Project 6.1 - Accurate Location of Electromacnetic Pulse Source - E. A. Lewis
OBJECTIVE
To utilize the electromagnetic signal originating from nuclear weapon
detonations to determine ground zero of detonetion.
Secondarily, to obtain
the yield data that is available in the bomb pulse.
PROCEDURE
Location of ground zero is made by use of an inverse Loran principle.
The exact time the bomb pulse is received et various stations is recorded.
The exact time difference in receipt of the electromagnetic pulse between two
stations was used to determine a hyperbolic curve which runs through ground
zero,
The point of intersection of two or more curves determines ground zero,
There are two systems.
One of the systems is known as the long base line
system and the other the short base line system.
stations.
Each system has two sets of
The long bese line has one set of stations located in the Hawaiian
Islands (Midway, Palmyra and Maui) with synchronizing antenna station at Haiku,
Maui, and the other set of stations in the States (Harlingen, Texas;
Blytheville, Arkansas; Kinross, Michigan; end Rome, New York) with synchronizing antenna station at Cape Fear, North Carolina.
The short base lines have
one set of stations located in the Hawaiian area (Kona, Hawaii; Papa, Hawaii;
and Red Hill, Maui) the other set in California (Pittsburg, Woodland, and
Maryville).
RESULTS
411 stations in both the long and short base lines successfully received
and recorded the wave form of the electromagnetic pulse emanating from the
Line of position and fix errors will be reported later.
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