There's a piece of artwork on the walls of the CIA (available to see by those who have access, it's unclassified) that dramatically shows the recovery operation, including showing the one failed grabber that lost one piece of the sub (if that is to be believed): https://shipscribe.com/usnaux2/AG/glomarexp3b-h09.jpg
"This painting representing Project AZORIAN is displayed in one of CIA's corridors with other paintings of key events in the Agency's history which, while not open to the public, are shown to uncleared visitors as well as employees. It clearly shows the grabber on the capture vehicle that failed, dropping much of the submarine back to the ocean floor."
It's typically the opposite. The most successful operations from secret services are the ones you never suspected even happened, while the fuckups are the ones who make the news.
When one visits South Bend, I would guess there are zero posters commemorating when they were ranked #1 and lost the last game of the season to an unranked Boston College.
"This painting representing Project AZORIAN is displayed in one of CIA's corridors with other paintings of key events in the Agency's history which, while not open to the public, are shown to uncleared visitors as well as employees. It clearly shows the grabber on the capture vehicle that failed, dropping much of the submarine back to the ocean floor."
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