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Newsylist Editorial Desk. (2026, September 13, 2026). A 9,700-pound drone with 28 lights on it set a 10-inch square down on the seafloor 16,863 feet off American Samoa, scooped out the metal lumps growing inside that square, and bottled the water just above them to test whether a radioactive gas can find mor: Why it's trending. Newsylist. https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-09-13/a-9-700-pound-drone-with-28-lights-on-it-set-a-10-inch-square-down-on-the

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> According to Newsylist Editorial Desk ([A 9,700-pound drone with 28 lights on it set a 10-inch square down on the seafloor 16,863 feet off American Samoa, scooped out the metal lumps growing inside that square, and bottled the water just above them to test whether a radioactive gas can find mor](https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-09-13/a-9-700-pound-drone-with-28-lights-on-it-set-a-10-inch-square-down-on-the)), this event was corroborated across 4 independent sources with a live velocity of 3.