加拿大潛水員在搜尋海蔘時竟然發現了核彈!

A commercial diver may have discovered a lost nuclear bomb off the coast of British Columbia near the Haida Gwaii archipelago.

日前，一位商業潛水員在不列顛哥倫比亞省海達瓜依羣島的海岸附近發現了一個遺落的核炸彈。

Sean Smyrichinsky was diving for sea cucumbers near British Columbia when he discovered a large metal device that looked a bit like a flying saucer.

當時Sean Smyrichinsky正在加拿大不列顛哥倫比亞省附近潛水捕撈海蔘，隨後他便發現了一個看起來有點像飛碟的巨大金屬裝置。

The Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) believes it could be a "lost nuke" from a US B-36 bomber that crashed in the area in 1950s.

而加拿大國防部則認爲這個東西很有可能是美國上世紀50年代一架墜毀的B-36轟炸機上的“丟失的核彈”。

The government does not believe the bomb contains active nuclear material. It is sending naval ships out to the site, near the Haida Gwaii archipelago, to verify the find.

加拿大政府認爲這枚炸彈裏面並沒有活性核物質。目前政府方面正在派遣海軍船隻前往位於夏洛特皇后羣島附近的事發地點，以驗證這一發現。

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.

據Smyrichinsky表示，十月上旬他在夏洛特皇后羣島附近的皮特島岸邊潛水時碰到了這個東西，地點就在不列顛哥倫比亞省和阿拉斯加的交界處附近。

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.

他向BBC透露稱：“那玩意兒比'一張特大號雙人牀還要大一點'，頂部是平的，底部是圓的，在正中心有一個洞，看起來'像一個甜甜圈'。”

The story of the lost nuke has mystified military historians for more than half a century. In 1950s, American B-36 Bomber 075 crashed near British Columbia on its way to Carswell Air Force Base in Texas.

美國核彈丟失事件已經使得軍事歷史學家們迷惑不解了半個多世紀。上個世紀50年代，美國一架B-36轟炸機075號在返回德克薩斯卡斯爾韋爾空軍基地時，墜毀在了加拿大不列顛哥倫比亞省附近。

The plane was on a secret mission to simulate a nuclear strike and had a real Mark IV nuclear bomb on board to see if it could carry the payload required.

當時這架飛機正在進行祕密任務模擬核打擊，並且飛機上還載有一枚真正的馬克四型核彈來驗證飛機是否能夠攜帶要求的有效載荷。

Several hours into its flight, its engines caught fire and the crew had to parachute to safety. Out of a 17-person crew, five didn't make it.

在起飛幾小時過後，這架飛機的引擎着了火，機組人員不得不跳傘逃生。機上一共有17人，其中有5人不幸遇難。

The American military says the bomb was filled with lead, uranium and TNT but no plutonium, so it wasn't capable of a nuclear explosion.

據美國軍方表示，那枚炸彈中全是鉛、鈾和TNT炸藥，沒有鈈，所以不可能發生核爆。

The crew put the plane on autopilot and set it to crash in the middle of the ocean, but three years later, its wreckage was found hundreds of kilometres inland.

機組人員將飛機設定成自動駕駛，並將其墜毀在大洋中，但是三年過後人們在內陸幾百公里遠的地方發現了飛機的殘骸。

Dirk Septer, an aviation historian from British Columbia, says the US government searched the wreckage but couldn't find the weapon.

據加拿大不列顛哥倫比亞省航空歷史學家德里克表示，當時美國政府對發現的飛機殘骸進行了搜索，但是卻沒能找到丟失的核彈。

"It was a mystery to everyone," he told the BBC. "It was the height of the Cold War and they were just paranoid that the Russians would get a hold of it."

德里克向BBC透露：“這對所有人來說都是一個不解之謎。當時冷戰正酣，他們都非常偏執地猜疑俄羅斯人會得到這枚核彈。”