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National Underwater Reconnaissance Office (NURO)

  • On the record: a CIA and Navy undersea reconnaissance office with documented submarine-recovery missions.
  • The claims: Inman headed it; Gaffney began there; an official tied it to covert operations in Swedish waters.
  • Gerb's model (hypothesis): it helped the NRO recover craft downed at sea.

The secret CIA and Navy office formed after the 1968 loss of the Soviet submarine K-129 as the NRO's undersea twin, running submarine recovery, cable tapping and seabed intelligence with ships like the Glomar Explorer and NR-1. Bobby Ray Inman says he directed it from 1974, and Glenn Gaffney started his career there. UAP Gerb thinks it worked with the NRO on recovering craft downed at sea.

On the record

  • K-129 recovery and the Glomar Explorer (Project Azorian).
  • Inman's own statement that he headed NURO from 1974.
  • The CIA and Navy tug of war over control.

Claims (11)

The National Underwater Reconnaissance Office was set up by agreement between the CIA and the Navy as the NRO's undersea counterpart, under DCI Richard Helms, after the Soviet submarine K-129 sank off Hawaii in 1968. Gerb gives 1969 as its founding year, with Navy Secretary John Warner later its director.National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)Central Intelligence AgencyfirsthandSourced, unconfirmedBlind Man's Bluff and Jeffrey Richelson (cited by UAP Gerb)
Its missions included recovering sunken submarines such as K-129, tapping Soviet undersea cables (Ivy Bells), mapping the ocean floor and collecting imagery and SIGINT from submarines; its craft included USS Parche, USS Halibut, NR-1, USS Jimmy Carter and the Glomar Explorer.firsthandSourced, unconfirmedpublished histories (cited by UAP Gerb)
NURO sat between the CIA Directorate of Science and Technology and the Office of Naval Intelligence; 'from the day NURO was formed, the CIA took charge', but by 1972 the Navy had regained some control. Gerb's Navy sources were not read into it.Central Intelligence AgencyfirsthandSourced, unconfirmedBlind Man's Bluff (cited by UAP Gerb)
'I became the director of naval intelligence 13 September 1974... I also had a second hat... of director of the National Underwater Reconnaissance Office.'Bobby Ray InmanfirsthandOn the recordBobby Ray Inman
A senior US official said covert submarine operations in Swedish waters were decided by a subcommittee of DIA and CIA people, 'most likely the National Underwater Reconnaissance Office'.anonymousSourced, unconfirmedunnamed senior US official (press, cited by UAP Gerb)
Glenn Gaffney, later CIA deputy director for science and technology, appears to have started his career in NURO; he says his first job was the cover operation for the Glomar Explorer.Glenn GaffneyanalysisSourced, unconfirmedUAP Gerb (Sam)
The US offensively downed UFOs at sea, and NURO likely helped the NRO recover them; NURO's submarine recovery work is the model for maritime crash retrieval.Harald MalmgrenspeculationLeadUAP Gerb (Sam)
He was never briefed on NURO while an admiral, and wants the new council to look into it.The State of Disclosure, Hanging with Ross Coulthart, Current Events & QnA - UAP Gerb LiveTim GallaudetfirsthandSourced, unconfirmedTim Gallaudet
NURO came up when Tim Phillips spoke to Chris Sharp; flag officers either deny being read in or cannot say.Air Force Hidden Wing, Admin & the UFO Files, "It's Probably Nothing" tour, & QnA - UAP Gerb LiveChristopher SharpsecondhandSourced, unconfirmedUAP Gerb (Sam)
NURO was set up in 1969 after a tug of war between CIA DS&T and the Navy that lasted to about 1974; for undersea retrievals look at its work with SUPSALV.Current Work, Return of the PowerPoint & QnA - UAP Gerb LivespeculationLeadUAP Gerb (Sam)
NURO and Ivy Bells-type monitoring of Soviet submarines around Cuba picked up a large undersea craft off the Bahamas in about 1969-70, which MITRE has watched since.UFO Crash Retrievals, Disclosure & Extended QnA - UAP Gerb LiveThe MITRE CorporationanonymousLeadUAP Gerb (Sam)

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Central Intelligence Agency orgThe MITRE Corporation orgNational Reconnaissance Office (NRO) orgWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution orgBobby Ray Inman personGlenn Gaffney personHarald Malmgren personRichard Bissell Jr. personUAP Gerb (Sam) person

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