Apparently higher ups in the US Navy were pretty sure it imploded on SUNDAY, right after they lost contact.
They have a super-secret spy system that picked up the sound. But they didn’t say anything until THURSDAY and millions were spent and a media spectacle happened.
It’s a pressure valve release for society; a big issue we can do nothing about except be concerned or mock and gives us something to do for a few days – even if the billionaires were chum a millisecond after failure.