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110216-Atomic_Bombs_(22).jpg-231178318-Atomic_Bombs_-22--S.jpg: <span style="color:#ffffff;font-family:BentonSans-Medium, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;background-color:#0c0c0c;">The “Fat Man” nuclear bomb that devastated Nagasaki during the Second World War was similar to the Mark IV bomb that was on a B-36 bomber that crashed off the B.C. coast on Feb. 13, 1950.</span>© United Press International The “Fat Man” nuclear bomb that devastated Nagasaki during the Second World War was similar to the Mark IV bomb that was on a B-36 bomber that crashed off the B.C. coast on Feb. 13, 1950.
PRINCE RUPERT — The Royal Canadian Navy says an unidentified object found off B.C.’s North Coast is not a lost bomb.
The navy says a remotely operated vehicle was used earlier this week in the area south of Prince Rupert to investigate.
It says the object appears to be a piece of industrial equipment and does not pose any risk to the local population.
News reports have speculated the object could have been related to a U.S. Air Force bomber that crashed in 1950.
Crews from the HMCS Yellowknife used sonar to locate the object under eight metres of water on Tuesday.
The navy says in a news release that the steel object that is about 5.5 metres long and one metre in height.
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