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JOINT OFFICE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
OF TEST INFORMATION
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Sunday, May
May
11, 1958
AEC ANNOUNCES NUCLEAR TEST DETONATION
A nuclear test detonation took place at 5:50 A.M.
May 12, 1958, Eniwetok Time (1:50 P.M., May 11, 1958, EDT) at
the Bikini Atoll.
The test is part of the HARDTACK nuclear
weapons test series underway at the Eniwetok Proving Ground.
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