Document Details
Title:
MUSHROOM CLOUD RISES OVER YUCCA FLAT, NEVADA, AS DUST CLOUD BEGINS TO FORM BELOW. IN THE FOREGROUND ARE NEARLY 200 PRESS, PICTORIAL, RADIO, AND TV REPRESENTATIVES WHO OBSERVED THE EXPLOSION.
Author(s):
UNK, [UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION]
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
OTHER
Document Type Other:
AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL
Publication Date:
1900 Apr 22
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0097638
Document Number(s):
AEC524478
Originating Research Org.:
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION-ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION,
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
ATOMIC TEST SITE YUCCA FLAT NEVADA APRIL 22...MUSHROOM CLOUD RISES OVE R YUCCA FLAT AS DUST CLOUD BEGINS TO FORM BELOW. VAPOR TRAIL OF THE U SAF B-50 DROP PLANE IS SEEN IN THE UPPER LEFT. ABOVE AND BEHIND THE D ROP PLANE ARE VAPOR TRAILS OF FOUR INSTRUMENT BEARING AIRCRAFT WHICH R ECORD SCIENTIFIC DATA ON THE ATOMIC DETONATION. THE DROP WAS MADE FRO M 32,000 FEET ALTITUDE AND THE ATOMIC DEVICE EXPLODED AT 9:30 AM PST A T APPROXIMATELY 3,500 FEET OVER GROUND ZERO. BELOW AND TO THE RIGHT O F THE CLOUD ARE FIVE SMOKE PUFFS. THE MOTION OF THE AIR LABELED BY TH ESE SMOKE PUFFS IS PHOTOGRAPHED BY HIGH SPEED CAMERAS IN PILLBOXES IN THE TEST AREA. THIS MOTION PROVIDES A MEASURE OF THE DETONATIONS SHOC K PRESSURE. IN THE FOREGROUND ARE SOME OF THE NEARLY 200 PRESS ICTORI AL RADIO AND TV REPRESENTATIVES WHO OBSERVED THE EXPLOSION