Locals Thought They Found A Submarine — Then The Coast Guard Looks Inside

That night, Julia received an email from a burner account. It included coordinates, a timestamp from three months ago, and a satellite photo. The photo showed a small object—dark, angular—drifting in international waters off the coast of Mauritania. The object’s shape was unmistakable. It had drifted nearly 3,000 miles with no known power. “They’ve been tracking it for weeks,” the message read. “Don’t believe the leak story.”