Military1960

Argentine Navy hunts unidentified submarine contacts in Golfo Nuevo

When

Feb 1960

Where

Golfo Nuevo, Argentina

Sources

1 public source

In February 1960 Argentina's navy closed Golfo Nuevo and spent weeks chasing sonar and radar contacts it described as one or two unidentified submarines, with U.S. equipment sent to help. No vessel was ever found or identified; TIME noted sonar can mistake whales or wrecks for submarines.