I know these sound like conspiracy theories, but Ballard was actually on a secret US Navy mission to find some subs when he accidentally stumbled on the Titanic:

https://www.wearethemighty.com/titanic-discovered-top-secret...

And the Glomar Explorer was an actual CIA operation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomar_Explorer

...but dragging Epstein into this? Really?