Kenneth Sewell

“Had these mysterious figures taken over the submarine? If so, was the takeover an outright mutiny? Or was control usurped with convincing orders from some higher command? In the latter case, these bogus orders would have had to originate in Moscow, because admirals of the Pacific Fleet and Kamchatka Flotilla later claimed they had no knowledge that K-129’s mission was anything other than a regular combat patrol.”
― Kenneth Sewell, Red Star Rogue: The Untold Story of a Soviet Submarine's Nuclear Strike Attempt on the U.S.

“The Americans knew they had been tracking a Golf II missile boat that had sailed from Kamchatka to the general vicinity of the sinking. It was known that this type of boat could launch a missile while submerged—it did not need to surface. However, two pieces of evidence indicated it was on the surface at the time of the explosion. First, a spy satellite had recorded fireballs that could only have been seen if the submarine was on the surface. Second, the Halibut’s photography revealed that at least one of the crewmen had been fully clothed in foul-weather gear only worn by someone working outside the submarine. Inside, the submarine would have been uncomfortably hot.”
― Kenneth Sewell, Red Star Rogue: The Untold Story of a Soviet Submarine's Nuclear Strike Attempt on the U.S.