Section 110 Documentation of a Douglas AD-2 Skyraider Crash Site, Area 1, Nevada National Security Site, Nye County, Nevada
- Desert Research Inst. (DRI), Las Vegas, NV (United States)
The National Nuclear Security Administration, Nevada Field Office has undertaken a Section 110 current condition assessment of the unanticipated discovery of an aviation crash site in Nye County, Nevada. Because no undertaking is planned, an area of potential effect (APE) was not defined. A study area of 0.55 acres was established to delineate the general extent of the debris scatter and establish a boundary for the cultural resource documentation of the site by Desert Research Institute (DRI). The Douglas AD-2 Skyraider drone crash site (26NY17011) is recommended eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) under Significance Criterion A, as a physical remnant of Project 5.1 “Atomic Weapons Effects on AD Type Aircraft in Flight,” one of the series of military effects studies conducted as part of Shot Simon during Operation Upshot-Knothole in 1953. Furthermore, the site is eligible under Criterion D because closer examination of the debris could address research questions concerning the Type 1 Remote Control Equipment developed by the Naval Air Experimental Station that was onboard to remotely pilot the aircraft.
- Research Organization:
- Desert Research Institute (DRI), Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- NA0003590
- OSTI ID:
- 1836548
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NV/0003590-69; DRI Cultural Resources Report SR050521-1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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