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Lost Military · Overton Arm, Lake Mead, Nevada

The Lake Mead B-29

The Lake Mead B-29: still unexplained.

◆ Evidence tier: TraditionCrashed 1948 · found 2001 – present◎ Recently discovered — still growing

The Story

What is claimed · what is sourced · what is still disputed

In 1948 a B-29 Superfortress skimmed too low over a glassy Lake Mead on a secret high-altitude research flight, clipped the water at 230 mph, and sank, the crew all swam clear. For half a century no one knew exactly where. A dive team found her in 2001, remarkably whole, in the Overton Arm; the falling lake has since brought her from 200 feet up toward 100. She's on the National Register now, look, don't touch.

What remains open

  • No period map of the site has surfaced.
  • No contemporary press coverage has been found.

The lure: A WWII Superfortress on a secret mission, intact on the lakebed

Evidence & Corroboration

Distinct evidence classes that independently agree — never a single score

Historical tradition
Newspaper mention
Scholarly support
Archival evidence
Official map/chart
Corroborated
Verified fact

? Open

  • No period map of the site has surfaced.
  • No contemporary press coverage has been found.

Historic Maps

Period cartography · Library of Congress & DPLA via IIIF · deep-zoom

◇ No period cartography on file yet. The IIIF map adapters (Library of Congress, David Rumsey, DPLA) fill this automatically when they find charts of this place.

Period Newspaper Coverage

Dated OCR mentions · Chronicling America / loc.gov — a mention proves circulation, nothing more

◇ No dated newspaper coverage yet. Chronicling America runs against this legend automatically and lands dated clips here.

Archival Documents

Manuscripts, government records, company filings · NARA · IIIF · registries

◇ No archival documents on file yet. NARA and national-archive adapters attach primary records here as they surface.

Timeline

Every event source-backed · unsourced events are dropped, never invented

◇ No dated, source-backed events yet. Timeline entries are built only from evidence with a confirmed date -- nothing is estimated or invented.

Sources & Citations

Typed, first-class citations with retrieval provenance

◇ No typed citations compiled yet -- check Historic Maps, Newspapers, and Archives above as they fill in.

From the archive

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Possible connections

Unverified leads, not established facts — legends below share a rough area and a rough era with this one. Worth investigating, not worth citing.