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Man stumbles onto ‘torpedo’ with ‘unsettling’ blinking light, New York photos show
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68% Informative
Tyler Davis thought he spotted a washed-up buoy at a New York state park.
But when he got closer, he noticed it had a propeller and "unsettling" blinking light.
The Navy says it's a MK 39 training device used in training to simulate the characteristics of a submarine.
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informal
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English
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