In 1977 NASA launched Voyager 1 and 2 into deep space contain within these spacecraft were gold-plated copper phonograph that contained sounds and images from Earth. The idea was to send something into the universe that demonstrated humanity's wish to join a "community of galactic civilizations".
Basically the same comment at the same minute! What are the odds?
The British had an operating decryption system (Enigma) and they had been eavesdropping Japanese Diplomatic signals. A warning was passed to the highest levels of the US Government who chose to ignore them.
Enigma was the German encryption apparatus.
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It´s actually because of "project paperclip" and the Horten Ho229 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horten_Ho_229