[CTRL] A Pittsburgh, PA Mystery solved????

[Shane A. Saylor, Eccentric Bard]

 -Caveat Lector-

Friday July 9 12:43 PM ET

'Mystery' Of Bomber Crash May Soon Be Solved
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Mystery buffs should prepare themselves for a letdown
if a warplane said to be carrying everything from nerve gas to a nuclear
bomb is pulled from the Monongahela River this summer, a researcher said
Friday.

``As far as secret cargo, we're going to find absolutely nothing,''
predicted Robert Shema, an aquatic biologist involved in the
search-and-recovery mission for a B-25 bomber that plunged into the river
Jan. 31, 1956.

``It was simply an accident -- this plane ran out of gas,'' he said.

Occurring at the height of the Cold War in a region surrounded by missile
bases, the crash become one of Pittsburgh's most beloved and enduring
mysteries.

Stories circulated that the plane was transporting
billionaire-turned-recluse Howard Hughes, nerve gas, or a nuclear bomb.

Some even insisted the U.S. military, concerned about the plane's secret
cargo, pulled the plane to the surface in the dead of night, dismantled it
and shipped the parts down the river on barges.

``At that time we were really at odds with the Soviet Union and there was a
lot of suspicion surrounding military activity,'' said Betty Arenth, senior
vice president of the Sen. John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center,
which is planning an exhibit on the bomber.

``The disappearance of that plane really fueled people's worries and
concerns.''

Shema said extensive research on the accident has shown the plane carried
nothing more than a crew of six on a flight from Michigan to Olmstead Air
Force Base in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Two crew members drowned and four survived.

Shema and five other researchers say they think they have located the plane
under 20 feet (6 meters) of water and a pile of muck and silt.

The recovery effort is set to start this month, with the group using
electronic equipment to pinpoint the plane's remaining parts and divers or
recovery equipment to bring them to the surface.

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