October 22, 1997: Nuclear Submarine - Officer X

Art Bell interviews a former U.S. Navy submarine communications officer, identified only as "Officer X," who reveals a harrowing incident from his time aboard the USS Ulysses S. Grant during the Libya crisis of the 1980s. When a series of equipment failures cut all communications for six hours at DEFCON 3, the crew found themselves unable to confirm whether nuclear war had begun. Officer X describes how the navigation officer, convinced the worst had happened, began rallying crew members toward… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/october-22-1997-nuclear-submarine-officer-x