Nuclear weapon missing since 1950 'may have been found'

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>A commercial diver may have discovered a lost US nuclear bomb off the coast of Canada.

>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.

>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 1950.

>The government does not believe the bomb contains nuclear material.

>It is sending naval ships out to the site, near the Haida Gwaii archipelago, to verify the find.

>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. 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.

>"I found something really weird, I think it's a UFO," he joked with his fellow divers once he came to shore. The area is remote, and Mr Smyrichinsky says he had to wait a few days before he could go into town and find somebody who might know what it is.

>One of his friends, an "old-timer" from the area, had an idea: "Maybe you found that nuke they lost here in the 50s!"
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