

Officer Ballard said: "They did not want the world to know that, so I had to have a cover story."His cover story of attempting to find out the Titanic, in fact, turned out true when Ballard did just that and accidentally discovered the location of the wreckage.Ballard, a scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, continued: "We knew where the subs were. "What they wanted me to do was go back and not have the Russians follow me, because we were interested in the nuclear weapons that were on the Scorpion and also what the nuclear reactors (were) doing to the environment."In searching for the Titanic, Ballard admits he was "totally oblivious" to what he was doing, and added that the team "naturally were very excited, because it was a tough job.