File:Glomar Manganese Nodule Encased in Lucite.jpg

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English: The cover story for Project AZORIAN operation was that eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes owned the ship and intended to use it to mine manganese nodules from the ocean floor. This is one of the nodules that Glomar actually recovered from the Pacific.
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Author Central Intelligence Agency

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Captions

One of the manganese nodules that Glomar recovered from the Pacific, now encased in lucite.

Items portrayed in this file

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CIA Museum

Project Azorian

Central Intelligence Agency

manganese

copyright status

public domain

applies to jurisdiction: United States
determination method or standard: work of the federal government of the United States

inception

29 July 2022

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image/jpeg

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9,281 byte

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533 pixel

width

800 pixel

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97155ac5e888fc4f7dc4e7d4de85d958a2ccb1ab

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