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onal Che seca slrenced Aad inemossad Co Cue
quired to proeiuce radiation from che stuck front.
we Sesan Lo see svar very unusual white clouds
fion,
stock propoiatid up ints the
ree
Zetecen lo ani lp ainutes
fora in a nortreasterls sirece
They were very spotty and paten., and thes crow with five; that is,
mere pucches appeared.
the nerth.
They also seemed to glow or losinesce aml were far to
Pevple wer2 speculating chat this was caused bs debris froo the
bunb chat had been ejected up into the atamwoaphere to such an altitude thor sunLignt, even though it was almost nidnight in tise, was illuainating the debris.
Sone observers who happened t2 wander up to the deck four hours after Teak
detonation reported there was still at that cime a visible, but very faint,
red giow covering the sky, and that the glow had relutivels intense streaks
Tunning in an east-west direction across the sks.
The vsellows ch, very persise-
tenc core which stayed relatively fixed in space has avt yet been explained.
Ie
leohed like it was about
15 soon diameters.
An estizated 10 percent of the birds on Sand Island (a bird refuse) were
killed; many others had scorched wings.
many birds sitting out on the water.
ordinarily their oily proteccion keeps
The ooming akter burst there were
Their wings were soggy with water, whereas
them from getting wet.
The birds ap-
peared to be blinded; they sould not fly when vou case up to thea.
The would
even waik right up co you on Juhnston Island, not run froa you as thes usualls
did.
A.Z ORANGE OBSERVATIONS by T. B. Cw, Jr.
This is a description of the Orange detonaciva of Oseratica sardtaca
transcribed on Acssust 1F from roust aces aide within tes hours alter -d-ervaticn of the Oranse burst.
August Il, 1535.
Oranse was detonated at 23:59 Jvanotea Telami Tirw,
The cbservation point was from -be2:
2 Vos Zuvie, an aire
erait carrier, ich was 50 ailes an.rth of Sotaot.a Tviawd.
Te calcd
burst point for Oranrse was abvut 25 tiles sect al Sonm-t.m ass at ad sititace
Tovre eera many delays ca Oratce and, Ie om eerie 25.27
oo
te
sft abvut 25 ailes.
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