EVEeeITSSS ACCUNTS OF TEAS RO ORAME SORTS
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TEAX OSSERVATIOAS 5. ¥. 3B. Coon, Jr.
This
is wo narrative Cescription of Teak burst as transcribed on Ausust
19 froa rough notes ade the mming atter Teak burst.
Tes‘ was decomated July 31 at 25:50 Johnaton {~land Tise.
atmeduie called for detunation at 22:00 Johnston time.
The original
The firse deluy of
about one hour ws becau-e of trouble in telemetry froa tev of the Redstone
pods assigned to neutron oeasurements,
There es ainther slight delay to ad-
just tne celesetering on the pods.
Tne view which we had a5 observers was free the USS Boxer, an aircrait
carrier locaced 50 ailes to the north of Johnston Island.
For three or sv
minutes before burst tine Johnston island looked as though the natives were
celebracing the Fourth uf July.
Co
v
The Redstone rockee stood out from all others
ts long steady glow, siarlar co a cwil oetevr moving slowly but surely up-
ware.
Se were instrocted mor co look as the burst and co have long clothing
covering 311 of the skin area.
took of f our dark glasses.
After burst we turned toward the burse and
Within three seconds after detonation our xlas.es
were reaoved and che sost obvieus thing in the sky wus a dasviing,
yellow core.
large,
Surrounding rhe yellow cure was a bright, intense bluish glow,
Overhead, and slisntiy co cur right, were long purplish-red streaks--aurural
stresmers--extending on over us to the morth.
auroral streamers going to tae south.
One could qut observe
One of the first things tnat,
you when you CouK vit sour gizsses was tne faint, fed gine enicn ss
ay
preased
. ali
arcend ant extendcd dam to che horicon for a fall BO degreyws around our
ebserwaticn point.
Toe men was full ant eall abvve che borizun a@o>vut 55 desrees and,
spit2 of tre
bur-t, Cae
in
full awn and ratner Lisat Sace«zround which we tad before the
anteaoics of the illiepinuaticn for many seconds,
aiter tte Durst was Wer
premuncid.
wven sainules,
Evea lO rimess after Teak one coals