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5 min readIn April 2021, the Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala 402 vanished 100 kilometers off the north coast of Bali during live torpedo training exercises. It carried 53 people. When it was found at 2,600 feet below the sea, news outlets reported the vessel had cracked open and split in three. The Indonesian Navy Chief of Staff stated the submarine had been in perfect condition before departure. That is the official story.
What follows is a retelling of events the narrator says his father—a geneticist recruited for a secret project—shared with him on his deathbed. The father claimed the real story behind the submarine's destruction is far darker, rooted in a classified offshoot of the U.S. military's Edgewood Arsenal human experiments.
The Edgewood Arsenal experiments and Project Eden
During the Cold War, the military faced a central problem: how to send soldiers into areas immediately after an atomic bomb detonation. Radiation reduced cognitive function within two hours, disabled victims shortly after, and often led to death. Preventative suits, vaccines, and armor all failed against gamma rays. The research took a different, secret direction: human mutation breeding.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:02) **The Disappearance of the KRI Nanggala 402** - The episode opens by referencing a real-world news event: an Indonesian submarine carrying 53 people vanished during a torpedo exercise off the coast of Bali in April 2021.
- 2 (02:21) **The Secret Edgewood Project** - The narrator reveals that the core of the story is a hidden portion of the Edgewood Arsenal human experiments, focused on genetic mutation to create radiation-resistant soldiers.
- 3 (07:10) **The Narrator's Source** - The narrator introduces his personal connection, stating his father worked on the project and changed profoundly, providing the firsthand account.
- 4 (10:04) **Cover Story: The Indonesian Submarines** - The project was hidden by outsourcing the cover to the Indonesian government, using their submarines as floating, isolated laboratories.
- 5 (11:04) **Project Eden: The First Generation** - The narrator details the start of the mutation breeding program, codenamed "Eden," which began with 150 men and women on three submarines.
- 6 (13:22) **The Second Generation and Father's Arrival** - The second generation focused on cultivating desirable traits from the first, and the narrator's father joined the project at this stage.
- 7 (15:43) **The Dire Third Generation Pregnancies** - The third generation fetuses grew dangerously large, threatening the lives of the mothers and requiring drastic intervention.
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Show Notes
I found the Nanggala 402, I really wished I hadn't..
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