Missing nuclear weapon since 1950 'may have been found'

Mr Smyrichinsky says he came upon the device while diving off the coast of Pitt Island near Haida Gwaii in early October, which is near the Alaskan border with British Columbia. It was "bigger than a king-size bed", perfectly flat on top with a rounded bottom and had a hole in the centre just "like a bagel," he told the BBC.

"I found something really weird, I think it's a UFO," he joked with his fellow divers once he came to shore. The area is remote, and Mr Smyrichinsky says he had to wait a few days before he could go into town and find somebody who might know what it is.

One of his friends, an "old-timer" from the area, had an idea: "Maybe you found that nuke they lost here in the 50s!"..........Read more

Nuclear weapon missing since 1950 'may have been found' - BBC News A diver off the west coast of Canada may have found a US nuclear weapon missing since 1950.