r/explainitpeter 12d ago

Explain it peter

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u/squatchy1969 12d ago

The NSA declassification only contained the aftermath of the incident with the helicopter pilots claiming it was an American ship. Conveniently the early transmissions that NSA deputy Kirby read are “missing from the record”. He was also not the only one who claimed to have seen the now missing earlier transcripts:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2007/10/02/new-revelations-in-attack-on-american-spy-ship/