| Announced United States NuclearTests — By Date .... Event Name... . Date (CT) . Purpose... |. Yield Range | Location .. Operation Teapot Wasp 02/18/55 NTS Airdrop WeaponsEffects 1 kt Moth 02/22/55 NTS Tower WeaponsRelated 2 kt Tesla 03/01/55 NTS Tower WeaponsRelated 7 kt Turk 03/07/55 NTS Tower WeaponsRelated 43 kt Hornet 03/12/55 NTS Tower WeaponsRelated 4 kt Bee 03/22/55 NTS Tower WeaponsRelated 8 kt Ess 03/23/55 NTS Crater WeaponsEffects 1 kt Appte-1 03/29/55 NTS Tower WeaponsRelated 14 kt Wasp Prime 03/29/55 NTS Airdrop Weapons Related 3 kt HA (High Altitude} 04/06/55 NTS Airdrop WeaponsEffects 3 kt Post 04/09/55 NTS Tower WeaponsRelated 2 kt Met 04/15/55 NTS Tower WeaponsEffects 22 kt Apple-2 05/05/55 NTS Tower WeaponsRelated 29 kt Zucchini 05/15/55 NTS Tower WeaponsRelated 28 kt Operation Wigwam Wigwam North 29 degrees, West 126 degrees 05/14/55 Pacific . . UW WeaponsEffects 30 kt >. Project 56 Project 56 No. 1 11/01/55 NTS Surface Safety Experiment Zero Project 56 No. 2 Pu dispersal 11/03/55 NTS Surface Safety Experiment Zero Project 56 No. 3 11/05/55 NTS Surface Safety Experiment Noyield Pu dispersal