Operation High Jump commenced in August 1946.

It was the largest most heavily armed naval task force ever sent to Antarctica.

Leading the mission was Admiral Richard E. Byrd, one of the most famous naval officers in history.

The official purpose for the expedition was scientific research and military training.

But that was just a cover story.

Operation High Jump had other goals.

One was to extend American sovereignty over Antarctica,

something that the U.S. government denied many times.

Another was to locate and destroy a secret Nazi base and capture the Nazis

new secret weapon, the flying saucer.

UFOs were seen all over the area, suspected to be Nazi test flights.

Admiral Byrd was sent to find out.

And he did find UFOs.

And a lot more than that. In December 1938,

1938, aware that he was on the brink of war,

Hitler dedicated considerable resources to searching for mysterious

ancient artifacts, said to have incredible power.

One of these expeditions launched on December 17th, 1938.

The SS Schwaband was sent on a secret mission to Antarctica.

As you would expect, the expedition included scientists and engineers, but there was another

group of board with expertise in things outside of science,

members of the Tully Society, which publicly acted like a German political group.

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