Gordon Cooper American Astronaut Kept Amazing Space Treasure A Secret From NASA Till His Death

7Many ancient ships traveled the route filled with silver and gold

Miklos says that during the time, a lot of the treasure never reached their destination because of the ships that had been sunk. Some of it were also part of the famous lost fleet of Columbus which was part of Columbus second journey to the Americas in 1494 as recorded by National Geographic.

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8Columbus made two journeys to the Americas

Columbus made the journey with a large number of ships more than what he took on his maiden voyage. He was hell-bent on creating the first European colony in the new world. His settlement dissolved in a few years where six ships were sunk in the nearby bay and one-fifth of his men dead.

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9Gordon Cooper died before he could begin the treasure hunt

Cooper had made out big plans for an excavation but unfortunately passed away in 2004 from a heart attack. But before dying, Cooper passed on the map and his research to Miklos. He may have carried on his secret how he came by the treasure but like all good treasure hunters, he passed on his knowledge to whom he thought deserving of it.

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10Miklos is hopeful he will discover Cooper’s shipwrecks

Miklos is hopeful that the shipwrecks as detailed by Gordon Cooper will be found as he wants the world to know Cooper's story and the story of the famous characters whom he has grown to love through stories today. The wrecks if found will shed a lot of light on the nature of Columbus fleet and the fourth journey not forgetting the bounty that may be buried deep within the shipwrecks.

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The wrecks of Columbus second journey included five ships that sank and was never discovered thereafter. 500 years hence, they still remain a mystery even as National geographic excavations have attempted to find out the truth as well as records about North America’s first European city which Columbus named La Isabella. Perhaps they too should look at Cooper’s treasure map from space and his research which has even been made into a documentary called Cooper’s treasure.