The authors supported the view that Ed Offley's allegations that the USS Scorpion was torpedoed and sunk by a Soviet Echo II submarine and that the U.S. Navy engaged in a conspiracy to cover up Soviet involvement are total fabrications. There was no Soviet involvement; there was no explosive event from a torpedo or any other source; there was no SOSUS tape. The Scorpion collapsed at great depth; most likely because of an on board problem the crew could not overcome.