14 DAY TRIAL // Earlier this year, on May 1, a camera fitted on NASA's P-3 Orion airplane snapped this photo of the wreckage of an army aircraft resting on an ice sheet in Greenland.
The plane, dubbed Kee Bird, ended up on this ice sheet following a crash landing in 1947. At the time it crashed, the aircraft was on a secret mission and flying towards the North Pole.
As secret as the mission might have been back in 1947, it's safe to assume that, now that the plane's remains are out in the open for everyone to see, the secret is out.
According to Live Science, Kee Bird crash-landed in Greenland after running out of fuel and being badly shaken up by the local bad weather.
The 11 men who were aboard it when it unwillingly landed on the ice sheet were all rescued three days after the crash. The aircraft, however, is still abandoned in Greenland.
Although its wreckage is still visible these days, specialists expect that, in time, Kee Bird will be covered in ice and snow in its entirety and will disappear from view.
Just for the record, it need be said that pilot Darryl Greenamyer did try to recover the plane about 40 years after the crash. However, his and his team's efforts resulted in the aircraft's catching fire. Hence, they gave up on the endeavor.