DECLASSIFIED: CIA Photos Reveal Spy Satellite's Deep-Sea Rescue - Spokane, North Idaho News & Weather KHQ.com

HUFFINGTONPOST.COM - It's a plot worthy of a Hollywood action movie: 40 years ago, the U.S. Navy carried out a daring mission to retrieve a top-secret film capsule that had settled more than 16,000 feet (4,876 meters) underwater on the ocean floor. At the time, the expedition was the deepest undersea salvage operation ever attempted.

Documents released publicly by the Central Intelligence Agency on Aug. 8 detail the capsule's incredible recovery, using what was at the time the Navy's most sophisticated deep-sea submersible. click here to read more