It happened on February 13, 1950, in one of the worst scenarios of the nuclear age. While flying over restricted airspace over the Canadian border, a U.S. Air Force bomber suffered serious engine failure and the crew had to evacuate the vehicle out of mid-air. The plane crashed in remote mountainous areas of British Columbia. Several crew members sank along with its dangerous cargo: a Mark IV nuclear bomb.
“The Story of the Lost Nuke” makes a valiant attempt to recreate the horrors of that flight, the shocking aftermath of the crash, and the possible cover-up that is still ongoing today. The filmmakers set out to find answers to a series of mysteries that still persist more than fifty years later. The surviving crew declined to share details, and most official military documents remain sealed or redacted from the public. There has been speculation for decades that the plane carried out a nuclear blast mission early in the Cold War. But official reports said the flight was just a training session and the bomb lacked the plutonium core needed for a nuclear detonation.
However, the cries of conspiracy theories have only been fueled by the disappearance of a key flight member – the gunsmith responsible for making the bomb – and the strange lack of evidence in wreckage found at the crash site that there were even armed nuclear weapons on board. complex. Is it possible that the arms dealer stayed on board and tried to defuse the bomb before it fell?
The film shows how investigators struggled to see detailed photographic evidence and distorted fragments of the rigged mountain where the crash occurred years ago.
As the film progresses, viewers will encounter many interesting clues in addition to the featured investigation team. The Story of the Lost Nuke is a rare example of a documentary that manages to change the course of the story they investigate.
