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[i]"Close to the device an orange container was floating, attached there by a steel cable," says Alexander Andreev. "Our captain decided to take it on board. It was risky! The bow hoists can lift up to 3 tons and we didn't know the weight of the floating structure. Fortunately, all went well, and the spacecraft boilerplate was fixed on the bow deck. In the container, which was attached to the boilerplate, we found a life raft, half-rotted blanket, and fishing gear. There was nothing inside of the boilerplate. Apparently, it served for rescue training operations of American astronauts and it was lost. We sent a cable to Murmansk about this unusual discovery."[/i]
[i]If the boilerplate was transported to Murmansk, then the Soviet Northern Fleet was involved. No fisherman would have lifted aboard this thing with NASA written on it without permission from Moscow. Moscow would never have left such cargo without a cover. It is a very convenient situation — well, fishermen found something there, they can't be blamed anyway... They pull the rabbit out of a hat — Northern Fleet. In those days USSR fleet activities were never taking place without radio reconnaissance ships. In the referred time there was a group of reconnaissance ships, based in Goriachie Kluchi (Hot Brooks) village. Ships had survey vessels cover and they went to sea as civilians. The crew was dressed in civilian clothes. The ships themselves were built in Poland and GDR, but they had forced diesel engines. Hull design is as a typical fisherman. I think it was them. At least this version explains the information void on our side.[/i]
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