ROSE EVENT
OPERATION HARDTACK

1. ROSE was detonated off Yvonne Island, Eniwetok Atoll, at O645M,
3 Jue 1958,
5,000 feet.

The cloud rose to 17,000 feet; the base wes measured at
The cloud moved in a westerly direction, but the top hoversd

overhead.
2.

The P2V aircraft arrived, and it was vectored from Dayid to Keith

at 0720M,

No readings were obtained on this run, so the sircraft was

vectored up the island chain to Janet.
over Yyonne at 0735M,

A reading of 500 mr/hr was recorded

Other readirgs were insignificant,

thsn vectored across the lagoon in 10-degree increments.

The P2V wes
The only signifi-

cant readings were recorded on a line vest of the roint of detonation.
Re-entry hour was declared at 0745M axcept for the western reef area,
which was held until 0845,

3.

The helicopter survey wes initiated at 0&25M,

readings were made on Janet:

50 mr/hr; Yvonne:

ground zero at twenty-five feet:

The only recorded

8 mr/hr; and near the

1200 mr/hr.

4, Fallout was estimated to have fallen well within the foresast

fallout area,

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